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"I can't offer you coffee here; but why not spend five minutes

with a friend?" Porfiry pattered on, "and you know all these

official duties... please don't mind my running up and down,

excuse it, my dear fellow, I am very much afraid of offending

you, but exercise is absolutely indispensable for me. I'm always

sitting and so glad to be moving about for five minutes... I

suffer from my sedentary life... I always intend to join a

gymnasium; they say that officials of all ranks, even Privy

Councillors, may be seen skipping gaily there; there you have it,

modern science... yes, yes.... But as for my duties here,

inquiries and all such formalities... you mentioned inquiries

yourself just now... I assure you these interrogations are

sometimes more embarrassing for the interrogator than for the

interrogated.... You made the observation yourself just now very

aptly and wittily." (Raskolnikov had made no observation of the

kind.) "One gets into a muddle! A regular muddle!