Преступление и наказание

Chapter 3

           YoucanfancyhowIwatchedyouandIsawhowyousucceededinslippingitintoherpocket.Isawit,Isawit,I’lltakemyoath.”

           Lebeziatnikovwasalmostbreathless.Exclamationsaroseonallhandschieflyexpressiveofwonder,butsomeweremenacingintone.TheyallcrowdedroundPyotrPetrovitch.KaterinaIvanovnaflewtoLebeziatnikov.

           “Iwasmistakeninyou!Protecther!Youaretheonlyonetotakeherpart!Sheisanorphan.Godhassentyou!”

           KaterinaIvanovna,hardlyknowingwhatshewasdoing,sankonherkneesbeforehim.

           “Apackofnonsense!”yelledLuzhin,rousedtofury,“it’sallnonsenseyou’vebeentalking!‘Anideastruckyou,youdidn’tthink,younoticed’whatdoesitamountto?SoIgaveittoherontheslyonpurpose?Whatfor?Withwhatobject?WhathaveItodowiththis...?”

           “Whatfor?That’swhatIcan’tunderstand,butthatwhatIamtellingyouisthefact,that’scertain!Sofarfrommybeingmistaken,youinfamouscriminalman,Irememberhow,onaccountofit,aquestionoccurredtomeatonce,justwhenIwasthankingyouandpressingyourhand.Whatmadeyouputitsecretlyinherpocket?Whyyoudiditsecretly,Imean?Coulditbesimplytoconcealitfromme,knowingthatmyconvictionsareopposedtoyoursandthatIdonotapproveofprivatebenevolence,whicheffectsnoradicalcure?Well,Idecidedthatyoureallywereashamedofgivingsuchalargesumbeforeme.Perhaps,too,Ithought,hewantstogiveherasurprise,whenshefindsawholehundred-roublenoteinherpocket.

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