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Chapter 1

           Hetossedhiscockadedcaponthetableandsatdowninaneasy-chair.Thesmallladypositivelyskippedfromherseatonseeinghim,andfelltocurtsyinginasortofecstasy;buttheofficertooknotthesmallestnoticeofher,andshedidnotventuretositdownagaininhispresence.Hewastheassistantsuperintendent.Hehadareddishmoustachethatstoodouthorizontallyoneachsideofhisface,andextremelysmallfeatures,expressiveofnothingmuchexceptacertaininsolence.HelookedaskanceandratherindignantlyatRaskolnikov;hewassoverybadlydressed,andinspiteofhishumiliatingposition,hisbearingwasbynomeansinkeepingwithhisclothes.Raskolnikovhadunwarilyfixedaverylonganddirectlookonhim,sothathefeltpositivelyaffronted.

           “Whatdoyouwant?”heshouted,apparentlyastonishedthatsucharaggedfellowwasnotannihilatedbythemajestyofhisglance.

           “Iwassummoned...byanotice...”Raskolnikovfaltered.

           “Fortherecoveryofmoneydue,fromthestudent,”theheadclerkinterferedhurriedly,tearinghimselffromhispapers.“Here!”andheflungRaskolnikovadocumentandpointedouttheplace.“Readthat!”

           “Money?Whatmoney?”thoughtRaskolnikov,“but...then...it’scertainlynotthat.”

           Andhetrembledwithjoy.Hefeltsuddenintenseindescribablerelief.Aloadwasliftedfromhisback.

           “Andpray,whattimewereyoudirectedtoappear,sir?”shoutedtheassistantsuperintendent,seemingforsomeunknownreasonmoreandmoreaggrieved.

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