Преступление и наказание

Chapter 3

           (ForIknow,somebenevolentpeopleareveryfondofdeckingouttheircharitableactionsinthatway.)Thentheideastruckme,too,thatyouwantedtotesther,toseewhether,whenshefoundit,shewouldcometothankyou.Then,too,thatyouwantedtoavoidthanksandthat,asthesayingis,yourrighthandshouldnotknow...somethingofthatsort,infact.IthoughtofsomanypossibilitiesthatIputoffconsideringit,butstillthoughtitindelicatetoshowyouthatIknewyoursecret.ButanotherideastruckmeagainthatSofyaSemyonovnamighteasilylosethemoneybeforeshenoticedit,thatwaswhyIdecidedtocomeinheretocallheroutoftheroomandtotellherthatyouputahundredroublesinherpocket.ButonmywayIwentfirsttoMadameKobilatnikov’stotakethemthe‘GeneralTreatiseonthePositiveMethod’andespeciallytorecommendPiderit’sarticle(andalsoWagner’s);thenIcomeonhereandwhatastateofthingsIfind!NowcouldI,couldI,havealltheseideasandreflectionsifIhadnotseenyouputthehundred-roublenoteinherpocket?”

           WhenLebeziatnikovfinishedhislong-windedharanguewiththelogicaldeductionattheend,hewasquitetired,andtheperspirationstreamedfromhisface.Hecouldnot,alas,evenexpresshimselfcorrectlyinRussian,thoughheknewnootherlanguage,sothathewasquiteexhausted,almostemaciatedafterthisheroicexploit.Buthisspeechproducedapowerfuleffect.Hehadspokenwithsuchvehemence,withsuchconvictionthateveryoneobviouslybelievedhim.

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