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Chapter 4

           OfcoursetheysoughthighandlowforNikolay;theydetainedDushkinandsearchedhishouse;Dmitri,too,wasarrested;theKolomenskymenalsowereturnedinsideout.AndthedaybeforeyesterdaytheyarrestedNikolayinatavernattheendofthetown.Hehadgonethere,takenthesilvercrossoffhisneckandaskedforadramforit.Theygaveittohim.Afewminutesafterwardsthewomanwenttothecowshed,andthroughacrackinthewallshesawinthestableadjoininghehadmadeanooseofhissashfromthebeam,stoodonablockofwood,andwastryingtoputhisneckinthenoose.Thewomanscreechedherhardest;peopleranin.‘Sothat’swhatyouareupto!’‘Takeme,’hesays,‘tosuch-and-suchapoliceofficer;I’llconfesseverything.’Well,theytookhimtothatpolicestationthatisherewithasuitableescort.Sotheyaskedhimthisandthat,howoldheis,‘twenty-two,’andsoon.Atthequestion,‘WhenyouwereworkingwithDmitri,didn’tyouseeanyoneonthestaircaseatsuch-and-suchatime?’answer:‘Tobesurefolksmayhavegoneupanddown,butIdidnotnoticethem.’‘Anddidn’tyouhearanything,anynoise,andsoon?’‘Weheardnothingspecial.’‘Anddidyouhear,Nikolay,thatonthesamedayWidowSo-and-soandhersisterweremurderedandrobbed?’‘Ineverknewathingaboutit.ThefirstIheardofitwasfromAfanasyPavlovitchthedaybeforeyesterday.’‘Andwheredidyoufindtheear-rings?’‘Ifoundthemonthepavement.

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