Преступление и наказание

Chapter 2

           Ah,thefool!Andyouknowshefanciesit’sverytouchinganddoesnotsuspecthowstupidsheis!Tomythinkingthatdrunkencommissariatclerkisagreatdealcleverer,anywayonecanseethathehasaddledhisbrainswithdrink,butyouknow,theseforeignersarealwayssowellbehavedandserious....Lookhowshesitsglaring!Sheisangry,ha-ha!(Cough-cough-cough.)”

           Regaininghergood-humour,KaterinaIvanovnabeganatoncetellingRaskolnikovthatwhenshehadobtainedherpension,sheintendedtoopenaschoolforthedaughtersofgentlemeninhernativetownT.Thiswasthefirsttimeshehadspokentohimoftheproject,andshelaunchedoutintothemostalluringdetails.ItsuddenlyappearedthatKaterinaIvanovnahadinherhandstheverycertificateofhonourofwhichMarmeladovhadspokentoRaskolnikovinthetavern,whenhetoldhimthatKaterinaIvanovna,hiswife,haddancedtheshawldancebeforethegovernorandothergreatpersonagesonleavingschool.ThiscertificateofhonourwasobviouslyintendednowtoproveKaterinaIvanovna’srighttoopenaboarding-school;butshehadarmedherselfwithitchieflywiththeobjectofoverwhelming“thosetwostuck-updraggletails”iftheycametothedinner,andprovingincontestablythatKaterinaIvanovnawasofthemostnoble,“shemightevensayaristocraticfamily,acolonel’sdaughterandwasfarsuperiortocertainadventuresseswhohavebeensomuchtotheforeoflate.

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