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'■rsr. i ''■} I 1^ Resurrection A NOVEL By Leo Tolstoy Author of "Anna Karenina," "War and Peace," etc. Translated by Mrs. Louise Maude fFith Illustrations by Pasternak Toronto GEORGE N. MORANG & COMPANY, LIMITED 1900 I.* Copyright, 1899, by DoDD, Mead & Company, and 1899, (as the"Awakening,"> By John Brisben Walker. THC BURR PRINTING HOUSE, NEW YORK. ■I CONTENTS BOOK I ICHAPTER I. Maslova in Prison ^^^^ Iu't ^^m'!"?":^'^ ^^'"'>' Life! : ; : : ^ HI. Nekhludoff . . 5 IV^. Missy lo V. The Jurymen 15 \\L The Judges.. - 18 vm '^'^^ Officials of the Court. '. ^' rv T, "^^^""S^ in the Jury. . . 25 VT Ti I.'^'.^ —T^^e Indictment . . 3 1 ^TT t' Tnal-Maslova Cross-examined ^ TTT ^r'V^'''^ ^e^J's Before. 3^ 'TV ^/^^ "1 tlie Armv.. 44 -vtv '^.^^ ^^'■st Step...;;; 57 i^- T^Ih^Tnal-ResumpiionV.'. ^^ ' YT V?,^ Tnal-The Medical Report ^' 'yvtV t- , "^^ "* Korchagin ^7 -Win. The Awakening i04 ^ 109 vi Contents CHAPTER p^Cj. XXIX. Maslova in Prison lie XXX. The Cell 1 19 XXXI. The Prisoners 122 XXXII. A Prison Quarrel 125 XXXIII. The Leaven at Work— Nekhludoff's Do- mestic Changes 129 XXXIV. ,The Absurdity of Law — Reflections of a Juryman 1^3 XXXV. The Procureur — Xekhliidofif Refuses to Serve 138 XXXVI. Nekhludoff Endeavours to Visit Maslova. . 141 XXXVII. Maslova Recalls the Past 144 XXXVIII. Sunday in Prison — Preparing for Mass. . 148 XXXIX. The Prison Church — Blind Leaders of the Blind 151 XL. The Husks of Religion 155 XLI. Visiting Day— The Men's Ward 158 XLII. Visiting Day — The Women's Ward 163 XLIII. Nekhludofif Visits Maslova 166 XLIV. Maslova's View of Life 172 XLV. Fanarin, the Advocate — The Petition 175 XLVI. A Prison Flogging 181 XLVII. Nekhludoflf Again Visits Maslova 184 XLVIII. Maslova Refuses to Marry 187 XLIX. Vera Doiikhova 191 L. The Vice-Governor of the Prison 194 LI. The Cells 198 LII. No. 21 201 LIII. Victims of Government 204 LIV. Prisoners and Friends 207 LV. Vera Doukhova Explains 210 LVI. Nekhludoflf and the Prisoners 213 LVII. The Vice-Governor's " At-Home " 216 LVIII. The Vice-Governor Suspicious 220 LIX. NekhludoflF's Third Interview with Maslova in Prison 223 BOOK II I. Property in Land 220 1 II. Eflforts at Land Restoration 235 I'AGE 115 119 122 125 loff's Do- 129 ions of a 133 'fuses to ••, 138 Vlaslova. . 141 144 )r ^lass. . 148 ;rs of the 151 155 158 16^ 166 172 ' 175 181 184 187 191 194 198 201 204 207 210 213 216 220 [aslova in 223 Contents •? CHAf'TEK ni. Old Associations. ^'"^^ ly . The Peasants' Lot. ..'.".' 239 y . Alaslova's Aunt ... 242 y I. Reflections of a" Laiullor J .' ^46 y J I. 1 he Disinherited. 250 TY T.^°r'' ^^^"^ "^ the Heart".'. ^|^ V X. "^ Land Settlement ^^^ A. iVkhludoff Returns to Tnu/.. 263 XI. XII XIII. XIV. XV. X\7. XVII. XVIII XIX. wi^'S?i;:i^;r^s;j^i:::^'''— -- ^^ Town • • • • . on Judges and Prosecutors XT - ,,,7 ^ '■ 'ock to Town ■ ■ Aurse .Alaslova. . . ^77 An Aristocratic Circle ^^° An Average Statesman. ^86 An L p-to-date Senator ^92 . OffidaKlom'"™ '-'"ovnaV -Dinner rvi,:: jif The Appeal Dismissed.." 3 14 and XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXvVu ^i^ ^'^'' Church" XXLX.""- S'^'eS °^ Vr^!^'' ^"-^tion. . . . ,,5 XXX. The ' tH'J,^}"^ ^D^l for God's " ' ' " ^^9 Law. . XXXI. X, Xekhludoff'sTna;ehi*sm:""'' ""'''"^' 364 The Aim of the Law. . ." ^6/ 1 he Prisoners Start for SiherlL ^^^ ^:?t Men but StrangT a'ncrTerribl" ' ^" " " " ^^' XXXII. XXXIII XXXIV. An Old Friend. 3i8 The Public Prosecutor ^^^ Mariette Tempts Xekhhidoff ^^5 Lvdia Shoustova's Home ^^'> Lydia s Aunt " 33^ tlie People".".".". ^V^ ette's Attrar--- '^^"^ A , . , . - - ' God's".. Astonishing Institution Called Criminal XXXV. tures.?".. ""' oiiange and Terrible Crea- The Tendt 381 XXX va • "pS7/^- °^ the "Loni ! ! ! ! ! ! ! " " Sj XT ^: ^J-other and Sister 395 ^Li. ^S^f;^^^' Law of Human Lif;: :;:;;::: l^. XLIL Le Vrai Grand Moiid- 4o8 414 Vlll Contents H BOOK III CHAI'TKR I'AGE I. Maslova Makes New Friends 421 II. An Incident of tlie March 424 III. Mar'' Pavlovna 4^7 IV. Simdnson 43° V. The PoHtical Prisoners 433 VI. Kryltzoff's Story 437 VII. Nekhludoff Seeks an Interview with Maslova. . . 441 VIII. Nekhludofif and the Officer 444 IX. The PoHtical Prisoners 44^ X. Makar Devkin 45^ XI. Maslova and Her Companions 453 XII. Xabatoff and Markel 457 XIII. Love Affairs of the Exiles 462 XIV. Conversations in Prison 4^5 XV. Xovodvorofif 4^8 XVI. Simonson Speaks to Nekhludofif 47° XVII. " I Have Nothing More to Say " 474 XVIII. Neveroff's Fate 477 XIX. " Why Is It Done? " 480 XX. The Journey Resumed 485 XXI. " Just a Worthless Tramp " 489 XXII. Nekhludoff Sees the General 492 XXIII. The Sentence Commuted 495 XXIV. The General's Household 500 XXV. Mdslova's Decision 505 XXVT. The English Visitor 5^9 XXVII. Kryltzoff at Rest 5i i XXVIII. A New Life Dawns for Nekhludofif 514 CHARACTKRS JN THK NOVKL. CAKO^f«A AlbeBTOVNA K,T EVA BrnH 'l ""• M-cHA.. T„E„o,.6„ E;.uiVov™;r'-^r )-^,.. Sophia IvAnovna, ) (deceased). Mary IvAnovna, ' f ^"^'^l^Jiludoff's Aunts. Matrona PAvlovna, / TiKiiON, ' [ tlieir Servants. Agrapiiena Petrovna I I <^-OKNEY, ' j- Nekhludoff's Servants. I |;eter GerAsimovitch (one of the [urv^ K0RABLEV\ (M-IQlmra'c TT 11 '"^J"ryj. i.