Преступление и наказание

Chapter 4

           Butifall,tothelastnote,isfalseinflattery,itisjustasagreeable,andisheardnotwithoutsatisfaction.Itmaybeacoarsesatisfaction,butstillasatisfaction.Andhowevercoarsetheflattery,atleasthalfwillbesuretoseemtrue.That’ssoforallstagesofdevelopmentandclassesofsociety.Avestalvirginmightbeseducedbyflattery.IcanneverrememberwithoutlaughterhowIonceseducedaladywhowasdevotedtoherhusband,herchildren,andherprinciples.Whatfunitwasandhowlittletrouble!Andtheladyreallyhadprinciplesofherown,anyway.Allmytacticslayinsimplybeingutterlyannihilatedandprostratebeforeherpurity.Iflatteredhershamelessly,andassoonasIsucceededingettingapressureofthehand,evenaglancefromher,Iwouldreproachmyselfforhavingsnatcheditbyforce,andwoulddeclarethatshehadresisted,sothatIcouldneverhavegainedanythingbutformybeingsounprincipled.Imaintainedthatshewassoinnocentthatshecouldnotforeseemytreachery,andyieldedtomeunconsciously,unawares,andsoon.Infact,Itriumphed,whilemyladyremainedfirmlyconvincedthatshewasinnocent,chaste,andfaithfultoallherdutiesandobligationsandhadsuccumbedquitebyaccident.AndhowangryshewaswithmewhenIexplainedtoheratlastthatitwasmysincereconvictionthatshewasjustaseagerasI.PoorMarfaPetrovnawasawfullyweakonthesideofflattery,andifIhadonlycaredto,Imighthavehadallherpropertysettledonmeduringherlifetime.

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