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- 456 CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
"Call away!"
Again they stood for a minute facing each other. At last
Svidrigallov's face changed. Having satisfied himself that Ras-
kolnikov was not frightened at his threat, he assumed a mirthful
and friendly air.
"What a fellow! I purposely refrained from referring to your
aJOfair, though I am devoured by curiosity. It's a fantastic affair.
I've put it off till another time, but you're enough to rouse the
dead. . . . Well, let us go, only I warn you beforehand I am
only going home for a moment, to get some money; then I
shall lock up the flat, take a cab and go to spend the evening at
the Islands. Now, now are you going to follow me?"
"I'm coming to your lodgings, not to see you but Sofya
Semyonovna, to say I'm sorry not to have been at the funeral."
"That's as you like, but Sofya Semyonovna is not at home.
She has taken the three children to an old lady of high rank,
the patroness of some orphan asylums, whom I used to know
years ago. I charmed the old lady by depositing a sum of money
with her to provide for the three children of Katerina Ivanovna
and subscribing to the institution as well. I told her too the
story of Sofya Semyonovna in full detail, suppressing nothing.
It produced an indescribable effect on her. That's why Sofya
Semyonovna has been invited to call to-day at the X. Hotel
where the lady is staying for the time."
"No matter, I'll come all the same,"
"As you like, it's nothing to me, but I won't come with you;
here we are at home. By the way, I am convinced that you
regard me with suspicion just because I have shown such deli-
cacy and have not so far troubled you with questions . . . you
understand? It struck you as extraordinary; I don't mind bet-
ting it's that. Well, it teaches one to show delicacy!"
"And to listen at doors!"
"Ah, that's it, is it?" laughed Svidrigailov. "Yes, I should
have been surprised if you had let that pass after all that has
happened. Ha-ha! Though I did understand something of the
pranks you had been up to and were telling Sofya Semyonovna
about, what was the meaning of it? Perhaps I am quite behind
the times and can't understand. For goodness' sake, explain it,
my dear boy. Expound the latest theories!"
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