Get to the core human soul regardless of who it belongs to, a righteous person or a murderer - that was the main goal of Mikhail Dostoevsky's creativity. Most of his heroes live in St. Petersburg in the 19th century. Nevertheless, the books of the great Russian classic are still interesting today. And not only in Russia, but also abroad. The image of Svidrigailov is one of the most interesting images Dostoevsky. Only at first glance it may seem that this character is unambiguous. He is opposed to the protagonist of the novel "Crime and Punishment", however, he has much in common with him.
The image of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment"
So what do we know about this hero? Svidrigailov Arkady Ivanovich - an acquaintance of Dunya Raskolnikova. Moreover, he is her admirer, passionate, unstoppable. The image of Svidrigailov emerges even before his appearance. Raskolnikov will one day learn about him as a low man, ready for anything for the sake of gain and pleasure. Of great interest is mysterious story Arkady Ivanovich. He, like main character novel, once committed a murder. However, unlike Raskolnikov, he was not brought to trial.
Arkady Ivanovich is fifty years old. This is a man of medium height, burly, with steep and broad shoulders. An important part of Svidrigailov's image is smart, comfortable clothing. In his hands he always has an exquisite cane, with which he now and then taps. wide face Svidrigailov is quite pleasant. A healthy complexion indicates that most he does not spend time in dusty St. Petersburg. Hair blond with grey.
What is the most important thing in the image of Svidrigailov, as, indeed, in any other? Of course, the eyes. At Arkady Ivanovich they are blue, they look coldly, intently, a little thoughtfully. Svidrigailov is a nobleman, a retired officer. He is a desperate man, as one of the characters said, "zabubenny behavior." Briefly, the image of Svidrigailov can be described as follows: a villain, a voluptuary, a scoundrel.
History of Arkady Ivanovich
The characterization of Svidrigailov is very unattractive. Nevertheless, in the scene in which his death is depicted, he is able to arouse pity in the reader. The image of Svidrigailov in Dostoevsky's novel is considered to be the most striking negative. Still, this is a rather controversial character. Yes, he is a scoundrel, a libertine, an adventurer, a petty tyrant. But he is an unfortunate man.
One day he says to Raskolnikov: “My children need me. But what kind of father am I? He seems to be trying to denigrate himself, trying to seem more unpleasant and disgusting than he is. Perhaps the whole point is that Svidrigailov once committed a murder. He did not confess, did not repent. He believes in his impunity. Svidrigailov is cruelly mistaken. There is no crime without punishment.
Once Svidrigailov was a card sharper. He went to jail for debt. From there he was bought out by Marfa Petrovna - a middle-aged woman, but very rich. After his release, Arkady Ivanovich married her. True, a few months after the wedding, he declared that he could not be faithful to her.
Marfa Petrovna forgave her husband's infidelities. Moreover, once she did everything in order to hide the dirty story that led to the death of a fifteen-year-old girl. But then Svidrigailov had every chance to take a walk in Siberia. If not for his wife, who, by the way, later died under very strange circumstances. Dunya Raskolnikova believes that Arkady Ivanovich poisoned her.
Let's consider in more detail specific traits Svidrigailov. What kind of story happened to him a few years before meeting Raskolnikov? What does this villain have in common with the main character?
madness
Svidrigailov is a rather eccentric person. He is not at all interested in the opinions of others. As already mentioned, he is called "a man of tame behavior." He says strange things, takes his interlocutor by surprise with his shameless speeches. Perhaps he is really indifferent to public opinion. But another option can be assumed: Svidrigailov enjoys surprising, shocking others.
perversity
This is the most depraved hero in the novel "Crime and Punishment". Once he was cheating on his wife with peasant women with might and main. Later, having met Dunya, he was inflamed with passion for her. This killed the pervert. The girl will never reciprocate him. She despises him, and one day she almost kills him. Arkady Ivanovich is used to getting his way. When he realizes that he will never achieve goals in the person of Dunya Raskolnikova, he commits suicide.
Adventurism
Svidrigailov is an empty man. He is accustomed to idleness, lives in a big way. Svidrigailov's marriage itself is nothing but a gamble. He connected his life with a woman whom he did not love. Perhaps Svidrigailov is not at all capable of a deep feeling. He lives for the momentary pleasure for which he is ready to pay someone else's life. The time has come to tell the story, after which the reputation of a scoundrel has forever been fixed for Arkady Ivanovich.
