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063 - Book Nine Chapter Nine · Brothers Karamazov

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  Speaker 1: Chapter sixty three of The Brother's Karamitzer by Fayodor Dostoyevsky,
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  Speaker 1: translated by Constance Garnet. This LibriVox recording is in the
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  Speaker 1: public domain recording by Tony Addison, Chapter nine, They carry
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  Speaker 1: Mitya Away. When the protocol had been signed, Nikolai Popenovitch
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  Speaker 1: turned solemnly to the prisoner and read him the committal,
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  Speaker 1: setting forth that in such a year, on such a day,
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  Speaker 1: in such a place, the investigating lawyer of such and
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  Speaker 1: such a district court, having examined so and so to
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  Speaker 1: wit Mitya accused of this and of that, all the
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  Speaker 1: charges were carefully written at, and having conceded that the accused,
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  Speaker 1: not pleading guilty to the charges made against him, had
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  Speaker 1: brought forward nothing in his defense, while the witnesses so
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  Speaker 1: and so, and so and so, and the circumstances such
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  Speaker 1: and such testify against him, acting in accordance with such
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  Speaker 1: and such articles of the statute book and so on,
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  Speaker 1: has ruled that, in order to preclude so and so
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  Speaker 1: Mitya from all means of evading pursuit and judgment, he
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  Speaker 1: be detained in such and such a prison, which he
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  Speaker 1: hereby notifies to the accused and communicates a copy of
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  Speaker 1: this same chimital to the deputy prosecutor, and so on
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  Speaker 1: and so on. In brief, Mitya was informed that he
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  Speaker 1: was from that moment a prisoner, and that he will
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  Speaker 1: be driven at once to the town and there shut
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  Speaker 1: up in a very unpleasant place. Mitya listened attentively and
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  Speaker 1: only shrugged his shoulders. Well, gentlemen, I don't blame you.
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  Speaker 1: I'm ready. I understand that there's nothing else for you
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  Speaker 1: to do. Nikolay Parfenovitch informed him gently that he would
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  Speaker 1: be escorted at once by the rural police officer Mavriky Mavrikyevitch,
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  Speaker 1: who happened to be on the spot. Stay. Mitya interrupted suddenly,
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  Speaker 1: and impelled by uncontrollable feeling, he pronounced, addressing all in
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  Speaker 1: the room, gentlemen, we're all cruel, we're all monsters. We
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  Speaker 1: all make men weepened mothers and babes of the breath.
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  Speaker 1: But of all, let it be settled here now. Of all,
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  Speaker 1: I am the lowest reptile. I've sworn to amend, and
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  Speaker 1: every day I've done this same filthy things. I understand now,
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  Speaker 1: But such a man as I need a blow, a
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  Speaker 1: blow of destiny, to catch them as with a noose
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  Speaker 1: and bind them by a force from without. Never, never
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  Speaker 1: should I have risen of myself. But the thunderbolt has fallen.
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  Speaker 1: I accept the torture of accusation and my public shame.
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  Speaker 1: I want to suffer, and by suffering I shall be purified.
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  Speaker 1: Perhaps I shall be purified, gentleman. But listen, for the
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  Speaker 1: last time, I am not guilty of my father's blood.
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  Speaker 1: I accept my punishment not because I killed him, but
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  Speaker 1: because I meant to kill him, and perhaps I really
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  Speaker 1: might have killed him. Still, I mean to fight it
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  Speaker 1: out with you. I warn you of that. I'll fight
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  Speaker 1: it out with you to the end, and then God
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  Speaker 1: will decide. Goodbye, gentlemen, don't be vexed with me by
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  Speaker 1: having shouted at you during the examination. Oh, I was
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  Speaker 1: still such a fool. Then in another minute, as you'll
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  Speaker 1: be a prisoner. But now for the last time, as
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  Speaker 1: a free man. Dmitri garrames up up as you, his hand,
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  Speaker 1: saying goodbye to you. I say it to all men.
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  Speaker 1: His voice quivered, and he stretched out his hand. But
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  Speaker 1: Nikolai Popenovitch, who happened to stand nearest to him, with
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  Speaker 1: a sudden, almost nervous movement, hid his hands behind his back.
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  Speaker 1: Mitya instantly noticed this and started He let his outstretched
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  Speaker 1: hand fall at once. The preliminary inquiry is not yet over,
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  Speaker 1: that Nikolai Popenovitch faltered somewhat embarrassed, or we will continue
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  Speaker 1: it in the town. And I, for my part, of course,
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  Speaker 1: am ready to wish you all success in your defense.
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  Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, Dmitri Peodorovitch, I've always been
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  Speaker 1: disposed to regard you as, so to speak, more unfortunate
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  Speaker 1: than guilty all of us here, if I may make
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  Speaker 1: bold to speak for all, we are all ready to
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  Speaker 1: recognize that you are, at bottom a young man of honor,
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  Speaker 1: but alas one who has been carried away by certain
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  Speaker 1: passions to a somewhat excessive degree. Nikolay Poppanovitch's little figure
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  Speaker 1: was positively majestic by the time he had finished speaking.
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  Speaker 1: It struck Mitya that in another minute this boy would
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  Speaker 1: take his arm, lead him to another corner and renew
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  Speaker 1: their conversation about girls. But many quite irrelevant and inappropriate
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  Speaker 1: thoughts sometimes occur even to a prisoner when he is
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  Speaker 1: being led out to execution. Gentlemen, you are good, are humane.