^A ^Aiaslovas Fellow-prsoner) pKINCE KoRCHAgin ^' J;kincess Sophia \ asilievna KorchAgin h<^-CEss Marv KorchAgin (Missy) • " Then came Peter and said to Him, Lord, how oft shall my brother ; in against me and I forgive him? Until seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, jJntil seven times; but Until seventy times seven." — Matt, xziii.. 21-22. ■■ And why beholdest thou the mote in thy brother's eye, but con- siderest not the beam that is in thine own eye? " — Matt, vii., 3. " He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."— John viii., 7. '■ The disciple is not above his master, but every one when he is perfected shall be as his master." — Luke vi., 40. »' ill oft shall my seven times? m times; but le when he is 1 Im' eye, but con- '. vii., 3- ist a stone at Book I I ! t t (i\ Thou to disfig crowded scraping the trees with the even in The s where it sprang i narrow s poplars, fragrant buds ; en spring, M zing alor glad, the jBut men jcheating jnot this s Iconsidera poy to all peace, to )r ensla^ Thus, i; not the h hd gladi Important Icription, )8th day RESURRECTION CHAPTER I. MASLOVA IN PRISON. Though hundreds of thousands had done their very best to disfigure the small piece of land on which they were crowded together, by paving the ground with stones, scraping away every vestige of vegetation, cutting down the trees, turning away birds and beasts, and filling the air with the smoke of naphtha and coal, still spring was spring even in the town, f & i^ &y The sun shone warm, the air was balmy ; everywhere Where it did not get scraped away, the grass revived and sprang up between the paving-stones as well as on the narrow strips of lawn on the boulevards. The birches the poplars, and the wild cherry unfolded their gummy 'and fragrant leaves, the limes were expanding their opening buds; crows, sparrows, and pigeons, filled with the iov of spring were getting their nests ready; the flies were buz- Izing along the walls, warmed by the sunshine. All were Iglad, the plants, the birds, the insects, and the children imit men, grown-up men and women, did not leave off ■cheating and tormenting themselves and each other. It was inot this spring morning men thought sacred and worthy of Iconsideration, not the beauty of God's world, given for a Boy to all creatures, this beauty which inclines the heart to peace, to harmony, and to love, but only their own devices lor enslaving one another. » Thus, in the prison office of the Government town, it was not the fact that men and animals had received the grace ^nd gladness of spring that was considered sacred and important, but that a notice, numbered and with a super- icnption, had come the day before, ordering that on this ph day of April, at 9 a.m., three prisoners at present b r * Resurrection detained in the prison, a man and two women fone of th«, women, as the chief criminal, to be conducted "enaratelv? had to appear at Court. So now, on the 28th of Aori ' wit! "cSf WV;''h"iri^°°"/!'" ""!- a woman wafd" trimmStMdl'^IklT,'^^^^^^^^^^^^ a^d havmg a look of suffering on he% face, caTh.to ,h™ r- the^ce„!toi"wS ttirj:T^^um':r^ f^''°" °' Srt'ni-d *f t;^ v""""'" -" ° M^si ™ r toT t^ourt, and closed the door again WjT^" -^^^ *^^- P,"'°" y^''^ the breeze had brought the fresh vivi ying air from the fields. But in the corridor Ihl air was laden with the germs of typhoid the smell of ddeS^n h'^Tr'""' ^^^= T'y. -Lorir'feltTad'ani usTd to bad air sJlT^? ^^l"^^' ^'^'•'^''' ^^^"gh «he was ubea to Dad air. She had just come n from outsiHp :*r,r^ entering the corridor, she at once became sTeepy' ^ Fron, mside the cell came the sound of bustle and women's voices and the patter of bare feet on the floor iaile^a^H I'n"' ^"^''l "P' ^^^^°^^' ^ ^^^5" called omthe jailer, and m a minute or two a small young woman with toTh?/ai r'"sh?^a?"^'^^ ""^ 1 the'doof aTd"" and pet? coat On h ? ^ ^u^ "'^^'^ °^"'" ^ ^^^t^ Jacket ana petticoat. On her feet she wore inen stockinp-Q anri prison shoes, and round her head was tieS a wW?e kerchief from under which a few locks of black hair were brushed over the forehead with evident intent. The flee o the vvoman was of that whiteness peculiar to people who have 1 ved long in confinement, and which puts one in m^nd of shoots of potatoes that spring up in a cellar T^^ u S c^u'' r.' ^" T^' ^'^"^ showe^'l^om unLrth broad collar of her cloak, were of the same hue. Her black bofon/"'"''^ ^"''"'^ ""''^ '''^^^^'' expanding her full With her head slightly thrown back, she stood in the corridor looking straight into the eves of the jailer Ldv to comply with any order. ' ■' ' ^ 3ne of these separately), h of April, nan warder 'ith sleeves 1 her waist, nto the cor- to the cell he