Преступление и наказание

Chapter 5

           (Raskolnikovhadmadenoobservationofthekind.)“Onegetsintoamuddle!Aregularmuddle!Onekeepsharpingonthesamenote,likeadrum!Thereistobeareformandweshallbecalledbyadifferentname,atleast,he-he-he!Andasforourlegaltradition,asyousowittilycalledit,Ithoroughlyagreewithyou.Everyprisonerontrial,eventherudestpeasant,knowsthattheybeginbydisarminghimwithirrelevantquestions(asyousohappilyputit)andthendealhimaknock-downblow,he-he-he!yourfelicitouscomparison,he-he!SoyoureallyimaginedthatImeantby‘governmentquarters’...he-he!Youareanironicalperson.Come.Iwon’tgoon!Ah,bytheway,yes!Onewordleadstoanother.Youspokeofformalityjustnow,aproposoftheinquiry,youknow.Butwhat’stheuseofformality?Inmanycasesit’snonsense.Sometimesonehasafriendlychatandgetsagooddealmoreoutofit.Onecanalwaysfallbackonformality,allowmetoassureyou.Andafterall,whatdoesitamountto?Anexamininglawyercannotbeboundedbyformalityateverystep.Theworkofinvestigationis,sotospeak,afreeartinitsownway,he-he-he!”

           PorfiryPetrovitchtookbreathamoment.Hehadsimplybabbledonutteringemptyphrases,lettingslipafewenigmaticwordsandagainrevertingtoincoherence.Hewasalmostrunningabouttheroom,movinghisfatlittlelegsquickerandquicker,lookingattheground,withhisrighthandbehindhisback,whilewithhisleftmakinggesticulationsthatwereextraordinarilyincongruouswithhiswords.

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