Злочин та покарання

Chapter 3

           Listen!I’llexplainitallindetailtoyou,thewholeproject!Itallflashedintomyheadthismorning,beforeanythinghadhappened...Itellyouwhat;Ihaveanuncle,Imustintroducehimtoyou(amostaccommodatingandrespectableoldman).Thisunclehasgotacapitalofathousandroubles,andhelivesonhispensionandhasnoneedofthatmoney.Forthelasttwoyearshehasbeenbotheringmetoborrowitfromhimandpayhimsixpercent.interest.Iknowwhatthatmeans;hesimplywantstohelpme.LastyearIhadnoneedofit,butthisyearIresolvedtoborrowitassoonashearrived.Thenyoulendmeanotherthousandofyourthreeandwehaveenoughforastart,sowe’llgointopartnership,andwhatarewegoingtodo?”

           ThenRazumihinbegantounfoldhisproject,andheexplainedatlengththatalmostallourpublishersandbooksellersknownothingatallofwhattheyareselling,andforthatreasontheyareusuallybadpublishers,andthatanydecentpublicationspayasaruleandgiveaprofit,sometimesaconsiderableone.Razumihinhad,indeed,beendreamingofsettingupasapublisher.Forthelasttwoyearshehadbeenworkinginpublishers’offices,andknewthreeEuropeanlanguageswell,thoughhehadtoldRaskolnikovsixdaysbeforethathewas“schwach”inGermanwithanobjectofpersuadinghimtotakehalfhistranslationandhalfthepaymentforit.Hehadtoldaliethen,andRaskolnikovknewhewaslying.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 443 з 778