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- 458 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
drive! I believe it will come on to rain. Never mind, we'll put
down the hood. . . ."
Svidrigailov was already in the carriage. Raskolnikov de-
cided that his suspicions were at least for that moment unjust.
"Without answering a word he turned and walked back towards
the Hay Market. If he had only turned round on his way he
might have seen Svidrigailov get out not a hundred paces off,
dismiss the cab and walk along the pavement. But he had turned
the corner and could see nothing. Intense disgust drew him
away from SvidrigaVlov.
"To think that I could for one instant have looked for help
from that coarse brute, that depraved sensualist and black-
guard!" hecried.
Raskolnikov's judgment was uttered too lightly and hastily:
there was something about Svidrigailov which gave him a cer-
tain original, even a mysterious character. As concerned his
sister, Raskolnikov was convinced that Svidrigailov would not
leave her in peace. But it was too tiresome and unbearable to go
on thinking and thinking about this.
When he was alone, he had not gone twenty paces before he
sank, as usual, into deep thought. On the bridge he stood by
the railing and began gazing at the water. And his sister was
standing close by him.
He met her at the entrance to the bridge, but passed by with-
out seeing her. Dounia had never met him like this in the street
before and was struck with dismay. She stood still and did not
know whether to call to him or not. Suddenly she saw Svidrigai-
lov coming quickly from the direction of the Hay Market.
He seemed to be approaching cautiously. He did not go on to
the bridge, but stood aside on the pavement, doing all he could
to avoid Raskolnikov's seeing him. He had observed Dounia for
some time and had been making signs to her. She fancied he was
signalling to beg her not to speak to her brother, but to come
to him.
That was what Dounia did. She stole by her brother and went
up to Svidrigailov.
"Let us make haste away," Svidrigailov whispered to her,
"I don't want Rodion Romanovitch to know of our meeting.
I must tell you I've been sitting with him in the restaurant
close by, where he looked me up and I had great difficulty in
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