{"id":"01KFE0G1X83E6KX5Y2E57C2TKS","cid":"bafkreifo6eckspksywtdkprsihv63wmzf57rphixllhjgaazefl7j2gefe","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreieb4s22ksgxw5xqddty3tunyzwqwison7ge5t56zszt5cmn2vrnwa","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0461.jpg","key":"pdf-page-1768923071972-kmnpezew35p","label":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0461.jpg","page_number":461,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":212280,"text":"CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 453\nkissed me, and vowed that she would.be an obedient, faithful,\nand good wife, would make me happy, would devote all her life,\nevery minute of her life, would sacrifice everything, everything,\nand that all she asks in return is my respect, and that she wants\n'nothing, nothing more from me, no presents.' You'll admit\nthat to hear such a confession, alone, from an angel of sixteen in\na muslin frock, with little curls, with a flush of maiden shyness\nin her cheeks and tears of enthusiasm in her eyes is rather fasci-\nnating! Isn't it fascinating? It's worth paying for, isn't it? Well\n. . . listen, we'll go to see my betrothed, only not just now!\"\n\"The fact is this monstrous difference in age and develop-\nment excites your sensuality! Will you really make such a mar-\nriage?\"\n\"Why, of course. Every one thinks of himself, and he lives\nmost gaily who knows best how to deceive himself. Ha-ha! But\nwhy are you so keen about virtue? Have mercy on me, my good\nfriend. I am a sinful man. Ha-ha-ha!\"\n\"But you have provided for the children of Katerina Ivan^\novna. Though . , . though you had your own reasons. ... I un-\nderstand itall now.\"\n\"I am always fond of children, very fond of them,\" laughed\nSvidrigailov. \"I can tell you one curious instance of it. The\nfirst day I came here I visited various haunts, after seven years\nI simply rushed at them. You probably notice that I am not\nin a hurry to renew acquaintance with my old friends. I shall do\nwithout them as long as I can. Do you know, when I was with\nMarf a Petrovna in the country, I was haunted by the thought of\nthese places where any one who knows his way about can find a\ngreat deal. Yes, upon my soul! The peasants have vodka, the\neducated young people, shut out from activity, waste themselves\nin impossible dreams and visions and are crippled by theories;\nJews have sprung up and are amassing money, and all the rest\ngive themselves up to debauchery. From the first hour the\ntown reeked of its familiar odours. I chanced to be in a frightful\nden — I like my dens dirty — it was a dance, so called, and there\nwas a cancan such as I never saw in my day. Yes, there you\nhave progress. All of a sudden I saw a little girl of thirteen,\nnicely dressed, dancing with a sp>ecialist in that line, with an-\nother one vis-d-vis. Her mother was sitting on a chair by the\nwall. You can't fancy what a cancan that was! The girl was","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-20T15:31:11.972Z","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":"2026-01-20T15:31:12.666Z","ts":"2026-01-20T15:31:13.944Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFCZWTBNJH4WFMS8354919KY"}}