door of buler even )va! to the •ought the )rridor the ; smell of It sad and fh she was itside, and ustle and le floor, d out the man with I went up ite jacket :ings and kerchief, ; brushed :e of the vho have mind of [er small nder the er black, in strik- her full 1 in the T, ready Resurrection 3 The jailer was about to lock the door when a wrinkled and severe-looking old woman put out her grey hea J and began speaking to Maslova. But the jailer closed the door, pushing the old woman's head with it. A woman's laughter was heard from the cell, and Maslova smiled, turning to the little grated opening in the cell door. The old woman pressed her face to the grating from the other side, and said m a hoarse voice: ' " Now mind, and when they begin questioning you just repeat over the same thing, and stick to it ; tell nothing that IS not wanted." * ' ^ " Well, it could not be worse than it is now, anyhow I only wish it was settled one way or another." " pi course, it will be settled one way or another," said the jailer, with a superior's self-assured witticism. " Now then, get along ! Take your places ! " The old woman's eyes vanished from the grating, and Maslova stepped out into the middle of the corridor The warder in front, they descended the stone stairs, past the sthi fouler, noisy cells of the men's ward, where they were followed by eyes looking out of every one of the gratings m the doors, and entered the office, where two soldiers were waiting to escort her. A clerk who was sitting there gave one of the soldiers a paper reeking of tobacco and pomting to the prisoner, remarked, " Take her." The soldier, a peasant from Nijni Novgorod, with a red pock-rnarked face, put the paper into the sleeve of his coat' winked to his companion, a broad-shouldered Tchouvash' and then the prisoner and the soldiers went to the front entrance out of the prison yard, and through the town up the middle of the roughly-paved street. Ist'ostchiks* tradespeople, cooks, workmen, and gov- ernment clerks, stopped and looked curiously at the pris- oner; some shook their heads and thought, " This is what evil conduct, conduct unlike ours, leads to." The children stopped and gazed at the robber with frightened looks; but the thought that, the soldiers were preventing her from doing more harm quieted their fears. A peasant, who had sold his charcoal, and had had some tea in the town, came up, and, after crossing himself, gave her a copeck. The prisoner b ushed and muttered something; she noticed that she was attracting everybody's attention, and that pleased *Isvostchik — cabman. 4 Resurrection her. The comparatively fresh air also gladdened her, but It was painful to step on the rough stones with the ill-made prison shoes on her feet, which had become unused to walking. Passing by a corn-dealer's shop, in front of which a few pigeons were strutting about, unmolested by any one the prisoner almost touched a grey-blue bird with her foot' It fluttered up and flew close to her ear, fanning her with Its wings. She smiled, then sighed deeply as she remem- bered her present position. Resurrection d her, but le ill-made unused to t of which y any one, I her foot ; ', her with le remem- CHAPTER II. maslova's early life. The story of the prisoner Maslova's life was a very com- mon one. ^ Maslova's mother was the unmarried daughter of a vil- lage woman employed on a dairy farm, which belonged to two maiden ladies who were landowners. This unmarried woman had a baby every year, and, as often happens among the village people, each one of these undesired babies, after it had been carefully baptised, was neglected by Its mother, whom it hindered at her work, and left to starve Five children had died in this way. Thev had all been baptised and then not sufficiently fed, and just left to die. The sixth baby, whose father was a gipsy tramp, would have shared the same fate, had it not so happened that one of tne maiden ladies came into the farmyard to scold the dairymaids for sending up cream that smelt of the cow. The young woman was lying in the cowshed, with a fine, healthy, new-born baby. The old maiden lady scolded the maids again for allowing the woman (who had just been confined) to lie in the cowshed, and was about to go away, but seeing the baby her heart was touched, and she offered to stand godmother to the little girl, and pitv for her little god-daughter induced her to give milk and a "little money to the mother, so that she should feed the baby ; and the httle r^Hived. The old ladies spoke of her as "the saved one When the child was three years old, her mother tell HI and died, and the maiden ladies took the child from burd° Srrandmother, to whom she was nothing but a The little black-eyed maiden grew to be extremely pretty, and so full of spirits that the ladies found her very entertaining. ^ The younger of the ladies, Sophia Ivanovna, who had stood godmother to the girl, had the kinder heart of the two sisters; Maria Ivanovna, the elder, was rather hard 6 Resurrection Sophia Ivanovna drrssed the little girl in nice clothes, and I Su M ■ '^^"^ '^""^ "^"^^^ "leaning to educate her like a Jad} Maria Ivanovna thought the child should be brought up to work, and trained her to be a good servant She was exacting; she punished, and, when in a bad tem- dfff^r? 