{"id":"01KFE0DX1SKD020RGWDSVB6MPZ","cid":"bafkreiajk5z3rgyu6n7ov5ljne5yhswv3yilmrcvgwqge63oypwxphmq24","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreifxqwnyxyx5ihkeop6dykv4plchcenwo2vjn5lpfdpkbcrt5jakzm","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0207.jpg","key":"pdf-page-1768923001301-nyy76mbsdhs","label":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0207.jpg","page_number":207,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":196123,"text":"CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 199\n\"But have you made her some promise? Something signed?\nA promise of marriage, perhaps?\"\n\"Nothing, nothing, absolutely nothing of the kind! Besides\nshe is not that sort at all. . . . Tchebarov tried that. ...\"\n\"Well, then, drop her!\"\n\"But I can't drop her like that!\"\n\"Why can't you?\"\n\"Well, I can't, that's all about it! There's an element of at-\ntraction here, brother.\"\n\"Then why have you fascinated her?\"\n\"I haven't fascinated her; perhaps, I was fascinated myself\nin my folly. But she won't care a straw whether it's you or I,\nso long as somebody sits beside her, sighing. ... I can't explain\nthe position, brother . . . look here, you are good at mathematics,\nand working at it now . . . begin teaching her the integral cal-\nculus; upon my soul, I'm not joking. I'm in earnest, it'll be\njust the same to her. She will gaze at you and sigh for a whole\nyear together. I talked to her once for two days at a time about\nthe Prussian House of Lords (for one must talk of something)\n—she just sighed and perspired! And you mustn't talk of love\n— she's bashful to hysterics — but just let her see you can't tear\nyourself away — that's enough. It's fearfully comfortable;\nyou're quite at home, you can read, sit, lie about, write. You\nmay even venture on a kiss, if you're careful.\"\n\"But what do I want with her?\"\n\"Ach, I can't make you understand! You see, you are made\nfor each other! I have often been reminded of you! . . . You'll\ncome to it in the end! So does it matter whether it's sooner or\nlater? There's the featherbed element here, brother, — ach! and\nnot only that! There's an attraction here — here you have the\nend of the world, an anchorage, a quiet haven, the navel of the\nearth, the three fishes that are the foundation of the world,\nthe essence of pancakes, of savoury fish-pies, of the evening\nsamovar, of soft sighs and warm shawls, and hot stoves to sleep\non — as snug as though you were dead, and yet you're alive — ■\nthe advantages of both at once! Well, hang it, brother, what\nstuff I'm talking, it's bedtime! Listen. I sometimes wake up\nat night; so I'll go in and look at him. But there's no need, it's\nall right. Don't you worry yourself, yet if you Hke, you might","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-20T15:30:01.301Z","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":"2026-01-20T15:30:02.238Z","ts":"2026-01-20T15:30:03.522Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFCZWTBNJH4WFMS8354919KY"}}