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Chapter 5

           

           “That’sasyoulike,butSofyaSemyonovnaisnotathome.Shehastakenthethreechildrentoanoldladyofhighrank,thepatronessofsomeorphanasylums,whomIusedtoknowyearsago.IcharmedtheoldladybydepositingasumofmoneywithhertoprovideforthethreechildrenofKaterinaIvanovnaandsubscribingtotheinstitutionaswell.ItoldhertoothestoryofSofyaSemyonovnainfulldetail,suppressingnothing.Itproducedanindescribableeffectonher.That’swhySofyaSemyonovnahasbeeninvitedtocallto-dayattheX.Hotelwheretheladyisstayingforthetime.”

           “Nomatter,I’llcomeallthesame.”

           “Asyoulike,it’snothingtome,butIwon’tcomewithyou;hereweareathome.Bytheway,IamconvincedthatyouregardmewithsuspicionjustbecauseIhaveshownsuchdelicacyandhavenotsofartroubledyouwithquestions...youunderstand?Itstruckyouasextraordinary;Idon’tmindbettingit’sthat.Well,itteachesonetoshowdelicacy!”

           “Andtolistenatdoors!”

           “Ah,that’sit,isit?”laughedSvidrigaïlov.“Yes,Ishouldhavebeensurprisedifyouhadletthatpassafterallthathashappened.Ha-ha!ThoughIdidunderstandsomethingofthepranksyouhadbeenuptoandweretellingSofyaSemyonovnaabout,whatwasthemeaningofit?PerhapsIamquitebehindthetimesandcan’tunderstand.Forgoodness’sake,explainit,mydearboy.Expoundthelatesttheories!”

           “Youcouldn’thaveheardanything.

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