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Regaining her good-humour, Katerina Ivanovna began at once

telling Raskolnikov that when she had obtained her pension, she

intended to open a school for the daughters of gentlemen in her

native town T----. This was the first time she had spoken to him

of the project, and she launched out into the most alluring

details. It suddenly appeared that Katerina Ivanovna had in her

hands the very certificate of honour of which Marmeladov had

spoken to Raskolnikov in the tavern, when he told him that

Katerina Ivanovna, his wife, had danced the shawl dance before

the governor and other great personages on leaving school.