Cruelty
Marfa Petrovna concluded a strange contract with her husband. Its essence was as follows: he would never leave her, he would never have a permanent mistress, while he would satisfy his lust with hay girls. One of the peasant women - a girl of 14-15 years old - was once found strangled in the attic. It turned out that Svidrigailov's cruel insult prompted her to commit suicide. This man had another death on his conscience. To suicide, he brought Philip - a peasant who could not stand the constant persecution.
Svidrigailov and Luzhin
The images of these characters are opposed to the main character. They are considered to be the twins of Raskolnikov. However, Luzhin, unlike Svidrigailov, and even more so the student who killed the old woman, is a rather simple character.
Luzhin evokes nothing but rejection. This is a well-groomed middle-aged gentleman, in whose expensive smart clothes there is something unnatural, fake. Unlike Svidrigailov, he got out of the bottom. Luzhin was not accustomed to idleness. He serves in two places, cherishes every minute. Finally, the main thing that distinguishes him from Arkady Ivanovich is rationality, prudence. This man will never lose his head because of passion. He wants to marry Dunya not because he loves her. Raskolnikov's sister is poor, which means she will be an obedient wife. She is well educated, which means she will help him take a higher place in society.
One field of berries
Svidrigailov learns about Raskolnikov's crime by eavesdropping on his conversation with Sonya. He, of course, will not publicize the secret of Rodion Romanovich. However, she excites, excites him. “We are of the same field with you,” he once says to Raskolnikov. But suddenly he notices incomprehensible tragic throwing in the student. A person with such a fine organization has nothing to commit a crime - so Svidrigailov believes, contemptuously calling Rodion's suffering "Schillerism".
Arkady Ivanovich suffered pangs of conscience only in the last days his life. And they were too weak to lead to repentance. He, unlike Raskolnikov, could not admit his guilt.
It is not for nothing that such a mysterious and gloomy person as Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov appears in the novel "Crime and Punishment". Dostoevsky enough interesting way contrasts it with the main character - Rodion Raskolnikov, but more on that later.
Svidrigailov is characterized as a cynical and immoral person, his world is dark Petersburg dens. Suddenly rich and gaining power over the serfs, he embarked on a path even more depraved and destructive. “We are one field of berries,” Svidrigailov says to Raskolnikov. "Crime and Punishment" - a novel with a deep philosophical thought, which concerns the issues of recognition of good and evil, the justice of the crime and moral responsibility, repentance and punishment. And if you take it deeper, then the issues of the state system, and the socialist revolution.
The novel Crime and Punishment. Svidrigailov
The opposition of these two characters by the author paints a picture of the fact that each of them has his own point of view on life and circumstances, and they are completely opposite. Therefore, different Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov will receive punishments. "Crime and Punishment" tells about the fate of these heroes, and here's what's interesting: the killer Svidrigailov, who poisoned his wife, will shoot himself at the end of the novel, and the killer Raskolnikov will serve eight years in hard labor and receive a reward mutual love with which, after him, he will go to hard labor in order to somehow alleviate his suffering, and the deepest repentance for his deed.
What do these characters have in common and what makes them so different? Why such a different fate?
Svidrigailov ("Crime and Punishment"): characteristics
The whole point is that own will, driven by different purposes, they stepped over the line of permissibility and went on a premeditated murder. When it became known that Raskolnikov had killed the old woman and her niece, Svidrigailov, unlike Raskolnikov's close circle - Razumikhin, Dunyasha and Sonya, took this news quite calmly, he even calmed and encouraged the yearning, painfully nervous and restless Rodion.
So, who is he - Svidrigailov? "Crime and Punishment" (characteristic this character) shows that the novel describes him as a person who is not remorseful for his deeds and actions.
Difference
However, Svidrigailov is very surprised by the throwing and doubts of Raskolnikov. “Crime and Punishment” describes their meeting and conversation, where Arkady Ivanovich tells Rodion that if he was so tormented by conscience and questions of morality, then why did he have to take on other than his own business, and expresses all this in a rude and harsh form.
So, if we compare these two heroes, then nevertheless, something human and alive remained in Rodion that tormented him every minute and second, but in Svidrigailov there was nothing of this - there was only emptiness, anger and disappointment. Hence that indifferent cynicism, and the accuracy of understanding Raskolnikov's idea-theory, which he perfectly accepts as his own. His words sound like this: “A single villainy is permissible if the main objective good." It seems that everything is simple and clear, but it was not so easy to live with these thoughts in my head.
