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Chapter 5

           

           “And,ifso,couldyoubringyourselfincaseofworldlydifficultiesandhardshiporforsomeservicetohumanitytooverstepobstacles?...Forinstance,torobandmurder?”

           Andagainhewinkedwithhislefteye,andlaughednoiselesslyjustasbefore.

           “IfIdidIcertainlyshouldnottellyou,”Raskolnikovansweredwithdefiantandhaughtycontempt.

           “No,Iwasonlyinterestedonaccountofyourarticle,fromaliterarypointofview...”

           “Foo!howobviousandinsolentthatis!”Raskolnikovthoughtwithrepulsion.

           “Allowmetoobserve,”heanswereddryly,“thatIdon’tconsidermyselfaMahometoraNapoleon,noranypersonageofthatkind,andnotbeingoneofthemIcannottellyouhowIshouldact.”

           “Oh,come,don’tweallthinkourselvesNapoleonsnowinRussia?”PorfiryPetrovitchsaidwithalarmingfamiliarity.

           Somethingpeculiarbetrayeditselfintheveryintonationofhisvoice.

           “PerhapsitwasoneofthesefutureNapoleonswhodidforAlyonaIvanovnalastweek?”Zametovblurtedoutfromthecorner.

           Raskolnikovdidnotspeak,butlookedfirmlyandintentlyatPorfiry.Razumihinwasscowlinggloomily.Heseemedbeforethistobenoticingsomething.Helookedangrilyaround.Therewasaminuteofgloomysilence.Raskolnikovturnedtogo.

           “Areyougoingalready?”Porfirysaidamiably,holdingouthishandwithexcessivepoliteness.“Very,verygladofyouracquaintance.Asforyourrequest,havenouneasiness,writejustasItoldyou,or,betterstill,cometomethereyourselfinadayortwo...to-morrow,indeed.

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