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Chapter 2

           Wouldyoubelieveit,RodionRomanovitch,theyfoundagingerbreadcockinhispocket;hewasdeaddrunk,buthedidnotforgetthechildren!”

           “Acock?Didyousayacock?”shoutedthecommissariatclerk.

           KaterinaIvanovnadidnotvouchsafeareply.Shesighed,lostinthought.

           “Nodoubtyouthink,likeeveryone,thatIwastooseverewithhim,”shewenton,addressingRaskolnikov.“Butthat’snotso!Herespectedme,herespectedmeverymuch!Hewasakind-heartedman!AndhowsorryIwasforhimsometimes!Hewouldsitinacornerandlookatme,Iusedtofeelsosorryforhim,Iusedtowanttobekindtohimandthenwouldthinktomyself:‘Bekindtohimandhewilldrinkagain,’itwasonlybyseveritythatyoucouldkeephimwithinbounds.”

           “Yes,heusedtogethishairpulledprettyoften,”roaredthecommissariatclerkagain,swallowinganotherglassofvodka.

           “Somefoolswouldbethebetterforagooddrubbing,aswellashavingtheirhairpulled.Iamnottalkingofmylatehusbandnow!”KaterinaIvanovnasnappedathim.

           Theflushonhercheeksgrewmoreandmoremarked,herchestheaved.Inanotherminuteshewouldhavebeenreadytomakeascene.Manyofthevisitorsweresniggering,evidentlydelighted.Theybeganpokingthecommissariatclerkandwhisperingsomethingtohim.Theywereevidentlytryingtoegghimon.

           “Allowmetoaskwhatareyoualludingto,”begantheclerk,“thatistosay,whose...aboutwhom...didyousayjustnow...ButIdon’tcare!That’snonsense!Widow!Iforgiveyou....

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