Преступление и наказание

Chapter 1

           Shecameinverysmartinanewgreensilkdresswithalongtrain.‘Goodday,ArkadyIvanovitch!Howdoyoulikemydress?Aniskacan’tmakelikethis.’(Aniskawasadressmakerinthecountry,oneofourformerserfgirlswhohadbeentrainedinMoscow,aprettywench.)Shestoodturningroundbeforeme.Ilookedatthedress,andthenIlookedcarefully,verycarefully,atherface.‘Iwonderyoutroubletocometomeaboutsuchtrifles,MarfaPetrovna.’‘Goodgracious,youwon’tletonedisturbyouaboutanything!’ToteaseherIsaid,‘Iwanttogetmarried,MarfaPetrovna.’‘That’sjustlikeyou,ArkadyIvanovitch;itdoesyouverylittlecredittocomelookingforabridewhenyou’vehardlyburiedyourwife.Andifyoucouldmakeagoodchoice,atleast,butIknowitwon’tbeforyourhappinessorhers,youwillonlybealaughing-stocktoallgoodpeople.’Thenshewentoutandhertrainseemedtorustle.Isn’titnonsense,eh?”

           “Butperhapsyouaretellinglies?”Raskolnikovputin.

           “Irarelylie,”answeredSvidrigaïlovthoughtfully,apparentlynotnoticingtherudenessofthequestion.

           “Andinthepast,haveyoueverseenghostsbefore?”

           “Y-yes,Ihaveseenthem,butonlyonceinmylife,sixyearsago.Ihadaserf,Filka;justafterhisburialIcalledoutforgetting‘Filka,mypipe!’Hecameinandwenttothecupboardwheremypipeswere.Isatstillandthought‘heisdoingitoutofrevenge,’becausewehadaviolentquarreljustbeforehisdeath.

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