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- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 37
of my letter: know then, my dear boy, that we may, perhaps,
be all together in a very short time and may embrace one an-
other again after a separation of almost three years! It is settled
for certain that Dounia and I are to set off for Petersburg, ex-
actly when I don't know, but very, very soon, possibly in a
week. It all depends on Pyotr Petrovitch who will let us know
when he has had time to look round him in Petersburg. To suit
his own arrangements he is anxious to have the ceremony as
soon as possible, even before the fast of Our Lady, if it could be
managed, or if that is too soon to be ready, immediately after.
Oh, with what happiness I shall press you to my heart! Dounia
is all excitement at the joyful thought of seeing you, she said
one day in joke that she would be ready to marry Pyotr Petro-
vitch for that alone. She is an angel! She is not writing anything
to you now, and has only told me to write that she has so much,
so much to tell you that she is not going to take up her pen
now, for a few lines would tell you nothing, and it would only
mean upsetting herself; she bids me send you her love and in-
numerable kisses. But although we shall be meeting so soon,
perhaps I shall send you as much money as I can in a day or two.
Now that every one has heard that Dounia is to marry Pyotr
Petrovitch, my credit has suddenly improved and I know that
Afanasy Ivanovitch will trust me now even to seventy-five
roubles on the security of my pension, so that perhaps I shall be
able to send you twenty-five or even thirty roubles. I would send
you more, but I am uneasy about our travelling expenses; for
though Pyotr Petrovitch has been so kind as to undertake part
of the expenses of the journey, that is to say, he has taken upon
himself the conveyance of our bags and big trunk (which will
be conveyed through some acquaintances of his) , we must
reckon upon some expenses on our arrival in Petersburg, where
we can't be left without a halfpenny, at least for the first few
days. But we have calculated it all, Dounia and I, to the last
penny, and we see that the journey will not cost very much. It
is only ninety versts from us to the railway and we have come
to an agreement with a driver we know, so as to be in readiness;
and from there Dounia and I can travel quite comfortably third
class. So that I may very likely be able to send to you not twen-
ty-five, but thirty roubles. But enough; I have covered two
sheets already and there is no space left for more; our whol*
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