Justification of goals
Continuing to reveal the topic “Crime and Punishment”: the image of Svidrigailov, it should be immediately noted that for this hero moral questions became absolutely superfluous, he believes that the achievement of a “good goal” justifies any villainy. His goals include boundless voluptuousness, for his sake some terrible things happen, Marfa Petrovna dies, a young girl dies, then Svidrigailov prepares to marry a sixteen-year-old bride and plots violence against Dunyasha Raskolnikova, which he wants to achieve at any cost.
Everything would go further according to his prudent and insidious plan, because he came to St. Petersburg in order to get Dunyasha's love at any cost. He set a trap for Dunya and knows that the “bird” will definitely fall into it. A poor girl forced to come to him on a date to talk about the heavy secret of the poor brother. And this is the saving straw that Svidrigailov clings to. "Crime and Punishment" at these moments intensifies the plot to the limit. Their date became a very powerful and exciting place in the work.
As a result of the fight, when Dunya, escaping from strong hands Savidrigailova, grabbed a revolver and pointed it at the offender, he was frightened, and not at all a weapon, but the girl’s spiritual strength. He retreated before his love for her. It was then that he finally realized that he had no salvation from despair, which means that there was no future, and now he was waiting for eternity in a "jar of spiders."
Out of many secondary characters Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov is the most striking and important characterization of the main character Raskolnikov. The image and characterization of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment" are written out by Dostoevsky quite clearly, vividly, in the most detail. This character so clearly emphasizes many aspects of the character of the protagonist that it is very important to understand the very essence of the unsympathetic Arkady Ivanovich.
Dostoevsky F. M., like an artist, painted a portrait of Arkady Ivanovich with clear, bright, juicy strokes with a wide brush. And although Svidrigailov is not the main character, it is difficult to forget him and impossible to pass by.
Appearance
“... About fifty years old, taller than average, burly, with broad and steep shoulders, which gave him a somewhat stooped appearance ... His broad, cheeky face was rather pleasant, and his complexion was fresh, not Petersburg. His hair, which was still very thick, was quite blond and a little grey, and broad, thick beard, descending with a shovel, was even lighter than head hair. His eyes were blue and looked coldly, intently and thoughtfully; red lips"
This is how the portrait of Svidrigailov was painted. The author drew him in great detail, emphasizing the importance of this character for the fate of the rest of the characters in the novel. The portrait is very interesting: at first the reader sees a very pleasant person, even a handsome one. And suddenly, at the end of the description, it is said about the eyes: a fixed, cold look, albeit thoughtful. famous expression“The eyes are the mirror of the soul,” the author emphasized literally in a nutshell, which reveal the very essence of the character. Even a very attractive outwardly person may turn out to be completely different from what he sees at first. Here is the first hint of true essence Svidrigailov, which the author reveals through the opinion of Raskolnikov, who noticed that the face of Arkady Ivanovich is more like a mask that hides all the ins and outs, that, despite the attractiveness, there is something very unpleasant in Svidrigailov.
Character, its formation
Svidrigailov is a nobleman, which means that he received a decent education. He served in the cavalry for about two years, then, as he himself said, "wandered around", already living in St. Petersburg. There he became a cheater, ended up in prison, from where Marfa Petrovna saved him. It turns out that the whole biography of Arkady Ivanovich is his path of moral and ethical downfall. Svidrigailov is cynical, a lover of debauchery, which he himself even admits with some pride. He lacks a sense of gratitude: even to his wife, who saved him from prison, he declares bluntly that he is not going to be faithful to her and change his lifestyle for her sake.All of it life path marked by crimes: because of him, his servant Philip and the daughter of the servant, a girl dishonored by Svidrigailov, committed suicide. It is most likely that Marfa Petrovna was poisoned because of her libertine husband. Arkady Ivanovich lies, slandering Dunya, Raskolnikov's sister, slanders her, and also tries to dishonor the girl. With all his dissolute and dishonorable life, Svidrigailov is gradually killing his soul. And it would be fine if he destroyed everything good in himself, Arkady Ivanovich kills everything around him, everything he touches.
