Преступление и наказание

Chapter 1

           HeknewthattheflathadbeenoccupiedbyaGermanclerkinthecivilservice,andhisfamily.ThisGermanwasmovingoutthen,andsothefourthflooronthisstaircasewouldbeuntenantedexceptbytheoldwoman.“That’sagoodthinganyway,”hethoughttohimself,asherangthebelloftheoldwoman’sflat.Thebellgaveafainttinkleasthoughitweremadeoftinandnotofcopper.Thelittleflatsinsuchhousesalwayshavebellsthatringlikethat.Hehadforgottenthenoteofthatbell,andnowitspeculiartinkleseemedtoremindhimofsomethingandtobringitclearlybeforehim....Hestarted,hisnerveswereterriblyoverstrainedbynow.Inalittlewhile,thedoorwasopenedatinycrack:theoldwomaneyedhervisitorwithevidentdistrustthroughthecrack,andnothingcouldbeseenbutherlittleeyes,glitteringinthedarkness.But,seeinganumberofpeopleonthelanding,shegrewbolder,andopenedthedoorwide.Theyoungmansteppedintothedarkentry,whichwaspartitionedofffromthetinykitchen.Theoldwomanstoodfacinghiminsilenceandlookinginquiringlyathim.Shewasadiminutive,witheredupoldwomanofsixty,withsharpmalignanteyesandasharplittlenose.Hercolourless,somewhatgrizzledhairwasthicklysmearedwithoil,andsheworenokerchiefoverit.Roundherthinlongneck,whichlookedlikeahen’sleg,wasknottedsomesortofflannelrag,and,inspiteoftheheat,therehungflappingonhershoulders,amangyfurcape,yellowwithage.Theoldwomancoughedandgroanedateveryinstant.

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