Преступление и наказание

Chapter 2

           Finallyonepersonhavingnosuitappearedinhisdressing-gown,butthiswastoomuch,andtheeffortsofAmaliaIvanovnaandthePolesucceededinremovinghim.ThePolebroughtwithhim,however,twootherPoleswhodidnotliveatAmaliaIvanovna’sandwhomnoonehadseenherebefore.AllthisirritatedKaterinaIvanovnaintensely.“Forwhomhadtheymadeallthesepreparationsthen?”Tomakeroomforthevisitorsthechildrenhadnotevenbeenlaidforatthetable;butthetwolittleonesweresittingonabenchinthefurthestcornerwiththeirdinnerlaidonabox,whilePolenkaasabiggirlhadtolookafterthem,feedthem,andkeeptheirnoseswipedlikewell-bredchildren’s.

           KaterinaIvanovna,infact,couldhardlyhelpmeetingherguestswithincreaseddignity,andevenhaughtiness.Shestaredatsomeofthemwithspecialseverity,andloftilyinvitedthemtotaketheirseats.RushingtotheconclusionthatAmaliaIvanovnamustberesponsibleforthosewhowereabsent,shebegantreatingherwithextremenonchalance,whichthelatterpromptlyobservedandresented.Suchabeginningwasnogoodomenfortheend.Allwereseatedatlast.

           Raskolnikovcameinalmostatthemomentoftheirreturnfromthecemetery.KaterinaIvanovnawasgreatlydelightedtoseehim,inthefirstplace,becausehewastheone“educatedvisitor,and,aseveryoneknew,wasintwoyearstotakeaprofessorshipintheuniversity,”andsecondlybecauseheimmediatelyandrespectfullyapologisedforhavingbeenunabletobeatthefuneral.

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