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Chapter 1

           Theimpulsewassostrongthathegotupfromhisseattocarryitout.“Hadn’tIbetterthinkaminute?”flashedthroughhismind.“No,bettercastofftheburdenwithoutthinking.”Butallatoncehestoodstill,rootedtothespot.NikodimFomitchwastalkingeagerlywithIlyaPetrovitch,andthewordsreachedhim:

           “It’simpossible,they’llbothbereleased.Tobeginwith,thewholestorycontradictsitself.Whyshouldtheyhavecalledtheporter,ifithadbeentheirdoing?Toinformagainstthemselves?Orasablind?No,thatwouldbetoocunning!Besides,Pestryakov,thestudent,wasseenatthegatebyboththeportersandawomanashewentin.Hewaswalkingwiththreefriends,wholefthimonlyatthegate,andheaskedtheporterstodirecthim,inthepresenceofthefriends.Now,wouldhehaveaskedhiswayifhehadbeengoingwithsuchanobject?AsforKoch,hespenthalfanhouratthesilversmith’sbelow,beforehewentuptotheoldwomanandhelefthimatexactlyaquartertoeight.Nowjustconsider...”

           “Butexcuseme,howdoyouexplainthiscontradiction?Theystatethemselvesthattheyknockedandthedoorwaslocked;yetthreeminuteslaterwhentheywentupwiththeporter,itturnedoutthedoorwasunfastened.”

           “That’sjustit;themurderermusthavebeenthereandboltedhimselfin;andthey’dhavecaughthimforacertaintyifKochhadnotbeenanassandgonetolookfortheportertoo.Hemusthaveseizedtheintervaltogetdownstairsandslipbythemsomehow.

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