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  Speaker 1: May I see her to say goodbye for the last time,
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  Speaker 1: asked Mitya. Certainly, but considering in fact now, it's impossible
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  Speaker 1: except in the presence of oh well, if it must
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  Speaker 1: be so, it must be. Grushenka was brought in, but
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  Speaker 1: the farewell was brief and a few words, and did
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  Speaker 1: not at all satisfy Nikolai Popenovitch. Grushenka made a deep
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  Speaker 1: bow to Mitya. I have told you I am yours,
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  Speaker 1: and I will be yours. I will follow you forever
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  Speaker 1: wherever they may send you. Farewell. You are guiltless, though
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  Speaker 1: you've been your own undoing. Her lips quivered, tears flowed
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  Speaker 1: from her eyes. Forgive me, grushap on my love, for
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  Speaker 1: ruining you two with my love. Mitya would have said
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  Speaker 1: something more, but he broke up and went out. He
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  Speaker 1: was at once surrounded by men who kept a constant
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  Speaker 1: watch on him. At the bottom of the steps to
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  Speaker 1: which he had driven up with such a dash the
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  Speaker 1: day before, with Andre's three horses, two carts stood in readiness.
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  Speaker 1: Mavriky Mavrikyevitch, a sturdy, thick set man with a wrinkled
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  Speaker 1: face was annoyed about something, some sudden irregularity. He was
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  Speaker 1: shouting angrily. He asked Mitya to get into the cart
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  Speaker 1: with somewhat excessive silliness. When I stood in drinks in
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  Speaker 1: the tavern, the man had quite a different face, thought Mitya.
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  Speaker 1: As he got in. At the gates, there was a
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  Speaker 1: crowd of people, peasants, women and drivers. Trifon Borissovitch came
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  Speaker 1: down the steps too. All stared at Mitya. Forgive me
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  Speaker 1: a parting good people. Mitya shouted suddenly from the cart,
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  Speaker 1: forgive us two. He heard two or three voices. Good
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  Speaker 1: bye to you too. Trypon Borissovitch. But tryfon Borissovitch did
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  Speaker 1: not even turn round. He was perhaps too busy. He
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  Speaker 1: too was shouting and pussing about something. It appeared that
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  Speaker 1: everything was not yet ready. In the second cart, in
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  Speaker 1: which two constables were to accompany Mavoriki maverick Yevitch, the
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  Speaker 1: peasant who had been ordered to drive the second cart,
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  Speaker 1: was pulling on his smock stoutly, maintaining that it was
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  Speaker 1: not his turn to go, but Akim's. But Akim was
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  Speaker 1: not to be seen. They ran to look for him.
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  Speaker 1: The peasant persisted and besolved them to wait. You see
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  Speaker 1: what our peasants are, Mavriky Mavrikyevitch. They've no shame, exclaimed
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  Speaker 1: tryfon Borissovitch. Akim gave you twenty five kopecks the day
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  Speaker 1: before yesterday, you've drunk it all, and now you cry out.
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  Speaker 1: I'm simply surprised at your good nature with our low peasants,
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  Speaker 1: Mavriky Mavrikyevitch. That's all I can say. But what do
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  Speaker 1: we want? A second can't form, Mitya put in. Let's
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  Speaker 1: start with the one, Mavriky Mavrikyevitch. I won't be unruly,
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  Speaker 1: I won't run away from you, old fellow. What do
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  Speaker 1: we want an escort for? I'll trouble you, sir, to
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  Speaker 1: learn how to speak to me if you've never been taught.
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  Speaker 1: I'm the old followed to you, and you can keep
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  Speaker 1: your advice. But another time, Mavriky Mavrikyevitch snapped out savagely,
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  Speaker 1: as though glad to vent his rough Mitya was reduced
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  Speaker 1: to silence. He flushed all over. A moment later, he
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  Speaker 1: felt suddenly very cold. The rain had ceased, but the
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  Speaker 1: dull sky was still overcast with clouds, and a keen
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  Speaker 1: wind was blowing straight in his face. I've taken the chill,
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  Speaker 1: thought Mitya, twitching his shoulders. At last, Mavrikyevitch too got
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  Speaker 1: into the cart, sat down heavily, and as though without
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  Speaker 1: noticing it, squeezed Mitya into the corner. It is true
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  Speaker 1: that he was out of humor and greatly disliked the
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  Speaker 1: task that had been laid upon him. Goodbye, Taipon Borissovitch.
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  Speaker 1: Mitya shouted again, and felt himself that he had not
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  Speaker 1: called out this time from good nature, but involuntarily from resentment.
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  Speaker 1: But Traipon Borissovitch stood proudly, with both hands behind his
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  Speaker 1: back and staring straight at Mitya with a stern and
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  Speaker 1: angry face. He made no reply. Goodbye, Dmitri Bayodorovitch. Goodbye.
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  Speaker 1: He heard all at once the voice of Kalganov, who
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  Speaker 1: had suddenly darted out. Running up to the cart. He
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  Speaker 1: held out his hand to Mitya. He had no cap on,
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  Speaker 1: Mitya had time to seize and press his hand. Good Bye,
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  Speaker 1: dear follow I shan't forget your generosity, he cried warmly,
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  Speaker 1: but the cat moved and their hands parted. The bells
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  Speaker 1: began ringing, and Mitya was driven off. Kalganov ran back,
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  Speaker 1: sat down in a corner, bent his head, hid his
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  Speaker 1: face in his hands, and burst out crying. For a
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  Speaker 1: long while he sat like that, crying as though we
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  Speaker 1: were a little boy instead of a young man of
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  Speaker 1: twenty oh. He believed, almost without doubt, in Mitya's guilt,
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  Speaker 1: what are these people? What can men be? After this?
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  Speaker 1: He exclaimed incoherently, in bitter despondency, almost despair. At that moment,
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  Speaker 1: he had no desire to live. Is it worth it?
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  Speaker 1: Is it worth it? Exclaimed the boy in his grief
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  Speaker 1: end of chapter sixty three,