Преступление и наказание

           ’‘Whydidn’tyougotoworkwithDmitritheotherday?’‘BecauseIwasdrinking.’‘Andwherewereyoudrinking?’‘Oh,insuch-and-suchaplace.’‘WhydidyourunawayfromDushkin’s?’‘BecauseIwasawfullyfrightened.’‘Whatwereyoufrightenedof?’‘ThatIshouldbeaccused.’‘Howcouldyoubefrightened,ifyoufeltfreefromguilt?’Now,Zossimov,youmaynotbelieveme,thatquestionwasputliterallyinthosewords.Iknowitforafact,itwasrepeatedtomeexactly!Whatdoyousaytothat?”

           “Well,anyway,there’stheevidence.”

           “Iamnottalkingoftheevidencenow,Iamtalkingaboutthatquestion,oftheirownideaofthemselves.Well,sotheysqueezedandsqueezedhimandheconfessed:‘Ididnotfinditinthestreet,butintheflatwhereIwaspaintingwithDmitri.’‘Andhowwasthat?’‘Why,DmitriandIwerepaintingthereallday,andwewerejustgettingreadytogo,andDmitritookabrushandpaintedmyface,andheranoffandIafterhim.Iranafterhim,shoutingmyhardest,andatthebottomofthestairsIranrightagainsttheporterandsomegentlemen—andhowmanygentlemenwerethereIdon’tremember.Andtheportersworeatme,andtheotherporterswore,too,andtheporter’swifecameout,andsworeatus,too;andagentlemancameintotheentrywithalady,andhesworeatus,too,forDmitriandIlayrightacrosstheway.IgotholdofDmitri’shairandknockedhimdownandbeganbeatinghim.AndDmitri,too,caughtmebythehairandbeganbeatingme.