'V""^ *''" ^^t*'" ^''^- ^'°^^'"^& "P ""^ler these two different influeiices, the girl turned out half servant, half S"5l h"^^- T'^ -'T 'f ^^- ^'' ^^'^'^^' ^^"^li «0"nd; less refined than Katinka, but is not quite so common as Katka She used to sew tidy up the rooms, polish the metal cases saVa^d^r^ci to'thl^die" '''' ^^°'"'' ^"' ^^^^^^^^^^ '^^ Though she had more than one offer, she would not marry She felt that life as the wife of any of the workW men who were courting her would be too hard ; spoilt as she was by a life of ease. She lived in this manner till she was sixteen, when the nephew of the old ladies, a rich young prince, and a univer- sity student, came to stay with his aunts, and Katusha. not hfm acknowledge it even to herself, fell in love with Then two years later this same nephew stayed four days with his aunts before proceeding to join his regiment, and the night before he left he betrayed Katusha and, after giving her a loo-rouble note, went away. Five months A f '.r . ^^"^ ^?' "'^^^" *^^t ^he ^as to be a mother. After that everythmg seemed repugnant to her, her only thought being how to escape from the shame that awaited her. She began not only to serve the ladies in a half- hearted and negligent way, but once, without knowing how It happened, was very rude to them, and gave them notice, a thing she repented of later, and the ladies let her go, noticing something wrong and very dissatisfied with her. Then she got a housemaid's place in a police-officer's house, but stayed there only three months, for the police- officer, a man of fifty, began to torment her, and oncef when he M-as in a specially enterprising mood, she fired up, called tir.l ^ ^?u f ? ° ^n'^^'^c/ ^"^ §^^^e him such a knock in the chest that he fell. She was turned out for her rude- ness. It was useless to look for another situation, for the time of her confinement was drawing near, so she went to the house of a village midwife, who also sold wine The confinement was easy; but the midwife, who had a case of othes, and te her like should be •d servant, bad tem- these two vant, half )unds less as Katka. letal cases tirnes she /ould not ! working Dilt as she when the a univer- usha, not love with "our days lent, and nd, after ; months mother, her only : awaited a half- 'ing how VQ them s let her ied with -officer's i police- re, when p, called :nock in ^r rude- for the went to e. The case of Resurrection 7 fever in the village, infected Katusha, and her baby bov had to be sent to the foundlings' hospital, where, according to the words of the old woman who took him there he at once died. When Katusha went to the midw fe 'she had 127 roubles m all, 27 which she had earned and 100 given ^ Ki^ ^f ^,?Y^y^'- When she left she had buf six roubles ; she did not know how to keep money but neit It on hersel , and gave to all who asked.^ The Sidw e took 40 roubles for two months' board and attendance, 25 went to get the baby mto the foundlings' hospital and 40 the Tus 7or clT"'' ? !^"^ ' ''^J''^- Twenty Vo'ublefwnt lust for clothes and damties. Having nothing left to live on, Katusha had to look out for a place aga"n and found maVVurhe^r °5 ^ '''''''''• The^fore!t:fras TmS man, but he too, began to annoy her from the first dav He disgusted her, and she tried'to avoid him B u he' more experienced and cunning, besides being her master who could send her wherever he liked, managed to Tccom- Katushf and^T ,^'t -/-. ^--J it out, fnd. catching Katusha and her husband in a room all by themselves h^f.\^'^f/"^^/^r '?^*"^^^^ ^^^^"^'«1 herself a^d hey had a fight, and Katusha got turned out of the 1 ouse J I out being paid her wages. Then Katusha went to live with her aunt in town The off" K ^rl'^,","^' M^°?kbinder, had once been com?ortabiv ?5 «n f , °? ^" ^!', ?«tomers, and had taken to drink, and spent all he could lay hands on at the public-house The aunt kept a little laundry, and managed to support' herself her children, and her wretched husband. S^ie offered Katusha the place of an assistant laundress • but seeing what a life of misery and hardship her aum's assis ants led, Katiisha hesitated, and applied to a registry office for a place One was found for^lier with a hdy who hved with her two sons, pupils at a public day school A week after Katusha had entered the house the^ der° a biV fellow with moustaches, threw up his studies and mad? laTd a^?th^hlr"''"""^ M^°^^'"^ ^'' ^b°"^- His mother laid all the blame on Katusha, and gave her notice. a litZtTKl ?