Преступление и наказание

Chapter 5

           

           “Tellme,please,”heaskedsuddenly,lookingalmostinsolentlyathimandtakingakindofpleasureinhisowninsolence.“Ibelieveit’sasortoflegalrule,asortoflegaltraditionforallinvestigatinglawyerstobegintheirattackfromafar,withatrivial,oratleastanirrelevantsubject,soastoencourage,orrather,todivertthemantheyarecross-examining,todisarmhiscautionandthenallatoncetogivehimanunexpectedknock-downblowwithsomefatalquestion.Isn’tthatso?It’sasacredtradition,mentioned,Ifancy,inallthemanualsoftheart?”

           “Yes,yes....Why,doyouimaginethatwaswhyIspokeaboutgovernmentquarters...eh?”

           AndashesaidthisPorfiryPetrovitchscreweduphiseyesandwinked;agood-humoured,craftylookpassedoverhisface.Thewrinklesonhisforeheadweresmoothedout,hiseyescontracted,hisfeaturesbroadenedandhesuddenlywentoffintoanervousprolongedlaugh,shakingalloverandlookingRaskolnikovstraightintheface.Thelatterforcedhimselftolaugh,too,butwhenPorfiry,seeingthathewaslaughing,brokeintosuchaguffawthatheturnedalmostcrimson,Raskolnikov’srepulsionovercameallprecaution;heleftofflaughing,scowledandstaredwithhatredatPorfiry,keepinghiseyesfixedonhimwhilehisintentionallyprolongedlaughterlasted.Therewaslackofprecautiononbothsides,however,forPorfiryPetrovitchseemedtobelaughinginhisvisitor’sfaceandtobeverylittledisturbedattheannoyancewithwhichthevisitorreceivedit.

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