Преступление и наказание

Chapter 1

           Someyearsbefore,whenhewasjustenteringonhisowncareer,hehadcomeupontwocasesinwhichratherimportantpersonagesintheprovince,patronsofhis,hadbeencruellyshownup.Oneinstancehadendedingreatscandalforthepersonattackedandtheotherhadverynearlyendedinserioustrouble.ForthisreasonPyotrPetrovitchintendedtogointothesubjectassoonashereachedPetersburgand,ifnecessary,toanticipatecontingenciesbyseekingthefavourof“ouryoungergeneration.”HereliedonAndreySemyonovitchforthisandbeforehisvisittoRaskolnikovhehadsucceededinpickingupsomecurrentphrases.HesoondiscoveredthatAndreySemyonovitchwasacommonplacesimpleton,butthatbynomeansreassuredPyotrPetrovitch.Evenifhehadbeencertainthatalltheprogressiveswerefoolslikehim,itwouldnothaveallayedhisuneasiness.Allthedoctrines,theideas,thesystems,withwhichAndreySemyonovitchpesteredhimhadnointerestforhim.Hehadhisownobjecthesimplywantedtofindoutatoncewhatwashappeninghere.Hadthesepeopleanypowerornot?Hadheanythingtofearfromthem?Wouldtheyexposeanyenterpriseofhis?Andwhatpreciselywasnowtheobjectoftheirattacks?Couldhesomehowmakeuptothemandgetroundthemiftheyreallywerepowerful?Wasthisthethingtodoornot?Couldn’thegainsomethingthroughthem?Infacthundredsofquestionspresentedthemselves.

           AndreySemyonovitchwasananæmic,scrofulouslittleman,withstrangelyflaxenmutton-chopwhiskersofwhichhewasveryproud.

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