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Chapter 5

           Andthethingshesaidyesterday!Andtheyweredelighted!Hecankeepitupforafortnighttogether.Lastyearhepersuadedusthathewasgoingintoamonastery:hestucktoitfortwomonths.Notlongagohetookitintohisheadtodeclarehewasgoingtogetmarried,thathehadeverythingreadyforthewedding.Heorderednewclothesindeed.Weallbegantocongratulatehim.Therewasnobride,nothing,allpurefantasy!”

           “Ah,youarewrong!Igottheclothesbefore.Itwasthenewclothesinfactthatmademethinkoftakingyouin.”

           “Areyousuchagooddissembler?”Raskolnikovaskedcarelessly.

           “Youwouldn’thavesupposedit,eh?Waitabit,Ishalltakeyouin,too.Ha-ha-ha!No,I’lltellyouthetruth.Allthesequestionsaboutcrime,environment,children,recalltomymindanarticleofyourswhichinterestedmeatthetime.‘OnCrime’...orsomethingofthesort,Iforgetthetitle,IreaditwithpleasuretwomonthsagointhePeriodicalReview.”

           “Myarticle?InthePeriodicalReview?”Raskolnikovaskedinastonishment.“IcertainlydidwriteanarticleuponabooksixmonthsagowhenIlefttheuniversity,butIsentittotheWeeklyReview.”

           “ButitcameoutinthePeriodical.”

           “AndtheWeeklyReviewceasedtoexist,sothat’swhyitwasn’tprintedatthetime.”

           “That’strue;butwhenitceasedtoexist,theWeeklyReviewwasamalgamatedwiththePeriodical,andsoyourarticleappearedtwomonthsagointhelatter.Didn’tyouknow?”

           Raskolnikovhadnotknown.

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