Character personality traits
Svidrigailov is depicted as a perfect villain who has fallen into the abyss of evil, having apparently lost all the pitiful remnants of conscience. He absolutely does not have any doubts, doing evil, does not think about the consequences, even enjoys the torment of the people around him. A lustful debaucher, a sadist, he tries to satisfy all his base instincts, while not feeling the slightest remorse for his deed. He thinks it will always be like this.Svidrigailov and Raskolnikov
Having met with the main character, Arkady Ivanovich once remarks to him that both of them are "of the same field." Raskolnikov, on the other hand, Svidrigailov is extremely unpleasant. Rodion even feels some confusion, feeling the power of Arkady Ivanovich over himself, who understood a lot about the student. Raskolnikov is frightened by the mysteriousness of Svidrigailov.However, despite the fact that Rodion killed the old pawnbroker, they are not at all alike. Yes, Rodion put forward a theory about superhumans, even killed a man, testing his theory. But in Svidrigailov, as in a distorted mirror, he saw himself in the future, if he continued to live according to the principles of his idea. And this revealed humanity in Rodion, prompted repentance and understanding of the full depth of his fall.
End of Arkady Ivanovich
Dostoevsky except possession writing skills was endowed with the talent of a psychologist. Here, too, describing the life path of Svidrigailov, an inveterate villain, stops him with love, paradoxically as it may seem. Arkady Ivanovich, having met Dunya, first tries to seduce her. When he fails, he denigrates the girl in the eyes of others. In the end, with surprise, he realizes that he truly loved her. And this understanding of true love opens in his soul all the floodgates that until now neither conscience, nor repentance, nor understanding of the atrocities committed by him have let out.He releases Dunya, remarking with desperate bitterness:
“So you don’t love? And you can't? Never?".
Svidrigailov suddenly realizes that he is absolutely alone in his fall, that he is not worthy of anyone's love. Enlightenment comes too late for him. Yes, he is trying to atone, to somehow make amends for all the evil that he has done so far. Arkady Ivanovich gives money to Duna and Sonya, donates a large sum the Marmeladov family ... But he cannot achieve deep, sincere repentance.
But the pangs of conscience evoked in him memories of the atrocities committed. And these memories turned out to be an unbearable burden for conscience. Svidrigailov committed suicide.
And in this he turned out to be weaker than Raskolnikov, who was not afraid, but confessed and repented, not being afraid to live on.
The image of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment" will be considered in this article. This character in the work is the second spiritual "double" of Rodion Raskolnikov (the first is his sister's failed fiancé). The image of Luzhin and Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment" combines the principle of permissiveness.
Outwardly, according to the character of interest to us, they and Rodion are "of the same field." However, there are very significant internal differences between Raskolnikov and Svidrigailov. The second is a depraved, vicious person. He does not hide the fact that most of the acts committed by him were done as a result of pathological voluptuousness. in the novel "Crime and Punishment" a number of other features can be added.
Svidrigailov's attitude to good and evil
This character sneers at morality. Svidrigailov admits to Raskolnikov that he is "a sinful man." heroic about people, especially women, are deeply cynical. Svidrigailov is equally indifferent to good and evil. He is able to do both good deeds (for example, helping the children of Katerina Ivanovna and Sonya), and bad ones, while for no apparent reason. Svidrigailov does not believe in the so-called "virtue", believing that any talk about it is hypocritical. This, in his opinion, is only an attempt to deceive others and himself.
Frankness with Raskolnikov
Svidrigailov is deliberately frank with Raskolnikov, at the same time he even finds pleasure in "getting naked" and "naked" (expressions from the story "Bobok" by Dostoevsky), telling Rodion about the most shameful facts own biography. For example, he tells him that he was a cheater, and also that he was "beaten", about how Marfa Petrovna, after bargaining, bought him out for 30 thousand pieces of silver, and also about love affairs.
The idleness in which the hero lives
The image of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment" can be characterized as follows: absolute idleness is inherent in him. short biography character looks like this. This is a nobleman who served in the cavalry for two years, after which he "wandered" in St. Petersburg, and then married Marfa Petrovna and lived with his wife in the village. For him, debauchery is a surrogate for the meaning of life, a more or less true thing, the only thing in this world that he appreciates. Svidrigailov argues that in lust there is at least something "permanent", based on nature. For this character, debauchery is the main occupation. Svidrigailov says that without this, perhaps, he would have shot himself. This is the image of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment", short description his life and work.
