Chapter 12

           WhenthewidowhurriedawaytoPavlofsk,shewentstraighttoDariaAlexeyevna’shouse,andtellingallsheknew,threwherintoastateofgreatalarm.BothladiesdecidedtocommunicateatoncewithLebedeff,who,asthefriendandlandlordoftheprince,wasalsomuchagitated.VeraLebedefftoldallsheknew,andbyLebedeff’sadviceitwasdecidedthatallthreeshouldgotoPetersburgasquicklyaspossible,inordertoavert“whatmightsoeasilyhappen.”

           Thisishowitcameaboutthatateleveno’clocknextmorningRogojin’sflatwasopenedbythepoliceinthepresenceofLebedeff,thetwoladies,andRogojin’sownbrother,wholivedinthewing.

           TheevidenceoftheporterwentfurtherthananythingelsetowardsthesuccessofLebedeffingainingtheassistanceofthepolice.HedeclaredthathehadseenRogojinreturntothehouselastnight,accompaniedbyafriend,andthatbothhadgoneupstairsverysecretlyandcautiously.Afterthistherewasnohesitationaboutbreakingopenthedoor,sinceitcouldnotbegotopeninanyotherway.

           Rogojinsufferedfrombrainfeverfortwomonths.Whenherecoveredfromtheattackhewasatoncebroughtupontrialformurder.

           Hegavefull,satisfactory,anddirectevidenceoneverypoint;andtheprince’snamewas,thankstothis,notbroughtintotheproceedings.Rogojinwasveryquietduringtheprogressofthetrial.