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"But I am very anxious to see Avdotya Romanovna once. I earnestly

beg it. Well, good-bye for the present. Oh, yes. I have forgotten

something. Tell your sister, Rodion Romanovitch, that Marfa

Petrovna remembered her in her will and left her three thousand

roubles. That's absolutely certain. Marfa Petrovna arranged it a

week before her death, and it was done in my presence. Avdotya

Romanovna will be able to receive the money in two or three

weeks."

"Are you telling the truth?"

"Yes, tell her. Well, your servant. I am staying very near you."

As he went out, Svidrigailov ran up against Razumihin in the

doorway.

CHAPTER II

It was nearly eight o'clock. The two young men hurried to

Bakaleyev's, to arrive before Luzhin.

"Why, who was that?" asked Razumihin, as soon as they were in the

street.