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"God forgive me, I simply rejoiced at her death. Though I don't

know which of them would have caused most misery to the other--he

to her or she to him," Pulcheria Alexandrovna concluded. Then she

began tentatively questioning him about the scene on the previous

day with Luzhin, hesitating and continually glancing at Dounia,

obviously to the latter's annoyance. This incident more than all

the rest evidently caused her uneasiness, even consternation.

Razumihin described it in detail again, but this time he added

his own conclusions: he openly blamed Raskolnikov for

intentionally insulting Pyotr Petrovitch, not seeking to excuse

him on the score of his illness.

"He had planned it before his illness," he added.

"I think so, too," Pulcheria Alexandrovna agreed with a dejected

air. But she was very much surprised at hearing Razumihin express

himself so carefully and even with a certain respect about Pyotr

Petrovitch. Avdotya Romanovna, too, was struck by it.