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But no one shared his enjoyment: his silent companion looked with

positive hostility and mistrust at all these manifestations.

There was another man in the room who looked somewhat like a

retired government clerk. He was sitting apart, now and then

sipping from his pot and looking round at the company. He, too,

appeared to be in some agitation.

CHAPTER II

Raskolnikov was not used to crowds, and, as we said before, he

avoided society of every sort, more especially of late. But now

all at once he felt a desire to be with other people. Something

new seemed to be taking place within him, and with it he felt a

sort of thirst for company. He was so weary after a whole month

of concentrated wretchedness and gloomy excitement that he longed

to rest, if only for a moment, in some other world, whatever it

might be; and, in spite of the filthiness of the surroundings, he

was glad now to stay in the tavern.