Преступление и наказание

Chapter 7

           itwouldbeuseless.Heisboundtodiewithinthenextfiveortenminutes.”

           “Betterbleedhimthen.”

           “Ifyoulike....ButIwarnyouitwillbeperfectlyuseless.”

           Atthatmomentotherstepswereheard;thecrowdinthepassageparted,andthepriest,alittle,greyoldman,appearedinthedoorwaybearingthesacrament.Apolicemanhadgoneforhimatthetimeoftheaccident.Thedoctorchangedplaceswithhim,exchangingglanceswithhim.Raskolnikovbeggedthedoctortoremainalittlewhile.Heshruggedhisshouldersandremained.

           Allsteppedback.Theconfessionwassoonover.Thedyingmanprobablyunderstoodlittle;hecouldonlyutterindistinctbrokensounds.KaterinaIvanovnatooklittleLida,liftedtheboyfromthechair,kneltdowninthecornerbythestoveandmadethechildrenkneelinfrontofher.Thelittlegirlwasstilltrembling;buttheboy,kneelingonhislittlebareknees,liftedhishandrhythmically,crossinghimselfwithprecisionandboweddown,touchingthefloorwithhisforehead,whichseemedtoaffordhimespecialsatisfaction.KaterinaIvanovnabitherlipsandheldbackhertears;sheprayed,too,nowandthenpullingstraighttheboy’sshirt,andmanagedtocoverthegirl’sbareshoulderswithakerchief,whichshetookfromthechestwithoutrisingfromherkneesorceasingtopray.Meanwhilethedoorfromtheinnerroomswasopenedinquisitivelyagain.Inthepassagethecrowdofspectatorsfromalltheflatsonthestaircasegrewdenseranddenser,buttheydidnotventurebeyondthethreshold.

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