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Chapter 6

           Thestudentchatteredon,sayingthatshehadasisterLizaveta,whomthewretchedlittlecreaturewascontinuallybeating,andkeptincompletebondagelikeasmallchild,thoughLizavetawasatleastsixfeethigh.

           “There’saphenomenonforyou,”criedthestudentandhelaughed.

           TheybegantalkingaboutLizaveta.ThestudentspokeaboutherwithapeculiarrelishandwascontinuallylaughingandtheofficerlistenedwithgreatinterestandaskedhimtosendLizavetatodosomemendingforhim.Raskolnikovdidnotmissawordandlearnedeverythingabouther.Lizavetawasyoungerthantheoldwomanandwasherhalf-sister,beingthechildofadifferentmother.Shewasthirty-five.Sheworkeddayandnightforhersister,andbesidesdoingthecookingandthewashing,shedidsewingandworkedasacharwomanandgavehersisterallsheearned.Shedidnotdaretoacceptanorderorjobofanykindwithouthersister’spermission.Theoldwomanhadalreadymadeherwill,andLizavetaknewofit,andbythiswillshewouldnotgetafarthing;nothingbutthemovables,chairsandsoon;allthemoneywaslefttoamonasteryintheprovinceofN,thatprayersmightbesaidforherinperpetuity.Lizavetawasoflowerrankthanhersister,unmarriedandawfullyuncouthinappearance,remarkablytallwithlongfeetthatlookedasiftheywerebentoutwards.Shealwaysworebatteredgoatskinshoes,andwascleaninherperson.WhatthestudentexpressedmostsurpriseandamusementaboutwasthefactthatLizavetawascontinuallywithchild.

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