Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 7, 2025
"What if I killed the old woman and Elizabeth?" he asked suddenly, and then came to himself. Zametoff turned quite pale; then his face changed to a smile. "Can it be so?" he muttered to himself. Raskolnikoff eyed him savagely. "Speak out. What do you think? Yes? Is it so?" "Of course not. I believe it now less than ever," replied Zametoff hastily. "Caught at last! caught, my fine fellow!
Two or three persons sat with tea before them, while in a farther room a group of men were seated, drinking champagne. Raskolnikoff thought he recognized Zametoff among them, but he could not be sure. "Never mind, if it is!" he muttered. "Brandy, sir?" asked the waiter. "No, tea; and bring me some newspapers for about the last five days. I'll give you a drink." The papers and the tea appeared.
What people believe less than ever, they must have believed once, eh?" "Not at all. You frightened me into the supposition," said Zametoff, visibly confused. "So you do not think this? Then why those questions in the office? Why did the lieutenant question me after my swoon? Waiter," he cried, seizing his cap, "here, how much?" "Thirty kopecks, sir," replied the man.
Raskolnikoff snatched at his glass, put a piece of bread in his mouth, and then, after looking at Zametoff, seemingly recollected and roused himself. His face at once resumed its previous smile, and he continued to sip his tea. "What a number of rogues there are about," Zametoff said. "I read not long ago, in the Moscow papers, that they had captured a whole gang of forgers in that city.
All kinds of thoughts were at work in Raskolnikoff's brain. He was excited. "They don't even take pains to dissemble; they certainly don't mince matters as far as I am concerned: that is something, at all events! Since Porphyrius knew next to nothing about me, why on earth should he have spoken with Nicodemus Thomich Zametoff at all?
"That his hands should shake?" replied Zametoff. "No; that is quite likely. Yours would not, I suppose? I could not endure it, though. For a paltry reward of a hundred rubles to go on such a mission! And where? Into a banker's office with forged notes! I should certainly lose my head. Would not you?" Raskolnikoff felt again a strong impulse to make a face at him. A shiver ran down his back.
Oh, how he itched to shriek at them, open the door, thrust out his tongue at them, and frighten them away, and then laugh, "Ah, ah, ah, ah!" "You are insane, or else " said Zametoff, and then paused as if a new thought had suddenly struck him. "Or what, or what? Now what? Tell me!" "Nonsense!" said Zametoff to himself, "it can't be." Both became silent.
What people believe less than ever, they must have believed once, eh?" "Not at all. You frightened me into the supposition," said Zametoff, visibly confused. "So you do not think this? Then why those questions in the office? Why did the lieutenant question me after my swoon? Waiter," he cried, seizing his cap, "here, how much?" "Thirty kopecks, sir," replied the man.
The latter was very much taken aback, and, if not offended, seemed a good deal surprised. "How strange you are!" said Zametoff seriously. "You have the fever still on you; you are raving!" "Am I, my fine fellow am I strange? Yes, but I am very interesting to you, am I not?" "Interesting?" "Yes. You ask me what I am reading, what I am looking for; then I am looking through a number of papers.
Oh, how he itched to shriek at them, open the door, thrust out his tongue at them, and frighten them away, and then laugh, "Ah, ah, ah, ah!" "You are insane, or else " said Zametoff, and then paused as if a new thought had suddenly struck him. "Or what, or what? Now what? Tell me!" "Nonsense!" said Zametoff to himself, "it can't be." Both became silent.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking