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"Listen," Raskolnikov hastened to say, "I've only just come to

tell you you've won your bet and that no one really knows what

may not happen to him. I can't come in; I am so weak that I shall

fall down directly. And so good evening and good-bye! Come and

see me to-morrow."

"Do you know what? I'll see you home. If you say you're weak

yourself, you must..."

"And your visitors? Who is the curly-headed one who has just

peeped out?"