Crime and Punishment Page #5

Take what you want.

Lie, cheat, bluff.

Take life by the throat.

Come on, let's go out

and celebrate Mr Lushin's disposition.

I mean his final disposition.

To my ex-future brother-in-law

and all his government positions.

May they increase and multiply.

And may his children, if any,

be tax collectors.

By the way, Roderick,

I'm about to ask your sister

if I may call on her tomorrow.

Now that I've seen how you

kick her suitors out, do you object?

- Suppose I do! - All right. Here's

a chance to stub your toes.

Antonia, may I call on you tomorrow?

I'm afraid if I don't say yes,

he'll kick me out.

According to this entry in her book,

you visited the murdered woman

on July 11, is that right?

- Yes, sir.

- At what time?

About 7:
00.

- Are these the articles you pawned?

- Yes, sir.

What do you do for a living?

- How long have you been away from home?

- About four months.

Any trouble with the police

during that time?

No, sir.

You'd better take this Bible with you.

Thank you, sir.

Oh, just a minute.

While you were doing business

with the pawnbroker,

did you notice anyone else?

Someone came to pawn a watch

while I was there.

- A man or a woman?

- A man.

What did he look like?

Can you describe him?

Oh, yes, sir. I even know his name.

Raskolnikov.

Do you know him well?

No, sir. I'd never seen him before.

But I talked to him later,

as we were coming out,

and I dropped a ruble,

and he helped me find it.

Then he gave my little brother some money.

- How much?

- Nine rubles. I think it was all he had.

- Generous, eh? - Oh, yes, sir.

He's the finest man I ever met.

Find out if Raskolnikov still lives

at the same address.

Yes, sir.

- How often have you seen him since then?

- Only once, sir,

when I went to thank him for the money

he gave my little brother.

- So you know where he lives?

- I found out by asking the pawnbroker.

- You saw her again, too? When was that?

- The next morning.

She was very cross with me

for bothering her.

Oh, she was, was she?

The old hag,

I dare say she deserved what she got.

That's just what he said.

- Then you did see him after the murder?

- Oh, no, sir.

He said things like that

before she was killed.

What else did he say about her?

Do you remember the exact words?

No, sir. I'm not even sure that

he said the things I told you.

I don't remember, really.

He still lives at the same address, sir.

He paid his landlady

the 30 rubles he owed her

the same morning he was here.

That was the morning after the murder,

wasn't it?

Yes, sir.

From my questions,

you think I suspect your friend.

That's not so.

I've a very high regard for him.

You may go now.

I want to thank you for this.

What are you doing here?

The inspector sent for me.

He returned my Bible

and asked me a few questions.

- Did he want to know anything about me?

- Yes.

What did you...

I must see you later. Where do you live?

On Catherine Street. The first house

from the bridge on the second floor.

I'll be over to see you

as soon as I'm through here.

- How are you, sir?

- Have a cigarette?

No, sir.

- You're not smoking?

- Yes, sir.

Too bad.

- I'll announce you to the inspector, sir.

- I'll announce myself.

Morning, Inspector.

Good morning, good morning,

good morning.

I'm so delighted to see you again,

I'm not even going to ask you if you had

any special reason in coming here.

As a matter of fact, I have.

I was hoping this visit

was an act of pure friendship.

- Will you have a little brandy?

- I never refuse.

Your health, Professor.

Thank you.

I've come to claim a watch

that must have come into your possession.

Into my possession?

I hated to part with it,

but necessity

often gets the better of sentiment.

- So I took it to the old woman to pawn.

- What old woman?

The pawnbroker.

The one we were talking about.

Oh, did you have dealings with her?

You know all about that by now.

No! Not at all. How should I?

Didn't you find my name in her book?

Here, let me see.

Oh, yes, to be sure!

I don't know how I could have missed it.

You know, you're the first of her clients

who has come here voluntarily.

Perhaps the others are all afraid to.

Except for you,

not a Napoleon in the whole outfit.

Well, excuse me.

Thank you.

I'm sorry, but your watch isn't listed

among the things we found in her place.

I'm afraid it's in the possession

of the murderer.

I hope you'll do all you can

to get it back for me.

I assure you I'll leave nothing undone

to locate your watch.

Thank you.

I knew you'd feel that way about it.

Incidentally, I'm wondering

why you didn't mention your watch

the day you were in my office,

the day you fainted.

One doesn't like to talk about

going to a pawnshop.

Of course not. I quite understand.

Something the matter with your eye?

Yes, it has a silly habit

of twitching at the wrong moment.

I've no control over it, really.

Or perhaps it was dazzled

by the splendour of your new clothes.

Things have taken a turn for the better?

Yes. Things have taken

a turn for the better.

How about another drink?

I'm sorry you must leave so soon.

Going anywhere in particular?

Why, no. I was going to visit my mother.

They say every great man

owes his genius to his mother.

I should like to meet her.

This is Captain Porfiry,

chief inspector of all the police.

- My mother and sister.

- How do you do?

- How do you do?

- I'm honoured.

And this young man has practically been

living here for the past two weeks.

We may need your help to throw him out.

Don't be silly, Roderick.

We love having Dmitri here.

He seems to like this place.

Maybe the police can tell me why.

You don't need detectives for that.

Inspector, to the police.

You're hitting it pretty hard today.

You know you had two drinks in my office.

I'm glad, Roderick, your friend

the inspector mentioned it.

- I've been worrying about it, too.

- Yes, even Dmitri has spoken of it.

- By the way, does your son faint easily?

- Why, no.

- Have you ever known him to faint?

- No.

The reason I ask,

about two weeks ago in my office,

they brought in a man suspected of murder.

At the mention of the word "murder",

he fainted dead away.

I told you why, didn't I? It was the heat.

- And you were starving.

- Yes.

Too poor to buy food.

Yet that very morning,

you suddenly produced 30 rubles

and paid your rent.

Where did you get that money?

If your giant mind

isn't equal to that mystery,

you might ask my friend.

- He borrowed the 30 rubles from me.

- When?

- Say, what is this, a cross-examination?

- Yes.

He invites himself into my home

and then he accuses me of murder.

- Murder?

- He commit a murder?

What are you talking about? Are you crazy?

Don't put words in my mouth.

I made no accusation.

Then why all this?

What have you against me?

The fact that I visited a pawnbroker

and didn't tell you?

That I fainted? My new clothes?

Here's some money, too.

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