Преступление и наказание

Chapter 3

           Forawholemonththetownwasfullofgossipaboutthisscandal,anditcametosuchapassthatDouniaandIdarednotevengotochurchonaccountofthecontemptuouslooks,whispers,andevenremarksmadealoudaboutus.Allouracquaintancesavoidedus,nobodyevenbowedtousinthestreet,andIlearntthatsomeshopmenandclerkswereintendingtoinsultusinashamefulway,smearingthegatesofourhousewithpitch,sothatthelandlordbegantotelluswemustleave.AllthiswassetgoingbyMarfaPetrovnawhomanagedtoslanderDouniaandthrowdirtatherineveryfamily.Sheknowseveryoneintheneighbourhood,andthatmonthshewascontinuallycomingintothetown,andassheisrathertalkativeandfondofgossipingaboutherfamilyaffairsandparticularlyofcomplainingtoallandeachofherhusbandwhichisnotatallrightsoinashorttimeshehadspreadherstorynotonlyinthetown,butoverthewholesurroundingdistrict.Itmademeill,butDouniaboreitbetterthanIdid,andifonlyyoucouldhaveseenhowsheendureditallandtriedtocomfortmeandcheermeup!Sheisanangel!ButbyGod’smercy,oursufferingswerecutshort:Mr.Svidrigaïlovreturnedtohissensesandrepentedand,probablyfeelingsorryforDounia,helaidbeforeMarfaPetrovnaacompleteandunmistakableproofofDounia’sinnocence,intheformofaletterDouniahadbeenforcedtowriteandgivetohim,beforeMarfaPetrovnacameupontheminthegarden.Thisletter,whichremainedinMr.

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