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Chapter 5

           Andhegotoffmorebyluckthangoodcounsel!”

           “Youaretalkingofthemurderoftheoldpawnbroker,Ibelieve?”PyotrPetrovitchputin,addressingZossimov.Hewasstanding,hatandglovesinhand,butbeforedepartinghefeltdisposedtothrowoffafewmoreintellectualphrases.Hewasevidentlyanxioustomakeafavourableimpressionandhisvanityovercamehisprudence.

           “Yes.You’veheardofit?”

           “Oh,yes,beingintheneighbourhood.”

           “Doyouknowthedetails?”

           “Ican’tsaythat;butanothercircumstanceinterestsmeinthecasethewholequestion,sotosay.Nottospeakofthefactthatcrimehasbeengreatlyontheincreaseamongthelowerclassesduringthelastfiveyears,nottospeakofthecasesofrobberyandarsoneverywhere,whatstrikesmeasthestrangestthingisthatinthehigherclasses,too,crimeisincreasingproportionately.Inoneplaceonehearsofastudent’srobbingthemailonthehighroad;inanotherplacepeopleofgoodsocialpositionforgefalsebanknotes;inMoscowoflateawholeganghasbeencapturedwhousedtoforgelotterytickets,andoneoftheringleaderswasalecturerinuniversalhistory;thenoursecretaryabroadwasmurderedfromsomeobscuremotiveofgain....Andifthisoldwoman,thepawnbroker,hasbeenmurderedbysomeoneofahigherclassinsocietyforpeasantsdon’tpawngoldtrinketshowarewetoexplainthisdemoralisationofthecivilisedpartofoursociety?”

           “Therearemanyeconomicchanges,”putinZossimov.

           “Howarewetoexplainit?”Razumihincaughthimup.

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