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"I'll make a note of it. Well, brother, to make a long story

short, I was going in for a regular explosion here to uproot all

malignant influences in the locality, but Pashenka won the day. I

had not expected, brother, to find her so... prepossessing. Eh,

what do you think?"

Raskolnikov did not speak, but he still kept his eyes fixed upon

him, full of alarm.

"And all that could be wished, indeed, in every respect,"

Razumihin went on, not at all embarrassed by his silence.

"Ah, the sly dog!" Nastasya shrieked again. This conversation

afforded her unspeakable delight.