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This last contained a white solid-looking page of foolscap folded in four, handsomely engraved with the District Attorney's seal. Both the grey rough paper and the solid-looking page of foolscap contained approximately in the same words the answers to the complaints of Doctor Svetilovitch.
"I have no such papers," replied Doctor Svetilovitch. "S-so! Now," said the Colonel very significantly, "tell us frankly where you keep the weapons concealed." "What weapons?" asked Doctor Svetilovitch in astonishment. The Colonel replied with an ironic smile: "Any sort that you may have about revolvers, bombs, or machine-guns."
A detachment of policemen and porters remained outside under the command of the Inspector of the constabulary. They watched to see that no one entered or left the Svetilovitch house. Altogether about twenty policemen entered the house. For some unknown reason they were armed with rifles with fixed bayonets. Three hideous-looking men in civilian clothes kept close to the policemen.
The Colonel wrote the names down as Doctor Svetilovitch gave them. When the doctor stopped short the Colonel asked laconically: "All?" "Doctor Svetilovitch answered as briefly: "All." "Show us into your study," said the Colonel. They went into the study and rummaged among everything there. They turned over all the books and disarranged the writing-table. They looked through the letters.
"I haven't any kind of weapons," said Doctor Svetilovitch with an amused laugh. "I haven't even a gun for hunting. What kind of weapon can I possibly have?" "We'll have a look!" said the Colonel in a meaningful voice. They turned the whole house upside down. Of course they found no weapons of any kind.
Sonya's father, Doctor Sergey Lvovitch Svetilovitch, was a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party; among his own he was regarded as belonging to the extreme left wing. Like his friend Rameyev, who was a Cadet of more moderate views, he was a member of the local committee. Doctor Svetilovitch thought he ought to protest against the improper actions of the police.
If you have any doubts you can call up on the telephone." Then the Colonel turned to the Inspector of the police and said: "Please collect them all in one room." All, except Doctor Svetilovitch, were compelled to go into the dining-room, which now became crowded and uncomfortable.
He lodged complaints with the Governor and the District Attorney, and wrote circumstantial petitions to both his chief concern being that no offending expression of any sort should enter into them. Doctor Svetilovitch was an extremely correct and loyal man.
"They should have had the sense to establish a Russo-Mongolian empire." "And become Mohammedans?" asked Dr. Svetilovitch, a very agreeable person but very confident of all that was obvious. "Not at all!" answered Trirodov. "Wasn't Boris Godunov a Christian? That's not the point at issue.
The Colonel demanded: "Open the bookcases, the bureau drawers." Doctor Svetilovitch answered: "The keys, as you see, are in their places in the locks." He put his hands into his pockets and stood by the window. "Will you be good enough to open them?" said the Colonel. "I can't do this," replied Doctor Svetilovitch. "I do not consider it obligatory to help you in your searches."
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