^^' ^^•*'' ""^""y ^'"'^'^^^ attempts to find a situation, Katusha again went to the registry office and there met a woman with bracelets on her bare, plump arms and rings on most of her fingers. Hearing h^at Katusha was badly m want of a place, the woman gave her he? 8 Resurrection i \ 'i I I 111 address, and invited her to come to her house. Katusha went. The woman received her very kindly, set cake and sweet wme before her, then wrote a note and gave it to a servant to take to somebody. In the evening a tall man with long, grey hair and a white beard, entered the room' and sat down at once near Katusha, smiling and gazing at her with glistening eyes. He began joking with her. The hostess called him away into the next room, and Katusha heard her say, " A fresh one from the country." Then the hostess called Katusha aside and told her that the man was an author, and that he had a great deal of money, and that if he hked her he would not grudge her anything. He did like her and gave her 25 roubles, promising to see her often The 25 roubles soon went; some she paid to her aunt for board and lodging; the rest was spent on a hat ribbons, and such like. A few days later the author sent for her, and she went. He gave her another 25 roubles, and offered her a separate lodging. Next door to the lodging rented for her by the author there lived a jolly young shopman, with whom Katusha soon fell in love. She told the author, and moved to a little lodging of her own. The shopman, who proi.used to marry her, went to Nijni on business without mentioning It to her, having evidently thrown her up, and Katusha remained alone. She meant to continue living in the lodg- ing by herself, but was informed by the police that in this case she would have to get a license. She returned to her aunt. Seeing her fine dress, her hat, and mantle, her aunt no longer oflfered her laundry work. As she understood things, her niece had risen above that sort of thing. The question as to whether she was to become a laundress or not did not occur to Katusha, either. She looked with pity at the thin, hard-worked laundresses, some already in con- sumption, who stood washing or ironing with their thin arms in the fearfully hot front room, which was always full of soapy steam and draughts from the windows, and thought with horror that she might have shared the same fate. Katusha had begun to smoke some time before, and since the young shopman had thrown her up she was get- ting more and more into the habit of drinking. It was not so much the flavour of wine that tempted her as the fact that It gave her a chance of forgetting the misery she Kattisha cake and ^e it to a tall man, he room, gazing at ler. The Katusha rhen the man was and that He did see her d to her »n a hat, hor sent roubles, ; author Katusha o a little used to ntioning Katusha be lodg- t in this i to her ler aunt lerstood g. The iress or ith pity in con- eir thin ays full i^s, and le same re, and ^as get- vas not he fact ;ry she Resurrection g sufifered, making her feel more unrestrained and more confident of her own worth, which she was not when quite sober; without wine she felt sad and ashamed. Just at this time a woman came along who offered to place her in one of the largest establishments in the citv, explaining all the advantages and benefits of the situation. Katusha had the choice before her of either going into service or accepting this offer— and she chose the latter. Besides, it seemed to her as though, in this way, she could revenge herself on her betrayer and the shopman and all those who had injured her One of the things that tempted her, and was the cause of her decision, was the woman telling her she might order her own dresses— velvet, silk, satin, low-necked ball dresses, anything she liked. A mental picture of herself in a bright yellow silk trimmed with black velvet with low neck and short sleeves conquered her, and she gave up her passport. On the same evening the procuress took an isvostchik and drove her to the notorious house kept by Carolina Alber- tovna Kitaeva. From that day a life of chronic sin against human and divine laws commenced for Katusha Maslova, a life which is led by hundreds of thousands of women, and which is not merely tolerated but sanctioned by the Government anxious for the welfare of its subjects ; a life which for nine women out of ten ends in painful disease, premature de- crepitude, and death. Katusha Maslova lived this life for seven years. During these years she twice changed houses, and had once been to the hospital. In the seventh year of this life, when she was twenty-six years old, happened that for which she was put in prison and for which she was now being taken to be tried, after more than three months of confinement with thieves and murderers in the stifling air of a prison. lO Resurrection CHAPTER III. NEKHLUDOFF. When Maslova, wearied out by the long walk rearh^H had o'^r'n';. h'"''"^/ 1«"'"'- »" consTdering"w J "he had to do to-day, and what had happened veste?dav Recalhng the evening he had spent wUh t^e KorchWins a wealthy and aristocratic family, whose daughter eforv one expected he would marry, h^ siXd a^H fh '7- ^ ing-room walking heavily and quickly. There he carefullv cleaned his teeth, many of which vv^re filled with f^^l? pt:;^jjr^^drwitpt?t£iS>^^^^ musc'ulj1g^.rdrie? -r^^tir^^^lh tt^lS"{fe put on h,s fine undergarments and his bolts, and sat down fhirh '.''k ^'^'= '° ''™^'' ^'' black beard and Ws cur v hal t„t^ ^'^"M°- ^V''" ^^"^"^ "« forehead Everyth,W Tothe ■br7*Z-''''°"«^'"S to his toilet, his S hg ciotnes, boots, necktie, pin, studs, was of the best nnalitv very qu.et, simple, durable and cosllv. ^ ^• Jvekhludolt dressed leisurely, and went into the dining- , reached e Dmitri was still 1 the top led linen what he ay.