{"id":"01KFE0DX5PD9F0W99FKZ3TP9RW","cid":"bafkreidckckanbck2a4fqoq65b6mqgs5gceczr3h3cfgwldm357whrgaqa","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreighvno5ecoi7j4mlw7aeuiqdeqb3vekyv7qqohe464tzoagax2fyi","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0275.jpg","key":"pdf-page-1768923001324-ki6wm2txpb","label":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0275.jpg","page_number":275,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":167627,"text":"PART IV\nCHAPTER I\n\"Can this be still a dream?\" Raskolnikov thought once more.\nHe looked carefully and suspiciously at the unexpected visi-\ntor.\n\"Svidrigailov! What nonsense! It can't be!\" he said at lastaloud in bewilderment.\nHis visitor did not seem at all surprised at this exclamation.\n\"I've come to you for two reasons. In the first place, I wanted\nto make your personal acquaintance, as I have already heard a\ngreat deal about you that is interesting and flattering; secondly,\nI cherish the hope that you may not refuse to assist me in a\nmatter directly concerning the welfare of your sister, Avdotya\nRornanovna. For without your support she might not let me\ncome near her now, for she is prejudiced against me, but with\nyour assistance I reckon on . . .\"\n\"You reckon wrongly\" interrupted Raskolnikov.\n\"They only arrived yesterday, may I ask you?\"\nRaskolnikov made no reply.\n\"It was yesterday, I know. I only arrived myself the day\nbefore. Well, let me tell you this, Rodion Romanovitch, I\ndon't consider it necessary to justify myself, but kindly tell me\nwhat was there particularly criminal on my part in all this\nbusiness, speaking without prejudice, with common sense?\"Raskolnikov continued to look at him in silence.\n\"That in my own house I persecuted a defenceless girl and\n'insulted her with my infamous proposals' — is that it? (I am\nanticipating you.) But you've only to assume that I, too, am\na man et nihil humanum ... in a word, that I am capable of\nbeing attracted and falling in love (which does not depend on\nour will) , then everything can be explained in the most natural\nmanner. The question is, am I a monster, or am I myself a\nvictim? And what if I am a victim? In proposing to the object\nof my passion to elope with me to America or Switzerland, I\nX67","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-20T15:30:01.324Z","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":"2026-01-20T15:30:02.292Z","ts":"2026-01-20T15:30:03.567Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFCZWTBNJH4WFMS8354919KY"}}