Преступление и наказание

Chapter 5

           “Itmightbeexplainedbyourinveterateimpracticality.”

           “Howdoyoumean?”

           “WhatanswerhadyourlecturerinMoscowtomaketothequestionwhyhewasforgingnotes?‘Everybodyisgettingrichonewayoranother,soIwanttomakehastetogetrichtoo.’Idon’tremembertheexactwords,buttheupshotwasthathewantsmoneyfornothing,withoutwaitingorworking!We’vegrownusedtohavingeverythingready-made,towalkingoncrutches,tohavingourfoodchewedforus.Thenthegreathourstruck,[*]andeverymanshowedhimselfinhistruecolours.”

           [*]Theemancipationoftheserfsin1861ismeant.

           TRANSLATOR’SNOTE.

           “Butmorality?Andsotospeak,principles...”

           “Butwhydoyouworryaboutit?”Raskolnikovinterposedsuddenly.“It’sinaccordancewithyourtheory!”

           “Inaccordancewithmytheory?”

           “Why,carryoutlogicallythetheoryyouwereadvocatingjustnow,anditfollowsthatpeoplemaybekilled...”

           “Uponmyword!”criedLuzhin.

           “No,that’snotso,”putinZossimov.

           Raskolnikovlaywithawhitefaceandtwitchingupperlip,breathingpainfully.

           “There’sameasureinallthings,”Luzhinwentonsuperciliously.“Economicideasarenotanincitementtomurder,andonehasbuttosuppose...”

           “Andisittrue,”Raskolnikovinterposedoncemoresuddenly,againinavoicequiveringwithfuryanddelightininsultinghim,“isittruethatyoutoldyourfiancée...withinanhourofheracceptance,thatwhatpleasedyoumost...wasthatshewasabeggar...

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