Преступление и наказание

Chapter 5

           

           “Allthatisnotinthearticle,there’sonlyahintofit,”saidRaskolnikov.

           “Yes,yes.”Porfirycouldn’tsitstill.“Yourattitudetocrimeisprettycleartomenow,but...excusemeformyimpertinence(Iamreallyashamedtobeworryingyoulikethis),yousee,you’veremovedmyanxietyastothetwogradesgettingmixed,but...therearevariouspracticalpossibilitiesthatmakemeuneasy!WhatifsomemanoryouthimaginesthatheisaLycurgusorMahometafutureoneofcourseandsupposehebeginstoremoveallobstacles....Hehassomegreatenterprisebeforehimandneedsmoneyforit...andtriestogetit...doyousee?”

           Zametovgaveasuddenguffawinhiscorner.Raskolnikovdidnotevenraisehiseyestohim.

           “Imustadmit,”hewentoncalmly,“thatsuchcasescertainlymustarise.Thevainandfoolishareparticularlyapttofallintothatsnare;youngpeopleespecially.”

           “Yes,yousee.Wellthen?”

           “Whatthen?”Raskolnikovsmiledinreply;“that’snotmyfault.Soitisandsoitalwayswillbe.Hesaidjustnow(henoddedatRazumihin)thatIsanctionbloodshed.Societyistoowellprotectedbyprisons,banishment,criminalinvestigators,penalservitude.There’snoneedtobeuneasy.Youhavebuttocatchthethief.”

           “Andwhatifwedocatchhim?”

           “Thenhegetswhathedeserves.”

           “Youarecertainlylogical.Butwhatofhisconscience?”

           “Whydoyoucareaboutthat?”

           “Simplyfromhumanity.”

           “Ifhehasaconsciencehewillsufferforhismistake.

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