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- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 283
than elegant and lively men of society. Again all was silent;
Raskolnikov was obstinately mute, Avdotya Romanovna was
unwilling to open the conversation too soon. Razumihin had
nothing to say, so Pulcheria Alexandrovna was anxious again.
"Marfa Petrovna is dead, have you heard?" she began having
recourse to her leading item of conversation.
"To be sure, I heard so. I was immediately informed, and I
have come to make you acquainted with the fact that Arkady
Ivanovitch Svidrigailov set off in haste for Petersburg imme-
diately after his wife's funeral. So at least I have excellent
authority for believing."
"To Petersburg? here?" Dounia asked in alarm and looked at
her mother.
"Yes, indeed, and doubtless not without some design, having
in view the rapidity of his departure, and all the circiunstances
preceding it."
"Good heavens! won't he leave Dounia in peace even here?"
cried Pulcheria Alexandrovna.
"I imagine that neither you nor Avdotya Romanovna have
any grounds for uneasiness, unless, of course, you are your-
selves desirous of getting into communication with him. For my
part I am on my guard, and am now discovering where he is
lodging."
"Oh, Pyotr Petrovitch, you would not believe what a fright
you have given me," Pulcheria Alexandrovna went on. "I've
only seen him twice, but I thought him terrible, terrible! I am
convinced that he was the cause of Marfa Petrovna's death."
"It's impossible to be certain about that. I have precise in-
formation. Ido not dispute that he may have contributed to
accelerate the course of events by the moral influence, so to say,
of the affront; but as to the general conduct and moral char-
acteristics ofthat personage, I am in agreement with you. I dc
not know whether he is well off now, and precisely what Marf i
Petrovna left him; this will be known to me within a very shore
period; but no doubt here in Petersburg, if he has any pecuniary
resources, he will relapse at once into his old ways. He is the
most depraved, and abjectly vicious specimen of that class of
men. I have considerable reason to believe that Marfa Petrovna
who was so unfortunate as to fall in love with him and to pay
his debts eight years ago, was of service to him also in anothet
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