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Chapter 5

           SeveralpersonscameintoofromtheKapernaumovs’room;thelandlord,alameone-eyedmanofstrangeappearancewithwhiskersandhairthatstooduplikeabrush,hiswife,awomanwithaneverlastinglyscaredexpression,andseveralopen-mouthedchildrenwithwonder-struckfaces.Amongthese,Svidrigaïlovsuddenlymadehisappearance.Raskolnikovlookedathimwithsurprise,notunderstandingwherehehadcomefromandnothavingnoticedhiminthecrowd.Adoctorandpriestworespokenof.TheofficialwhisperedtoRaskolnikovthathethoughtitwastoolatenowforthedoctor,butheorderedhimtobesentfor.Kapernaumovranhimself.

           MeanwhileKaterinaIvanovnahadregainedherbreath.Thebleedingceasedforatime.ShelookedwithsickbutintentandpenetratingeyesatSonia,whostoodpaleandtrembling,wipingthesweatfromherbrowwithahandkerchief.Atlastsheaskedtoberaised.Theysatheruponthebed,supportingheronbothsides.

           “Wherearethechildren?”shesaidinafaintvoice.“You’vebroughtthem,Polenka?Ohthesillies!Whydidyourunaway....Och!”

           Oncemoreherparchedlipswerecoveredwithblood.Shemovedhereyes,lookingabouther.

           “Sothat’showyoulive,Sonia!NeveroncehaveIbeeninyourroom.”

           Shelookedatherwithafaceofsuffering.

           “Wehavebeenyourruin,Sonia.Polenka,Lida,Kolya,comehere!Well,heretheyare,Sonia,takethemall!Ihandthemovertoyou,I’vehadenough!Theballisover.”(Cough!)“Laymedown,letmedieinpeace.”

           Theylaidherbackonthepillow.

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