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Chapter 7

           

           “Runyourfastest!”criedthelittleboyonthechairsuddenly,afterwhichherelapsedintothesamedumbrigidity,withroundeyes,hisheelsthrustforwardandhistoesspreadout.

           Meanwhiletheroomhadbecomesofullofpeoplethatyoucouldn’thavedroppedapin.Thepolicemenleft,allexceptone,whoremainedforatime,tryingtodriveoutthepeoplewhocameinfromthestairs.AlmostallMadameLippevechsel’slodgershadstreamedinfromtheinnerroomsoftheflat;atfirsttheyweresqueezedtogetherinthedoorway,butafterwardstheyoverflowedintotheroom.KaterinaIvanovnaflewintoafury.

           “Youmightlethimdieinpeace,atleast,”sheshoutedatthecrowd,“isitaspectacleforyoutogapeat?Withcigarettes!(Cough,cough,cough!)Youmightaswellkeepyourhatson....Andthereisoneinhishat!...Getaway!Youshouldrespectthedead,atleast!”

           Hercoughchokedherbutherreproacheswerenotwithoutresult.TheyevidentlystoodinsomeaweofKaterinaIvanovna.Thelodgers,oneafteranother,squeezedbackintothedoorwaywiththatstrangeinnerfeelingofsatisfactionwhichmaybeobservedinthepresenceofasuddenaccident,eveninthosenearestanddearesttothevictim,fromwhichnolivingmanisexempt,eveninspiteofthesincerestsympathyandcompassion.

           Voicesoutsidewereheard,however,speakingofthehospitalandsayingthatthey’dnobusinesstomakeadisturbancehere.

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