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- 288 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
Raskolnikov smiled sarcastically, Razumihin fidgeted, but
Pyotr Petrovitch did not accept the reproof; on the contrary,
?.t every word he became more persistent and irritable, as though
he relished it.
"Love for the future partner of your life, for your husband,
ought to outweigh your love for your brother," he pronounced
sententiously, "and in any case I cannot be put on the same
level. . . . Although I said so emphatically that I would not speak
openly in your brother's presence, nevertheless, I intend now to
ask your honoured mother for a necessary explanation on a
point of great importance closely affecting my dignity. Your
son," he turned to Pvdcheria Alexandrovna, "yesterday in the
presence of Mr. Razsudkin (or ... I think that's it? excuse me
I have forgotten your surname," he bowed politely to Razu-
mihin) "insulted me by misrepresenting the idea I expressed to
you in a private conversation, drinking coffee, that is, that mar-
riage with a poor girl who has had experience of trouble is
more advantageous from the conjugal point of view than with
one who has lived in luxury, since it is more profitable for the
moral character. Your son intentionally exaggerated the signifi-
cance ofmy words and made them ridiculous, accusing me of
malicious intentions, and, as far as I could see, relied upon your
correspondence with him. I shall consider myself happy, Pul-
cheria Alexandrovna, if it is possible for you to convince me
of an opposite conclusion, and thereby considerately reassure me.
Kindly let me know in what terms precisely you repeated my
words in your letter to Rodion Romanovitch."
"I don't remember," faltered Pulcheria Alexandrovna. "I
repeated them as I understood them. I don't know how Rodya
repeated them to you, perhaps he exaggerated."
"He could not have exaggerated them, except at your in-
stigation."
"Pyotr Petrovitch," Pulcheria Alexandrovna declared with
dignity, "the proof that Dounia and I did not take your words
in a very bad sense is the fact that we are here."
"Good, mother," said Dovmia appWvingly.
"Then this is my fault again," said Luzhin, aggrieved.
"Well, Pyotr Petrovitch you keep blaming Rodion, but you
yourself have just written what was false about him," Pul-
cheria Alexandrovna added, gaining courage.
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