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Chapter 5

           

           Herememberedthatatsuchtimeshehadbeenparticularlyabsentminded,andcouldnotdiscriminatebetweenobjectsandpersonsunlessheconcentratedspecialattentionuponthem.

           Herememberedseeingsomethinginthewindowmarkedatsixtycopecks.Therefore,iftheshopexistedandifthisobjectwerereallyinthewindow,itwouldprovethathehadbeenabletoconcentratehisattentiononthisarticleatamomentwhen,asageneralrule,hisabsenceofmindwouldhavebeentoogreattoadmitofanysuchconcentration;infact,veryshortlyafterhehadlefttherailwaystationinsuchastateofagitation.

           Sohewalkedbacklookingabouthimfortheshop,andhisheartbeatwithintolerableimpatience.Ah!herewastheveryshop,andtherewasthearticlemarked“60cop.”Ofcourse,it’ssixtycopecks,hethought,andcertainlyworthnomore.Thisideaamusedhimandhelaughed.

           Butitwasahystericallaugh;hewasfeelingterriblyoppressed.Herememberedclearlythatjusthere,standingbeforethiswindow,hehadsuddenlyturnedround,justasearlierinthedayhehadturnedandfoundthedreadfuleyesofRogojinfixeduponhim.Convinced,therefore,thatinthisrespectatalleventshehadbeenundernodelusion,helefttheshopandwenton.

           Thismustbethoughtout;itwasclearthattherehadbeennohallucinationatthestationthen,either;somethinghadactuallyhappenedtohim,onbothoccasions;therewasnodoubtofit.

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