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Chapter 5

           Thinkingitallovernowandpreparingforafreshconflict,hewassuddenlyawarethathewastremblingandhefeltarushofindignationatthethoughtthathewastremblingwithfearatfacingthathatefulPorfiryPetrovitch.Whathedreadedaboveallwasmeetingthatmanagain;hehatedhimwithanintense,unmitigatedhatredandwasafraidhishatredmightbetrayhim.Hisindignationwassuchthatheceasedtremblingatonce;hemadereadytogoinwithacoldandarrogantbearingandvowedtohimselftokeepassilentaspossible,towatchandlistenandforonceatleasttocontrolhisoverstrainednerves.AtthatmomenthewassummonedtoPorfiryPetrovitch.

           HefoundPorfiryPetrovitchaloneinhisstudy.Hisstudywasaroomneitherlargenorsmall,furnishedwithalargewriting-table,thatstoodbeforeasofa,upholsteredincheckedmaterial,abureau,abookcaseinthecornerandseveralchairsallgovernmentfurniture,ofpolishedyellowwood.Inthefurtherwalltherewasacloseddoor,beyondittherewerenodoubtotherrooms.OnRaskolnikov’sentrancePorfiryPetrovitchhadatonceclosedthedoorbywhichhehadcomeinandtheyremainedalone.Hemethisvisitorwithanapparentlygenialandgood-temperedair,anditwasonlyafterafewminutesthatRaskolnikovsawsignsofacertainawkwardnessinhim,asthoughhehadbeenthrownoutofhisreckoningorcaughtinsomethingverysecret.

           “Ah,mydearfellow!Hereyouare...inourdomain”...beganPorfiry,holdingoutbothhandstohim.“Come,sitdown,oldman...

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