Преступление и наказание

Chapter 1

           Fromhischildhoodthethoughtofdeathandthepresenceofdeathhadsomethingoppressiveandmysteriouslyawful;anditwaslongsincehehadheardtherequiemservice.Andtherewassomethingelsehereaswell,tooawfulanddisturbing.Helookedatthechildren:theywereallkneelingbythecoffin;Polenkawasweeping.BehindthemSoniaprayed,softlyand,asitwere,timidlyweeping.

           “Theselasttwodaysshehasn’tsaidawordtome,shehasn’tglancedatme,”Raskolnikovthoughtsuddenly.Thesunlightwasbrightintheroom;theincenseroseinclouds;thepriestread,“Giverest,ohLord....”Raskolnikovstayedallthroughtheservice.Asheblessedthemandtookhisleave,thepriestlookedroundstrangely.Aftertheservice,RaskolnikovwentuptoSonia.Shetookbothhishandsandletherheadsinkonhisshoulder.ThisslightfriendlygesturebewilderedRaskolnikov.Itseemedstrangetohimthattherewasnotraceofrepugnance,notraceofdisgust,notremorinherhand.Itwasthefurthestlimitofself-abnegation,atleastsoheinterpretedit.

           Soniasaidnothing.Raskolnikovpressedherhandandwentout.Hefeltverymiserable.Ifithadbeenpossibletoescapetosomesolitude,hewouldhavethoughthimselflucky,evenifhehadtospendhiswholelifethere.Butalthoughhehadalmostalwaysbeenbyhimselfoflate,hehadneverbeenabletofeelalone.Sometimeshewalkedoutofthetownontothehighroad,oncehehadevenreachedalittlewood,buttheloneliertheplacewas,themoreheseemedtobeawareofanuneasypresencenearhim.

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