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Both were silent. Razumihin was more than ecstatic and

Raskolnikov perceived it with repulsion. He was alarmed, too, by

what Razumihin had just said about Porfiry.

"I shall have to pull a long face with him too," he thought, with

a beating heart, and he turned white, "and do it naturally, too.

But the most natural thing would be to do nothing at all.

Carefully do nothing at all! No, carefully would not be natural

again.... Oh, well, we shall see how it turns out.... We shall

see... directly. Is it a good thing to go or not? The butterfly

flies to the light. My heart is beating, that's what's bad!"

"In this grey house," said Razumihin.

"The most important thing, does Porfiry know that I was at the

old hag's flat yesterday... and asked about the blood? I must

find that out instantly, as soon as I go in, find out from his

face; otherwise... I'll find out, if it's my ruin."