{"id":"01KFE0HD8CJKN9QHBD2M3NHC59","cid":"bafkreigfvfg7njmkenllx4bww652uqnilqohrdw7pq57z23ocfq7m3wxpu","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreidcpodm53ov57fle6tfuyg7b22n4aea6cxup4csxcmrfylboqscwy","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0277.jpg","key":"pdf-page-1768923112755-fnw1sl0oynj","label":"crimepunishment00dostiala_page_0277.jpg","page_number":277,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":214302,"text":"CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 269\nwarmth. The story of your sister had been wriing out to the\nlast drop; for the last three days Marfa Petrovna had been\nforced to sit at home; she had nothing to show herself with in\nthe town. Besides, she had bored them so with that letter (you\nheard about her reading the letter) . And all of a sudden those\ntwo switches fell from heaven! Her first act was to order the\ncarriage to be got out. . . . Not to speak of the fact that there\nare cases when women are very, very glad to be insulted in\nspite of all their show of indignation. There are instances of it\nwith every one; human beings in general, indeed, greatly love\nto be insulted, have you noticed that? But it's particularly so\nwith women. One might even say it's their only amusement.\"\nAt one time Raskolnikov thought of getting up and walking\nout and so finishing the interview. But some curiosity and even\na sort of prudence made him linger for a moment.\n\"You are fond of fighting?\" he asked carelessly.\n\"No, not very,\" Svidrigai'lov answered, calmly. \"And Marfa\nPetrovna and I scarcely ever fought. We lived very harmoni-\nously, and she was always pleased with me. I only used the whip\ntwice in all our seven years (not counting a third occasion of\na very ambiguous character) . The first time, two months after\nour marriage, immediately after we arrived in the country, and\nthe last time was that of which we are speaking. Did you sup-\npose Iwas such a monster, such a reactionary, such a slave\ndriver? Ha, ha! By the way, do you remember, Rodion Romano-\nvitch, how a few years ago, in those days of beneficent public-\nity, a nobleman, I've forgotten his name, was put to shame\neverywhere, in all the papers, for having thrashed a German\nwoman in the railway train. You remember? It was in those\ndays, that very year I beUeve, the 'disgraceful action of the\nAge* took place (you know, 'The Egyptian Nights,* that public\nreading, you remember? The dark eyes, you know! Ah, the\ngolden days of our youth, where are they?) Well, as for the\ngentleman who thrashed the German, I feel no sympathy with\nhim, because after all what need is there for sympathy? But I\nmust say that there are sometimes such provoking 'Germans'\nthat I don't beHeve there is a progressive who could quite answer\nfor himself. No one looked at the subject from that point of\nview then, but that's the truly humane point of view, I assure\nyou.\"","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-20T15:31:52.755Z","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":"2026-01-20T15:31:56.962Z","ts":"2026-01-20T15:31:58.013Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFCZWTBNJH4WFMS8354919KY"}}