Преступление и наказание

Chapter 1

           Afterwardshesawherlowerlipquiverwithindignationatherbrother’sinsolent,cruelandungratefulwordsandhisfatewassealed.

           Hehadspokenthetruth,moreover,whenheblurtedoutinhisdrunkentalkonthestairsthatPraskovyaPavlovna,Raskolnikov’seccentriclandlady,wouldbejealousofPulcheriaAlexandrovnaaswellasofAvdotyaRomanovnaonhisaccount.AlthoughPulcheriaAlexandrovnawasforty-three,herfacestillretainedtracesofherformerbeauty;shelookedmuchyoungerthanherage,indeed,whichisalmostalwaysthecasewithwomenwhoretainserenityofspirit,sensitivenessandpuresincerewarmthofhearttooldage.Wemayaddinparenthesisthattopreserveallthisistheonlymeansofretainingbeautytooldage.Herhairhadbeguntogrowgreyandthin,therehadlongbeenlittlecrow’sfootwrinklesroundhereyes,hercheekswerehollowandsunkenfromanxietyandgrief,andyetitwasahandsomeface.ShewasDouniaoveragain,twentyyearsolder,butwithouttheprojectingunderlip.PulcheriaAlexandrovnawasemotional,butnotsentimental,timidandyielding,butonlytoacertainpoint.Shecouldgivewayandacceptagreatdealevenofwhatwascontrarytoherconvictions,buttherewasacertainbarrierfixedbyhonesty,principleandthedeepestconvictionswhichnothingwouldinducehertocross.

           ExactlytwentyminutesafterRazumihin’sdeparture,therecametwosubduedbuthurriedknocksatthedoor:hehadcomeback.

           “Iwon’tcomein,Ihaven’ttime,”hehastenedtosaywhenthedoorwasopened.

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