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Chapter 12

           Hedidnotcontradicthiscleverandeloquentcounsel,whoarguedthatthebrainfever,orinflammationofthebrain,wasthecauseofthecrime;clearlyprovingthatthismaladyhadexistedlongbeforethemurderwasperpetrated,andhadbeenbroughtonbythesufferingsoftheaccused.

           ButRogojinaddednowordsofhisowninconfirmationofthisview,andasbefore,herecountedwithmarvellousexactnessthedetailsofhiscrime.Hewasconvicted,butwithextenuatingcircumstances,andcondemnedtohardlabourinSiberiaforfifteenyears.Heheardhissentencegrimly,silently,andthoughtfully.Hiscolossalfortune,withtheexceptionofthecomparativelysmallportionwastedinthefirstwantonperiodofhisinheritance,wenttohisbrother,tothegreatsatisfactionofthelatter.

           Theoldlady,Rogojin’smother,isstillalive,andremembersherfavouritesonParfensometimes,butnotclearly.Godsparedhertheknowledgeofthisdreadfulcalamitywhichhadovertakenherhouse.

           Lebedeff,Keller,Gania,Ptitsin,andmanyotherfriendsofourscontinuetoliveasbefore.Thereisscarcelyanychangeinthem,sothatthereisnoneedtotelloftheirsubsequentdoings.

           Hippolytediedingreatagitation,andrathersoonerthanheexpected,aboutafortnightafterNastasiaPhilipovna’sdeath.Coliawasmuchaffectedbytheseevents,anddrewnearertohismotherinheartandsympathy.NinaAlexandrovnaisanxious,becauseheis“thoughtfulbeyondhisyears,”buthewill,wethink,makeausefulandactiveman.

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