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- 426 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
nothing. And it's not at all the thing for the prosecutor to let
himself be carried away by notions: here I have Nikolay on my
hands with actual evidence against him — you may think what
you like of it, but it's evidence. He brings in his psychology,
too; one has to consider him, too, for it's a matter of life and
death. Why am I explaining this to you? That you may under-
stand, and not blame my malicious behaviour on that occasion.
It was not malicious, I assure you, he-he! Do you suppose I
didn't come to search your room at the time? I did, I did, he-he!
I was here when you were lying ill in bed, not officially, not in
my own person, but I was here. Your room was searched to the
last thread at the first suspicion; but umsonst! I thought to my-
self, now that man will come, will come of himself and quickly,
too; if he's guilty, he's sure to come. Another man wouldn't but
he will. And you remember how Mr. Razumihin began discuss-
ing the subject with you? We arranged that to excite you, so we
purposely spread rumours, that he might discuss the case with
you, and Razumihin is not a man to restrain his indignation.
Mr. Zametov was tremendously struck by your anger and your
open daring. Think of blurting out in a restaurant 'I killed her.'
It was too daring, too reckless. I thought to myself, if he is
guilty he will be a formidable opponent. That was what I
thought at the time. I was expecting you. But you simply
bowled Zametov over and . . . well, you see, it all lies in this —
that this damnable psychology can be taken two ways! Well, I
kept expecting you, and so it was, you came! My heart was
fairly throbbing. Ach!
"Now, why need you have come? Your laughter, too, as you
came in, do you remember? I saw it all plain as daylight, but if
I hadn't expected you so specially, I should not have noticed
anything in your laughter. You see what influence a mood has!
Mr. Razumihin then — ah, that stone, that stone under which
the things were hidden! I seem to see it somewhere in a kitchen
garden. It was in a kitchen garden, you told Zametov and
afterwards you repeated that in my office? And when we began
picking your article to pieces, how you explained it! One could
take every word of yours in two senses, as though there were
another meaning hidden.
"So in this way, Rodion Romanovitch, I reached the furthest
limit, and knocking my head against a post, I pulled myself up,
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