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Marmeladov stopped again in violent excitement. At that moment a

whole party of revellers already drunk came in from the street,

and the sounds of a hired concertina and the cracked piping voice

of a child of seven singing "The Hamlet" were heard in the entry.

The room was filled with noise. The tavern-keeper and the boys

were busy with the new-comers. Marmeladov paying no attention to

the new arrivals continued his story. He appeared by now to be

extremely weak, but as he became more and more drunk, he became

more and more talkative. The recollection of his recent success

in getting the situation seemed to revive him, and was positively

reflected in a sort of radiance on his face. Raskolnikov listened

attentively.