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"God has delivered us! God has delivered us!" Pulcheria

Alexandrovna muttered, but half consciously, as though scarcely

able to realise what had happened.

They were all relieved, and in five minutes they were laughing.

Only now and then Dounia turned white and frowned, remembering

what had passed. Pulcheria Alexandrovna was surprised to find

that she, too, was glad: she had only that morning thought

rupture with Luzhin a terrible misfortune. Razumihin was

delighted. He did not yet dare to express his joy fully, but he

was in a fever of excitement as though a ton-weight had fallen

off his heart. Now he had the right to devote his life to them,

to serve them.... Anything might happen now! But he felt afraid

to think of further possibilities and dared not let his

imagination range. But Raskolnikov sat still in the same place,

almost sullen and indifferent. Though he had been the most

insistent on getting rid of Luzhin, he seemed now the least

concerned at what had happened. Dounia could not help thinking

that he was still angry with her, and Pulcheria Alexandrovna

watched him timidly.