Преступление и наказание

Chapter 1

           Afinepersonhewouldbetoshowanyoneup!Itmustbenoted,bytheway,thatPyotrPetrovitchhadduringthosetendayseagerlyacceptedthestrangestpraisefromAndreySemyonovitch;hehadnotprotested,forinstance,whenAndreySemyonovitchbelaudedhimforbeingreadytocontributetotheestablishmentofthenew“commune,”ortoabstainfromchristeninghisfuturechildren,ortoacquiesceifDouniaweretotakealoveramonthaftermarriage,andsoon.PyotrPetrovitchsoenjoyedhearinghisownpraisesthathedidnotdisdainevensuchvirtueswhentheywereattributedtohim.

           PyotrPetrovitchhadhadoccasionthatmorningtorealisesomefive-per-centbondsandnowhesatdowntothetableandcountedoverbundlesofnotes.AndreySemyonovitchwhohardlyeverhadanymoneywalkedabouttheroompretendingtohimselftolookatallthosebanknoteswithindifferenceandevencontempt.NothingwouldhaveconvincedPyotrPetrovitchthatAndreySemyonovitchcouldreallylookonthemoneyunmoved,andthelatter,onhisside,keptthinkingbitterlythatPyotrPetrovitchwascapableofentertainingsuchanideaabouthimandwas,perhaps,gladoftheopportunityofteasinghisyoungfriendbyremindinghimofhisinferiorityandthegreatdifferencebetweenthem.

           Hefoundhimincrediblyinattentiveandirritable,thoughhe,AndreySemyonovitch,beganenlargingonhisfavouritesubject,thefoundationofanewspecial“commune.

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