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Chapter 5

           Shekeepsbeatingthechildrenandtheyareallcrying.SheisteachingLidatosing‘MyVillage,’theboytodance,Polenkathesame.Sheistearingupalltheclothes,andmakingthemlittlecapslikeactors;shemeanstocarryatinbasinandmakeittinkle,insteadofmusic....Shewon’tlistentoanything....Imaginethestateofthings!It’sbeyondanything!”

           Lebeziatnikovwouldhavegoneon,butSonia,whohadheardhimalmostbreathless,snatcheduphercloakandhat,andranoutoftheroom,puttingonherthingsasshewent.RaskolnikovfollowedherandLebeziatnikovcameafterhim.

           “Shehascertainlygonemad!”hesaidtoRaskolnikov,astheywentoutintothestreet.“Ididn’twanttofrightenSofyaSemyonovna,soIsaid‘itseemedlikeit,’butthereisn’tadoubtofit.Theysaythatinconsumptionthetuberclessometimesoccurinthebrain;it’sapityIknownothingofmedicine.Ididtrytopersuadeher,butshewouldn’tlisten.”

           “Didyoutalktoheraboutthetubercles?”

           “Notpreciselyofthetubercles.Besides,shewouldn’thaveunderstood!ButwhatIsayis,thatifyouconvinceapersonlogicallythathehasnothingtocryabout,he’llstopcrying.That’sclear.Isityourconvictionthathewon’t?”

           “Lifewouldbetooeasyifitwereso,”answeredRaskolnikov.

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