The mystery of Svidrigailov
This character is a mysterious person. He is very cunning and secretive, and also quite intelligent despite his buffoonery. To Raskolnikov, Svidrigailov seems to be either the “most insignificant” and “emptiest” villain in the world, or someone who can reveal something new to Rodion. Arkady Ivanovich inspires that they are somewhat similar to the main character. However, the latter does not believe that there is something in common between them. In addition, Svidrigailov was unpleasant to him, as he is deceitful and cunning, perhaps very angry.
"Demonic halo" Svidrigailov
It seems to many a terrible villain who is surrounded by an unkind aura. There are many rumors about his bad deeds. The image of Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment" becomes a symbol of the source of misfortune for the people around him. Dunya was persecuted precisely because of this hero, he is also accused of the death of his wife, Marfa Petrovna. Fear and disgust causes Svidrigailov in many people. Dunya speaks of him "almost with a shudder." Even appearance of this character, his habit of pastime and demeanor are "demonic": a mask-like "strange" face, mysterious behavior, "buffoonery", addiction to "cesspools" and cheating.
Svidrigailov - an ordinary person
However, the image of Svidrigailov in the novel of the work is not so terrible (or, better, reading the novel itself) will help you make sure of this. Under the "demonic" mask hides the most ordinary person. Svidrigailov cannot free himself from the natural and simple human feelings. You can guess the fear of pity, love, death in it. It is not even excluded that Arkady Ivanovich's love for Dunechka could contribute to his moral transformation, if it were mutual. This person even experiences something similar to remorse. He has nightmares, are ghosts from a past life.
Svidrigailov and Raskolnikov: similarities and differences
It is no coincidence that Svidrigailov compares himself with Rodion. He, like Raskolnikov, does not believe that a criminal can be morally reborn, that Rodion can find in himself "the strength to stop." Svidrigailov, shortly before his death, thinks about him again. He believes that Rodion could become a "big rogue" over time, but for now "he wants to live too much." Svidrigailov is a hero who goes to the end along the path of crime, committing suicide.
Raskolnikov, therefore, differs significantly from him. The image of the heroes in the novel "Crime and Punishment", as we have already noted, has only a superficial similarity. Raskolnikov is capable, according to Porfiry Petrovich, "to resurrect to a new life."
Rodion does not commit suicide, which proves that life has not lost its meaning, even if the hero himself thinks otherwise. In Raskolnikov, the moral feeling does not die, although he tries to "step over" it. Rodion cannot pass by human suffering. This proves the episode with the girl on the boulevard, with a sick student and his father, the help of the Marmeladovs, the rescue of children during a fire. This unintentional, spontaneous, but quite obvious "altruism" is the fundamental difference between him and Svidrigailov. However, the very fact that Rodion's ideas are close to the worldview of his "twins" (the image of Luzhin and Svidrigailov in the novel "Crime and Punishment") confirms that he is on the wrong path.
- Not at all in the unit and certainly to Porfiry! Razumikhin shouted in some unusual excitement. - Well, I'm glad! Why is it here, let's go now, two steps, we'll probably catch it!
- Perhaps ... let's go ...
“And he will be very, very, very, very glad to meet you!” I told him a lot about you different time... And yesterday he spoke. Let's go! .. So you knew the old woman? That's it!.. It all turned out really well!.. Ah, yes... Sofya Ivanovna...
“Sofya Semyonovna,” Raskolnikov corrected. - Sofya Semyonovna, this is my friend, Razumikhin, and he is a good person ...
“If you have to go now…” Sonya began, not looking at Razumikhin at all, but this made her even more embarrassed.
- And let's go! - decided Raskolnikov, - I will call on you today, Sofya Semyonovna, just tell me where you live?
It wasn't that he was confused, but as if he was in a hurry and avoided her glances. Sonya gave her address and blushed at the same time. They all left together.
- Don't you lock it? Razumikhin asked, going down the stairs after them.
“Never! .. However, for two years now I have been wanting to buy the whole castle,” he added casually. “Happy people, aren’t they, who have nothing to lock up?” he turned, laughing, to Sonya.
On the street they stood at the gate.
- You to the right, Sofya Semyonovna? By the way, how did you find me? he asked, as if he wanted to tell her something else entirely. He kept wanting to look into her quiet, clear eyes, and somehow it didn't work out that way...
“But you told Polechka the address yesterday…
- Fields? Oh yes ... Polechka! Is that... little... is that your sister? So I gave her the address?
– Have you forgotten?
- No ... I remember ...
