Преступление и наказание

Chapter 5

           “Explaintothissillygirl,please,thatnothingbettercouldbedone!Evenorgan-grindersearntheirliving,andeveryonewillseeatoncethatwearedifferent,thatweareanhonourableandbereavedfamilyreducedtobeggary.Andthatgeneralwilllosehispost,you’llsee!Weshallperformunderhiswindowseveryday,andiftheTsardrivesby,I’llfallonmyknees,putthechildrenbeforeme,showthemtohim,andsay‘Defendusfather.’Heisthefatherofthefatherless,heismerciful,he’llprotectus,you’llsee,andthatwretchofageneral....Lida,tenezvousdroite!Kolya,you’lldanceagain.Whyareyouwhimpering?Whimperingagain!Whatareyouafraidof,stupid?Goodness,whatamItodowiththem,RodionRomanovitch?Ifyouonlyknewhowstupidtheyare!What’sonetodowithsuchchildren?”

           Andshe,almostcryingherselfwhichdidnotstopheruninterrupted,rapidflowoftalkpointedtothecryingchildren.Raskolnikovtriedtopersuadehertogohome,andevensaid,hopingtoworkonhervanity,thatitwasunseemlyforhertobewanderingaboutthestreetslikeanorgan-grinder,asshewasintendingtobecometheprincipalofaboarding-school.

           “Aboarding-school,ha-ha-ha!Acastleintheair,”criedKaterinaIvanovna,herlaughendinginacough.“No,RodionRomanovitch,thatdreamisover!Allhaveforsakenus!...Andthatgeneral....Youknow,RodionRomanovitch,Ithrewaninkpotathimithappenedtobestandinginthewaiting-roombythepaperwhereyousignyourname.

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