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Chapter 5

           Hewassittingwithcompressedlips,hisfeverisheyesfixedonPorfiryPetrovitch’s.

           “Yetthatisthecase,withsometypesespecially,formenaresodifferent.Yousay‘evidence’.Well,theremaybeevidence.Butevidence,youknow,cangenerallybetakentwoways.Iamanexamininglawyerandaweakman,Iconfessit.Ishouldliketomakeaproof,sotosay,mathematicallyclear.Ishouldliketomakeachainofevidencesuchastwicetwoarefour,itoughttobeadirect,irrefutableproof!AndifIshuthimuptoosooneventhoughImightbeconvincedhewastheman,Ishouldverylikelybedeprivingmyselfofthemeansofgettingfurtherevidenceagainsthim.Andhow?Bygivinghim,sotospeak,adefiniteposition,Ishallputhimoutofsuspenseandsethismindatrest,sothathewillretreatintohisshell.TheysaythatatSevastopol,soonafterAlma,thecleverpeoplewereinaterriblefrightthattheenemywouldattackopenlyandtakeSevastopolatonce.Butwhentheysawthattheenemypreferredaregularsiege,theyweredelighted,Iamtoldandreassured,forthethingwoulddragonfortwomonthsatleast.You’relaughing,youdon’tbelievemeagain?Ofcourse,you’reright,too.You’reright,you’reright.Thesearespecialcases,Iadmit.

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