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"God rest her soul," exclaimed Pulcheria Alexandrovna. "I shall

always, always pray for her! Where should we be now, Dounia,

without this three thousand! It's as though it had fallen from

heaven! Why, Rodya, this morning we had only three roubles in our

pocket and Dounia and I were just planning to pawn her watch, so

as to avoid borrowing from that man until he offered help."

Dounia seemed strangely impressed by Svidrigailov's offer. She

still stood meditating.

"He has got some terrible plan," she said in a half whisper to

herself, almost shuddering.

Raskolnikov noticed this disproportionate terror.

"I fancy I shall have to see him more than once again," he said

to Dounia.

"We will watch him! I will track him out!" cried Razumihin,

vigorously. "I won't lose sight of him. Rodya has given me leave.

He said to me himself just now. 'Take care of my sister.' Will

you give me leave, too, Avdotya Romanovna?"