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"All right then. This is how I should behave," Raskolnikov began,

again bringing his face close to Zametov's, again staring at him

and speaking in a whisper, so that the latter positively

shuddered. "This is what I should have done. I should have taken

the money and jewels, I should have walked out of there and have

gone straight to some deserted place with fences round it and

scarcely anyone to be seen, some kitchen garden or place of that

sort. I should have looked out beforehand some stone weighing a

hundredweight or more which had been lying in the corner from the

time the house was built. I would lift that stone--there would

sure to be a hollow under it, and I would put the jewels and

money in that hole. Then I'd roll the stone back so that it would

look as before, would press it down with my foot and walk away.

And for a year or two, three maybe, I would not touch it. And,

well, they could search! There'd be no trace."