- And I heard about you from the deceased then ... Only I didn’t know your last name then, and he himself didn’t know ... But now I came ... and how I found out your last name yesterday ... I asked today: where does Mr. Raskolnikov live here ?. And I didn’t know that you also live from tenants ... Farewell, sir ... I’m Katerina Ivanovna ...
She was terribly glad that at last she was gone; she went looking down, in a hurry, so as to get out of their sight as soon as possible, so as to go somehow as quickly as possible these twenty steps to the turn to the right into the street and finally be left alone, and there, walking, hurrying, not looking at anyone, not noticing anything, to think, to remember, to think about every word spoken, every circumstance. Never, never had she felt anything like it. Whole new world unknown and vaguely descended into her soul. She suddenly remembered that Raskolnikov himself wanted to visit her today, maybe even in the morning, maybe now!
“Not today, please, not today!” she muttered with a sinking heart, as if begging someone, like a frightened child. - God! To me… to this room… he will see… oh my God!
And, of course, she could not notice at that moment one gentleman she did not know, diligently watching her and escorting her on her heels. He accompanied her from the very exit from the gate. At that moment, when all three, Razumikhin, Raskolnikov and she, stopped for two words on the sidewalk, this passer-by, going around them, suddenly, as it were, shuddered, accidentally catching Sonya’s words on the fly: “and asked: Mr. Raskolnikov, where does he live?” He quickly but carefully looked at all three, especially Raskolnikov, to whom Sonya was addressing; then looked at the house and noticed it. All this was done in an instant, on the move, and the passer-by, trying not to even show it, went on, slowing down his pace and, as it were, in anticipation. He was waiting for Sonya; he saw that they were saying goodbye and that Sonya would now go somewhere to her place.
“So where to yourself? I saw this face somewhere, he thought, remembering Sonya's face ... - I need to find out.
When he reached the turn, he crossed to the opposite side of the street, turned around and saw that Sonya already underway following him, along the same road, and not noticing anything. Having reached the turn, just she turned into the same street. He followed her, keeping his eyes on her from the opposite sidewalk; after walking fifty paces, he again crossed to the side on which Sonya was walking, caught up with her and followed her, remaining five paces away.
He was a man of about fifty, taller than average, burly, with broad and steep shoulders, which gave him a somewhat round-shouldered appearance. He was smartly and comfortably dressed and looked like a portly gentleman. In his hands was a beautiful cane, with which he tapped, with each step, on the sidewalk, and his hands were in fresh gloves. His broad, cheeky face was rather pleasant, and his complexion was fresh, not Petersburg. His hair, which was still very thick, was quite blond and a little grey, and his broad, thick beard, descending like a shovel, was even lighter than his head hair. His eyes were blue and looked coldly, intently and thoughtfully; scarlet lips. In general, he was a well-preserved man and seemed much younger than his years.
When Sonya stepped into the ditch, they found themselves alone on the sidewalk. Watching her, he managed to notice her thoughtfulness and absent-mindedness. Having reached her house, Sonya turned through the gate, he followed her and, as if somewhat surprised. Entering the courtyard, she took to the right, into the corner where the stairs to her apartment were. “Bah! - muttered the unfamiliar gentleman and began to climb the steps after her. It was only then that Sonia noticed him. She went to the third floor, turned into the gallery and rang the ninth room, on the door of which was written in chalk: "Capernaum tailor." “Bah!” the stranger repeated again, surprised strange coincidence, and called next to the eighth number. Both doors were about six paces from one another.
- You are standing at Kapernaumov! he said, looking at Sonya and laughing. - He altered my vest yesterday. And I am here, next to you, with Madame Resslich, Gertrude Karlovna. How it had to be!
Sonya looked at him carefully.
"Neighbors," he went on, with a peculiar gaiety. “It's only been my third day in the city. Well, goodbye for now.
Sonya did not answer; The door was opened and she slipped in. For some reason, she felt ashamed, and as if she had become timid ...
Razumikhin was in a particularly excited state on the way to Porfiry.
“That, brother, is glorious,” he repeated several times, “and I am glad! I'm glad!
“What are you happy about?” Raskolnikov thought to himself.
“I didn’t know that you also pawned at the old woman’s. And... and... how long ago was that? So how long have you been with her?
"What a naive fool!"
- When? .. - Raskolnikov paused, remembering, - yes, three days before her death, I was with her, I think. However, I’m not going to buy things now, ”he picked up with some hasty and special concern for things,“ after all, I again have only a ruble in silver ... because of this damned delirium yesterday!