^ ■chagins, ;r every hrowing another le reso- smooth, dressing s dress- carefully h tooth After med his d to his Dver his of the er bath white, leet, he t down ly hair, rything en, his juality, lining- room. A legs carve board to which had the table, stood a si basin, a jt fresh rolls, last numbt and several Nekhlud stout, midd the wideni This was Nekhludofi in this ver housekeepe years, at di and had th lived with 1 and had km still little M " Good-m " Good-m want ? " Ne " A letter the daughte waiting in handing hir "All rigi letter and i smile. That smil Princess Kc him to man doflf. " Then n took a crum and sailed o Nekhludoi ing it. The note with rough e Resurrection n room. A table which looked very imposing with its four legs carved m the shape of lions' paws, and^ a huge s de- V K t!°^T^^'^' '^°°^ ^" t^^e oblong room, the floor of which had been polished by three men^the da; before On the table, which was covered with a fine, starched doVh stood a silver coffeepot full of aromatic coffee a sS fr'esh 'rolirf,i'^L''"VK^''"^-' ^"^ ^ '^^-^ basket filled "^it, tresh rolls, rusks and biscuits; and beside the plate lav the ind seTral letters^ '''^''' ''' ^^"'^ ^^-^^-' a^ne^sp^r! stout" middlf.rf ^'"'' ^•'•^"^ *° °P^" ^"^ Jitters, when a stout, middle-aged woman in mourning, a lace cap covering the widening parting of her hair, glided into the room It ;', ,^f i^graphena Petrovna, formerly Iad?'s maid To Nekhludoff-s mother. Her mistress had died quite reient? nousekeeper. Agraphena Petrovna had spent nearlv ten and'had the ^nn^ *'""' ^'^ ' "^^'^ Nekh^dof^s Zthe " and had the appearance and manners of a ladv She had ived with the Nekhliidoffs from the time she ^as a cWld ^till li^t?e Mrka"""^'^^^ '^'^^^^'-'^ ^^ ^'^ ^-e wh/n he ta's ]^ Good-morning, Dmitri Ivanovitch." the d^au?hteVTh*^' princess; either from the mother or tne daughter. The maid brought it some time ago and is waiting in my room," answered Agraphena Petr6vnl handing him the letter with a significant smile. ' \.H.t ?^^- Directly!" said Nekhludoff, taking the letter and frowning as he noticed Agraphena Petrfvna's PrlnrlL'"^^^ u'^^^^ ^^t^ ^^^ ^^"er was from the younger Sm to mfrrv Tl"' ^^^"^ .Agraphena Petrovna Jxpecfed mm to marry. This supposition of hers annoyed Nekhlu- took'?crumhhrih''i- r''- '' ""^^ Agraphena Petrovna ^n^s^il^d ou^'o7?Setom"" "°^ " ''' '''''' ^^^ '' -^^' .^Nekhludoff opened the perfumed note, and began read- The note was written on a sheet of thick grey oaoer with rough edges; the writing looked English, ft said f^' wanti 12 Resurrection If" Having assumed the task of acting as your memory, I take the liberty of reminding you that on this the 28th day of April you have to appear at the Law Courts, as juryman, and, in consequence, can on no account accompany us and Kolosoff to the picture gallery, as, with your habitual flightiness, you promised yesterday ; d moins que vous ne soyes dispose a payer la cour d'assise les 300 roubles d'amende que vous vous refuses pour voire cheval, for not appear- ing in time. I remembered it last night after you were gone, so do not forget. Princess M. Korchagin. On the other side was a postscript. Maman vous fait dire que voire couvert vous altendra jusqu'a la nuit. Venez absolument a quelle heure que cela soil. M. K. Nekhludoff made a grimace. This note was a continua- tion of that skilful manoeuvring which the Princess Kor- chagin had already, practised for two months in order to bind him closer and closer with invisible threads. And yet, beside the usual hesitation of men past their youth to marry unless they are very much in love, Nekhliidoflf had very good reasons why, even if he did make up his mind to it, he could not propose at once. It was not that ten years previously he had betrayed and forsaken Mas- lova; he had quite forgotten that, and he would not have considered it a reason for not marrying. No ! The reason was that he had a liaison with a married woman, and, though he considered it broken off, she did not. Nekhludoff was rather shy with women, and his very shyness awakened in this married woman, the unprincipled wife of the marcchal de noblesse of a district where Nekhlu- doff was present at an election, the desire of vanquishing