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Another thing striking about Razumihin, no failure distressed

him, and it seemed as though no unfavourable circumstances could

crush him. He could lodge anywhere, and bear the extremes of cold

and hunger. He was very poor, and kept himself entirely on what

he could earn by work of one sort or another. He knew of no end

of resources by which to earn money. He spent one whole winter

without lighting his stove, and used to declare that he liked it

better, because one slept more soundly in the cold. For the

present he, too, had been obliged to give up the university, but

it was only for a time, and he was working with all his might to

save enough to return to his studies again. Raskolnikov had not

been to see him for the last four months, and Razumihin did not

even know his address. About two months before, they had met in

the street, but Raskolnikov had turned away and even crossed to

the other side that he might not be observed.