{"id":"01KFE0BE8T63M61D9NM1P5PQX1","cid":"bafkreiewlu4bk4h2tzcdnsmkgjvqvzo46ztnwa3wmfeloadbmgfir5rjwy","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreiho7rxwdfuumn6ujxlqsf2nrs3rr3hv7y4n5iktty3vmhqu5qdkli","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0041.jpg","key":"pdf-page-1768922919378-a9sn3ydkg1","label":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0041.jpg","page_number":41,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":217624,"text":"CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 35\nand such a day Marfa Petrovna would be reading the letter in\nsuch and such a place and people assembled for every reading of\nit, even many who had heard it several times already both in\ntheir own houses and in other people's. In my opinion a great\ndeal, a very great deal of all this was unnecessary; but that's\nMarfa Petrovna's character. Anyway she succeeded in com-\npletely re-establishing Dounia's reputation and the whole ig-\nnominy ofthis affair rested as an indelible disgrace upon her\nhusband, as the only person to blame, so that I really began to\nfeel sorry for him; it was really treating the crazy fellow too\nharshly. Dounia was at once asked to give lessons in several\nfamilies, but she refused. All of a sudden every one began to\ntreat her with marked respect and all this did much to bring\nabout the event by which, one may say, our whole fortunes are\nnow transformed. You must know, dear Rodya, that Dounia\nhas a suitor and that she has already consented to marry him. I\nhasten to tell you all about the matter, and though it has been\narranged without asking your consent, I think you will not be\naggrieved with me or with your sister on that account, for you\nwill see that we could not wait and put off our decision till we\nheard from you. And you could not have judged all the facts\nwithout being on the spot. This was how it happened. He is\nalready of the rank of a counsellor, Pyotr Petrovitch Luzhin,\nand is distantly related to Marfa Petrovna, who has been very\nactive in bringing the match about. It began with his expressing\nthrough her his desire to make our acquaintance. He was prop-\nerly received, drank coffee with us and the very next day he\nsent us a letter in which he very courteously made an offer and\nbegged for a speedy and decided answer. He is a very busy man\nand is in a great hurry to get to Petersburg, so that every mo-\nment isprecious to him. At first, of course, we were greatly\nsurprised, as it had all happened so quickly and unexpectedly.\n\"We thought and talked it over the whole day. He is a well-to-\ndo man, to be depended upon, he has two posts in the govern-\nment and has already made his fortune. It is true that he is forty-\nfive years old, but he is of a fairly prepossessing appearance, and\nmight still be thought attractive by women, and he is altogethc r\na very respectable and presentable man, only he seems a little\nmorose and somewhat conceited. But f>ossibly that may only\nbe the impression he makes at first sight. And beware, dear","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-20T15:28:39.378Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KFCZZ05FKVDDMJJV3YE9Q4WH","peer_label":"crimepunishment00dostiala.pdf","peer_type":"file","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KESYJX0Z6XE0HWTS5N3SDG0B","peer_label":"The Classics","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-20T15:28:41.510Z","ts":"2026-01-20T15:28:42.670Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFCZWTBNJH4WFMS8354919KY"}}