him. This woman drew him into an intimacy which entan- gled him more and more, while it daily became more distasteful to him. Having succumbed to the temptation, Nekhludoff felt guilty, and had not the courage to break the tie without her consent. And this was the reason he did not feel at liberty to propose to Korchagin even if he had wished to do so. Among the letters on the table was one from this woman's husband. Seeing his writing and the postmark, Nekhltidoff flushed, and felt his energies awak- ening, as they always did when he was facing any kind of danger. But his excitement passed at once. The markhal de Resurrection ^3 noblesse, of the district in which his largest estate lay, wrote only to let Nekhludoff know that there was to be a special meeting towards the end of May, and that Nekhludoff was to be sure and come to " donner nn coup d'epaiilc," at the important debates concerning the schools and the roads, as a strong opposition by the reactionary party was expected. The marechal was a liberal, and was quite engrossed in this fight, not even noticing the misfortune that had befallen him, Nekhludoff remembered the dreadful moments he had lived through; once when he thought that the husband had found him out and was going to challenge him, and he was making up his mind to fire into the air ; also the terri- ble scene he had with her when she ran out into the park, and in her excitement tried to drown herself in the pond. "Well, I cannot go now, and can do nothing until I get a reply from her," thought Nekhludoff. A week ago he had written her a decisive letter, in which he acknowl- edged his guilt, and his readiness to atone for it; but at the same time he pronounced their relations to be at an end, for her own good, as he expressed it. To this letter he had as yet received no answer. This might prove a good sign, for if she did not agree to break off their rela- tions, she would have written at once, or even come herself, as she had done before. Nekhludoff had heard that there was some officer who was paying her marked attention, and this tormented him by awakening jealousy, and at the same time encouraged him with the hope of escape from the deception that was oppressing him. The other letter was from his steward. The steward wrote to tell h'im that a visit to his estates was necessary in order to enter into possession, and also to decide about the further management of his lands; whether it was to continue in the same way as when his mother was alive, or whether, as he had represented to the late lamented princess, and now advised the young prince, they had not better increase their stock and farm all the land now rented by the peasants themselves. The steward wrote that this would be a far more profitable way of managing the property; at the same time, he apologised for not having forwarded the 3,000 roubles income due on the ist. This money would be sent on by the next mail. The reason for '4 Resurrection peasant? Jhn ^^h' ^' '°"^^ "°' ^^^ ^he money out'of th. property, as he had giv^n up hi father', a„f? "" '"' ^:lSe^^aSr° '""'-^ "'trfor^M^aVwl^^ .«c?„Vb°„fthn„tT^eUt tzu'zr:^'^^'' r out of th«> : he had to y disagree- eel that he sagreeable, admirer of imself heir lie position istice for- rward res- prove that I and writ- d acted up old landed 1 inherited I mother's •rietor, he ve up his ten years deas were ; had no o serve); he could the same teness of ■ unusual ing those of land- s Social he had 'ge, such Resurrection 15 CHAPTER IV. MISSY. to apoear at fh^ ^o,,-* u r • . wnat lime he was princess PassinVth ' ^u^^'^ ^"*'"^ ^'^ ^"swer to the hung on\he Sa'n^'^f,^ h,s studio where a few stud eS down with some disdjn at an n?h "''' ""^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ height of his artistic standDoint I 'f ^'^''^J^^' ^'"^"^ ^^^ that he had no righ to do so Iml /"^"°^ ^^ turned out reminded him of In this was unll'rnf ^^^ 'Y luxurious fittinps of thp ZZaI^^^I \ ^^ ^°°^^^ at the was in no cheerful mood h.f h '"'V^ ^^?^>^ ^^'''^' ^"^ it lofty room fitted up wi^h a view t^^^^^^^^ " ^^^^^' and elegant appearance H J f. ? S?"^^"'"*' convenience, in a pig! on horShed "YmmedLte "^ r T°"^ ^' °"^^ '^Nekhr^d'!' to appear .^^.l^t .tl^'^^^^l^ ^"^^^ prit's'stfnl^:.;tT,oT',^^^^^^ - -Pt to the to try and come fo dTnn.r u ''?