Преступление и наказание

Chapter 4

           TheporterandKochandPestryakovandtheotherporterandthewifeofthefirstporterandthewomanwhowassittingintheporter’slodgeandthemanKryukov,whohadjustgotoutofacabatthatminuteandwentinattheentrywithaladyonhisarm,thatiseightortenwitnesses,agreethatNikolayhadDmitriontheground,waslyingonhimbeatinghim,whileDmitrihungontohishair,beatinghim,too.Theylayrightacrosstheway,blockingthethoroughfare.Theywereswornatonallsideswhilethey‘likechildren’(theverywordsofthewitnesses)werefallingoveroneanother,squealing,fightingandlaughingwiththefunniestfaces,and,chasingoneanotherlikechildren,theyranintothestreet.Nowtakecarefulnote.Thebodiesupstairswerewarm,youunderstand,warmwhentheyfoundthem!Ifthey,orNikolayalone,hadmurderedthemandbrokenopentheboxes,orsimplytakenpartintherobbery,allowmetoaskyouonequestion:dotheirstateofmind,theirsquealsandgigglesandchildishscufflingatthegatefitinwithaxes,bloodshed,fiendishcunning,robbery?They’djustkilledthem,notfiveortenminutesbefore,forthebodieswerestillwarm,andatonce,leavingtheflatopen,knowingthatpeoplewouldgothereatonce,flingingawaytheirbooty,theyrolledaboutlikechildren,laughingandattractinggeneralattention.Andthereareadozenwitnessestosweartothat!”

           “Ofcourseitisstrange!It’simpossible,indeed,but...”

           “No,brother,nobuts.

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