About delirium, he spoke especially impressively.
“Well, yes, yes, yes,” Razumikhin agreed hurriedly and to no one knows what, “so that’s why then ... it struck you a little ... but you know, in your delirium you mentioned everything about some rings and chains! .. Well, yes, yes ... It's clear, everything is clear now.
"Won! Eck, this idea has spread among them! After all, this man will go to the crucifixion for me, but I am very glad that it was explained why I remembered about the rings in my delirium! Eck, after all, they all have established themselves! .. "
- Shall we get him? he asked aloud.
“We’ll catch, we’ll catch,” Razumikhin hurried. - This is a brother, good guy, you'll see! A little clumsy, that is, he is a man and a man of the world, but in another respect I say clumsy. Small smart, smart, very intelligent, only some kind of special way of thinking ... Distrustful, skeptic, cynic ... likes to cheat, that is, not to cheat, but to fool ... Well, material old method... But he knows the case, he knows ... He found one case, last year, about a murder, in which almost all traces were lost! I really, really, really want to meet you!
- Yes, why on earth very much?
- That is, not that ... you see, in recent times, that's how you fell ill, I often had to remember a lot about you ... Well, he listened ... and as soon as he found out that you couldn’t finish your course in law, due to circumstances, he said: “What a pity!” I concluded ... that is, all this together, it's not one thing; Zametov yesterday... You see, Rodya, I was talking to you yesterday while drunk, as they were going home... so I, brother, I'm afraid you don't exaggerate, you see...
- What is it? What do they think I'm crazy about? Yes, maybe it's true.
He smiled tensely.
- Yes ... yes ... that is, pah, no! .. Well, yes, everything I said (and about something else right there), it was all nonsense and a hangover.
- Why are you sorry! How tired of all this! shouted Raskolnikov with exaggerated irritability. He, however, partly pretended.
“I know, I know, I understand. Be sure I understand. It's embarrassing to even say...
- And if you're ashamed, don't say so!
Both fell silent. Razumikhin was more than delighted, and Raskolnikov felt this with disgust. He was also disturbed by the fact that Razumikhin was now talking about Porfiry.
“This, too, needs to sing Lazarus,” he thought, turning pale and with a beating heart, “and it’s more natural to sing. The most natural thing would be to sing nothing. Don't sing too hard! No! it would be intensely unnatural again ... Well, how will it turn out there ... we'll see ... now ... is it good or not good that I'm going? The butterfly itself flies to the candle. The heart is beating, that's not good! .. "
“In this gray house,” said Razumikhin.
“The most important thing, whether Porfiry knows or doesn’t know, was that yesterday I was at this witch’s apartment ... and asked about blood? In an instant you need to know it, from the first step, as I enter, you can recognize it by the face; and-on-che ... at least I’ll disappear, but I’ll find out! ”
– Do you know what? he suddenly turned to Razumikhin with a roguish smile, “I noticed today, brother, that you have been in some unusual agitation since morning?” Is it true?
- In what excitement? Not at all in agitation,” Razumikhin shuddered.
- No, brother, really, noticeably. Just now you were sitting on a chair the way you never sit, somehow on the tip, and all the while you were twitching. Jumped up out of nowhere. Either angry, or suddenly a mug like the sweetest candy for some reason becomes. Even blushed; especially when you were invited to dinner, you blushed terribly.
- Yes, nothing I; you're lying!.. What are you talking about!
- Yes, you are definitely a schoolboy! Damn, he blushed again!
What a pig you are!
- What are you embarrassed about? Romeo! Wait, I'll retell it here and there today, ha ha ha! I’ll make my mother laugh ... and someone else ...
“Listen, listen, listen, this is serious, this is… What is it after that, damn it!” - Razumikhin finally lost his way, turning cold with horror. – What will you tell them? I, brother ... Fu, what a pig you are!
- Just a spring rose! And how it comes to you, if you knew; Romeo is ten inches tall! Yes, how did you wash yourself today, did you clean your nails, huh? When did it happen? Yes, by God, you pomaded! Bend over!
- Pig!!!
Raskolnikov laughed so much that it seemed he could not restrain himself, and so with a laugh they entered the apartment of Porfiry Petrovich. This was exactly what Raskolnikov needed: from the rooms one could hear that they entered laughing and were still laughing in the hallway.
"Don't say a word or I'll... smash you!" Razumikhin whispered furiously, grabbing Raskolnikov by the shoulder.
