Crime and Punishment Page #2

- No, there's Father.

Only he drinks to forget his troubles.

And the more he drinks,

the more Mother scolds.

And the more she scolds,

the more he drinks.

So between the two,

there's hardly any time left for us.

I forgot there was still some kindness

in the world.

Thank you.

I forgot there was still some beauty in it.

Sonya!

Now, let me tie this around your wrist

so that you can't lose it.

The money's in there.

Now, when you get home,

don't let Father see what you've got.

Understand? Give it to Mother.

Wait a minute. Let me make you pretty.

Give this to your sister.

Don't tell her who gave it to you.

"The Current Review

Brings you this month, as always,

"the greatest Writing Talent to be found

"because we pay the highest rates

for accepted articles."

Move along. Come on, move along.

- Excuse me.

- What did you say?

I said, "Excuse me."

- Say it again and say it loud!

- Excuse me!

Say it loud!

"What am I, a student of crime

or a criminal? I wonder!"

Loud!

"Today for the first time,

"I felt the impulse to commit a crime."

- How much higher do I have to climb?

- One more flight. The last door on top.

A nice place you've brought me to,

I must say!

I didn't expect your son

to be living in a palace,

but you didn't tell me

he was living in a place like this.

We didn't know.

He should've written us the truth.

Roderick.

It's awful finding you in a place like this.

Tony.

Roderick, this is our friend, Mr Lushin.

My son.

How do you do, sir?

- Mr Lushin's a very important man!

- I'm honoured.

- He holds two government positions!

- Two? I'm doubly honoured!

I can't tell you how kind

and helpful he's been to us.

After Antonia lost her position,

we were in terrible trouble.

- Mother, please don't let's

talk about it now. - What trouble?

She wouldn't let me write.

The husband of the woman she worked for

turned out to be the most horrible person.

I had to leave because I wasn't obliging.

Let's not go over that again, Mother.

- Tell him about the revolver.

- What revolver?

She had to keep it under her pillow at night

to protect herself from him.

And his wife found out

and lied about me after I left.

You can imagine how easy it was

to find a position after that.

It was lucky Mr Lushin came along

to help us.

- Shall we tell your brother now?

- Why not? He'll have to know sometime.

I know this will be a great surprise

to you, Roderick,

but Mr Lushin and your sister

are engaged to be married.

- Show him your ring, Antonia.

- Tony engaged?

Well, sir, is that all you have to say?

- I want to understand this clearly.

- What's there to understand?

Mr Lushin has honoured me

by asking me to become his wife.

And I've accepted because I love him.

Madam, let me compliment you

on your son's manners.

Please don't be offended.

Her happiness means everything to him.

Roderick, I think you ought to know that

Mr Lushin's marrying your sister

without asking for any dowry at all.

I may say that I have fairly advanced ideas

on the subject of marriage.

- Indeed.

- I prefer a girl like your sister,

who has experienced poverty.

I believe that a wife should always

look up to her husband as a benefactor.

And here's the best news of all, Roderick.

Mr Lushin has agreed to employ you

as his private secretary.

I'm afraid you're stating things

a little too definitely.

I didn't absolutely agree

to employ your son.

But, Mr Lushin, you did. You promised me.

It was quite definite.

- No, I did not promise.

- How can you say that? You did!

For the sake of

clarifying our future relationship,

please understand that I prefer

not to be contradicted.

Excuse me for coming to your room

like this.

I just had to thank you for the money

you gave us.

I would have come sooner,

only I didn't know where you lived

or even your name.

Then I remembered the pawnbroker

could tell from her books.

Excuse me. I had to thank you.

I'd better go now.

Not until you meet my mother and sister.

- Mother... What's your name?

- Sonya.

Sonya. A friend of mine.

- How do you do?

- How do you do?

My sister, Antonia.

I don't think you should be asked

to meet a person

who's a nameless acquaintance

of your brother's.

Which one of your two government

positions permit you to insult her?

- Roderick, please!

- It's my duty to protect the honour

of the woman I'm going to make my wife.

Did you say "honour"? If she marries you,

she doesn't know what the word means.

- Roderick, what are you saying?

- Don't get excited, Mother.

I know you didn't mean it. You're upset.

I forbid you to speak to him.

I'm sorry, Mr Lushin.

I expected a different sort of welcome

for you.

I shall not hold this against you, Antonia,

but you are never to see your brother again.

Do you understand? Come.

- Tony, don't go with him.

- Leave me alone. I'll do what I please.

Mother, you must stop her.

Take her home with you at once.

But, darling, we've nowhere to go.

Mr Lushin promised to pay our hotel bills

after we got here.

You mean without his help

you have no place to sleep tonight?

Roderick, don't you see?

There's no use fighting against

the will of Heaven!

All I can see is that my sister

is selling herself for a night's lodging.

Don't make this seem worse than it is.

- She's doing this for you.

- I won't have it.

This is only a question of money.

Are you going to let him buy

Antonia's future,

and yours and mine?

We'll talk this over again

in the morning.

I'm sure you'll feel differently

about it then.

Money.

Money!

Money! Money!

Money, money, money!

- What are you tying all those knots for?

- You'll find out. Just wait.

You've studied these things.

You know better than anyone else

that crime is always found out.

I've studied these things.

They won't find me out.

I won't make mistakes.

The ideals that we hold precious.

The future is yours.

Take it into your strong, young hands

with a high purpose.

- I'll take it into my strong young hands.

- Coward!

Antonia's marrying him for your sake.

She won't have to marry him for my sake.

- Move along, move along.

- Get out of my way!

What do you want? It's after hours.

It's me. Don't you remember?

I've got a valuable cigarette case.

Nice hour this to come around

with your rubbish.

Come in.

Let's see this valuable cigarette case

of yours.

- What's it made of, lead?

- Gold.

What's the idea of making so many knots?

It must be inlaid with diamonds,

the way you've tied it.

Come on, you old hag.

I need some money tonight.

Nobody home. That's strange!

She never goes out.

Look.

It's latched on the inside.

There must be somebody home.

She couldn't go out

and leave the door latched on the inside.

Something queer about this!

Let's go down and get the porter.

All right, gentlemen. We'll see, we'll see.

The latch was on a moment ago.

Help! Murder! Police! Police!

- Good evening.

- Good evening.

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