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"Thank God; I was afraid the same thing as yesterday was

beginning again," said Pulcheria Alexandrovna, crossing herself.

"What is the matter, Rodya?" asked Avdotya Romanovna,

distrustfully.

"Oh, nothing! I remembered something," he answered, and suddenly

laughed.

"Well, if you remembered something; that's all right!... I was

beginning to think..." muttered Zossimov, getting up from the

sofa. "It is time for me to be off. I will look in again

perhaps... if I can..." He made his bows, and went out.

"What an excellent man!" observed Pulcheria Alexandrovna.

"Yes, excellent, splendid, well-educated, intelligent,"

Raskolnikov began, suddenly speaking with surprising rapidity,

and a liveliness he had not shown till then. "I can't remember

where I met him before my illness.... I believe I have met him

somewhere----... And this is a good man, too," he nodded at

Razumihin. "Do you like him, Dounia?" he asked her; and suddenly,

for some unknown reason, laughed.

"Very much," answered Dounia.