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Chapter 1

           Theonlydifferenceisthatinformertimestherewaslesspublicity,whilenoweveryonetalksandwritesfreelyaboutsuchthings—whichfactgivestheimpressionthatsuchcrimeshaveonlynowsprungintoexistence.Thatiswhereyourmistakelies—anextremelynaturalmistake,Iassureyou,mydearfellow!”saidPrinceS.

           “Iknowthattherewerejustasmany,andjustasterrible,crimesbeforeourtimes.NotlongsinceIvisitedaconvictprisonandmadeacquaintancewithsomeofthecriminals.Thereweresomeevenmoredreadfulcriminalsthanthisonewehavebeenspeakingof—menwhohavemurderedadozenoftheirfellow-creatures,andfeelnoremorsewhatever.ButwhatIespeciallynoticedwasthis,thattheverymosthopelessandremorselessmurderer—howeverhardenedacriminalhemaybe—stillknowsthatheisacriminal;thatis,heisconsciousthathehasactedwickedly,thoughhemayfeelnoremorsewhatever.Andtheywerealllikethis.ThoseofwhomEvgeniePavlovitchhasspoken,donotadmitthattheyarecriminalsatall;theythinktheyhadarighttodowhattheydid,andthattheywereevendoingagooddeed,perhaps.Iconsiderthereisthegreatestdifferencebetweenthetwocases.Andrecollect—itwasayouth,attheparticularagewhichismosthelplesslysusceptibletothedistortionofideas!”

           PrinceS.wasnownolongersmiling;hegazedattheprinceinbewilderment.

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