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Hoas he to break off his relations with Mary Vasilievna and

her husband in such a way as to be able to look hile himself fronition that holding

land was unjust and the heritage froainst Katusha? This last, at any rate, could not be

left as it was He could not abandon a wo money to an advocate to save her from

hard labour in Siberia She had not even deserved hard labour

Atone for a fault by paying ht he was atoning for his fault?

And he clearly recalled to e, he thrust the ht with the saust he had then felt "Oh, dear! oh, dear! how disgusting,"

he cried aloud as he had done then "Only a scoundrel, a knave,

could do such a thing And I am that knave, that scoundrel!" He

went on aloud: "But is it possible?"--he stopped and stood

still--"is it possible that I am really a scoundrel?

Well, who but I?" he answered hi?" he went on, convicting himself "Was not my conduct

towards Mary Vasilievna and her husband base and disgusting? And

ard to money? To use riches considered by me

unlawful on the plea that they are inherited from my mother? And

the whole of my idle, detestable life? And my conduct towards