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me, for hers is an infernal nature, too, and shes a woman of great wrath. Id have taken the money, too, oh, I should have taken it; I should have taken it, and then, for the rest of my life oh, God! Forgive me, gentlemen, Im making such an outcry because Ive had that thought in my mind so lately, only the day before yesterday, that night when I was having all that bother with Lyagavy, and afterwards yesterday, all day yesterday, I remember, till that happened Till what happened? put in Nikolay Parfenovitch inquisitively, but Mitya did not hear it. I have made you an awful confession, Mitya said gloomily in conclusion. You must appreciate it, and whats more, you must respect it, for if not, if that leaves your souls untouched, then youve simply no respect for me, gentlemen, I tell you that, and I shall die of shame at having confessed it to men like you! Oh, I shall shoot myself! Yes, I see, I see already that you dont believe me. What, you want to write that down, too? he cried in dismay. Yes, what you said just now, said Nikolay Parfenovitch, looking at him in surprise, that is, that up to the last hour you were still contemplating going to Katerina Ivanovna to beg that sum from her. I assure you, thats a very important piece of evidence for us, Dmitri Fyodorovitch, I mean for the whole case and particularly for you, particularly important for you. Have mercy, gentlemen! Mitya flung up his hands, Dont write that, anyway; have some shame. Here Ive torn my heart asunder before you, and you seize the opportunity and are fingering the wounds in both halves. Oh, my God! In despair he hid his face in his hands. Dont worry yourself so, Dmitri Fyodorovitch, observed the prosecutor, everything that is written down will be read over to you afterwards, and what you dont agree to well alter as you like. But now Ill ask you one little question for the second time. Has no one, absolutely no one, heard from you of that money you sewed up? That, I must tell you, is almost impossible to believe. No one, no one, I told you so before, or youve not understood anything! Let me alone! Very well, this matter is bound to be explained, and theres plenty of time for it, but meantime, consider; we have perhaps a dozen witnesses that you yourself spread it abroad, and even shouted almost everywhere about the three thousand youd spent here; three thousand, not fifteen hundred. And now, too, when you got hold of the money you had yesterday, you gave many people to understand that you had brought three thousand with you. Youve got not dozens, but hundreds of witnesses, two hundred witnesses, two hundred have heard it, thousands have heard it! cried Mitya. Well, you see, all bear witness to it. And the word all means something. It means nothing. I talked rot, and every one began repeating it. But what need had you to talk rot, as you call it? The devil knows. From bravado perhaps at having wasted so much money. To try and forget that money I had sewn up, perhaps yes, that was why damn it how often will you ask me that question? Well, I told a fib, and that was the end of it, once Id said it, I didnt care to correct it. What does a man tell lies for sometimes? Thats very difficult to decide, Dmitri Fyodorovitch, what makes a man tell lies, observed the prosecutor impressively. Tell me, though, was that amulet, as you call it, on your neck, a big thing? |
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