^*t^t'0"' ^nd promising tore It up, a^TsSm' d" 00 imS "hT" ^f ""''X^' but it was too cold ; he feared it^llhf • ^^'2^^ another, tore it up, too. He pressed the Zt ^T °^f "'^' «° ^^ and his servant, an elderlvmnr"< ° ?" "^""tric bell, whiskers and shaved chin w "^P'^'^^'^^P^^^K man, with apron, entered at the door. ^''^' ^'"""^ " ^^^^ <^<^tton ;; Send to fetch an isvostchik, please." Yes, sir. ^ "And tell the person who is waitine- that T c««^ 4.u 1 for the invitation, and shall try to S." *^^"^' i6 RcvSurrection " Yes, sir." " It is not very, polite, but I can't write ; no matter, I shall see her to-day," thought Nekhludoff, and went to get his overcoat. When he came out of the house, an isvostchik he knew, with india-rubber tires to his trap, was at the door waiting for him. " You had hardly gone away from Prince Kor- chagin's yesterday," he said, turning half round, " when I drove up, and the Swiss at the door says, ' just gone.' " The isvostchik knew that Nekhliidoflf visited at the Kor- chagins, and called there on the chance of being engaged by him. " Even the isvostchiks know of my relations with the Korchagins," thought Nekhludoff, and again the question whether he should not marry Princess Korchagin pre- sented itself to him, and he could not decide it either way, any more than most of the questions that arose in his mind at this time. It was in favour of marriage in general, that besides the comforts of hearth and home, it made a moral life possible, and chiefly that a family would, so Nekhliidoflf thought, give an aim to his now empty life. Against marriage in general was the fear, common to bachelors past their first youth, of losing freedom, and an unconscious awe before this mysterious creature, a woman. In this particular case, in favour of marrying Missy (her name was Mary, but, as is usual among a certain set, a nickname had been given her) was that she came of good family, and differed in everything, manner of speaking, walking, laughing, from the common people, not by any- thing exceptional, but by her " good breeding " — he could find no other term for this quality, though he prized it very highly — and, besides, she thought more of him than of anybody else, therefore evidently understood him. This understanding of him, i.e., the recognition of his superior merits, was to Nekhludoff a proof of her good sense and correct judgment. Against marrying Missy in particular, was, that in all likelihood, a girl with even higher qualities could be found, that she was already 27, and that he was hardly her first love. This last idea was painful to him. His pride would not reconcile itself with the thought that she had loved some one else, even in the past. Of course, she could not have known that she should meet him, but the . the So at lau rer tur lie; Ic tha wa; on, asp as rig] he L, Resurrection 17 thought that she was capable of loving another offended him. So that he had as many reasons for marrying as against it ; at any rate, they weighed equally with Nekhludoff, who laughed at himself, and called himself the ass of the fable, remaining like that animi 1 undecided which haycock to turn to. " At any rate, before I get an answer from Mary Vasi- lievna (the marechal's wife), and finish completely with her, I can do nothing," he said to himself. And the conviction that he might, and was even obliged, to delay his decision, was^ comforting. " Well, I shall consider all that later on," he said to himself, as the trap drove silently along the asphalt pavement up to the doors of the Court. " Now I must fulfil my public duties conscientiously, as I am in the habit of always doing, and as I consider it right to do. Besides, they are often interesting." And he entered the hall of the Law Courts, past the doorkeeper. 1 8 Resurrection CHAPTER V. THE JURYMEN. The corridors of the Court were already full of activity. 1 he attendants hurried, out of breath, draeeing their feet along the ground without lifting them, backwards and for- wards, with all sorts of messages and papers. Ushers ptS'' ^"^'^^ P^""'"' P^"^'^ h.ther and thither.' Plaintiffs and those of the accused who were not guarded wandered sadly along the walls or sat waiting, tendant ^^ '^ *^^ ^^"^ Court? " Nekhludoff asked of an at- CouIJ!"'"^" '^^''' '' *^' ^^^" ^^"'■^ ^"^ *^^ Criminal " I am on the jury." • "J^^ Criminal Court you should have said. Here to the right, then to the left— the second door " Nekhludoff followed the direction l..^?Tu '' '°T,' ""^ ^^^ Criminal Court jurymen who were late had hurriedly passed into a separate room. At the aoor mentioned two men stood waiting. One, a tall, fat merchant, a kind-hearted fellow, had evi- dently partaken of some refreshments and a glass of some- thmg,and was in most pleasant spirits. The other was a shopman of Jewish extraction. They were talking about hL^-;?!,-''^ '^°?u ^^'" Nekhludoff came up and asked them if this was the jurymen's room. " Yp, my dear sir, this is it. One of us ? On the jury, are you? 'asked the merchant, with a merry wink Ah, well we shall have a go at the work together " he continued, after Nekhludoff had answered in the affirma- CnliH'T^ "r' f.B^klash6ff, merchant of the Second ^wtu u u' P"t'"u^ u"* ^'' ^''°^^' «oft, flexible hand. With whom have I the honour ? " Nekhludoff gave his name and passed into the jurymen's Resurrection 19 I I J Inside tht: room were about ten persons of all sorts They had come but a short while ago, and some were st tnig, others walking up and down, biking at eacrother" and mak.ng each other's acquaintance. There was a re' tired colonel m uniform; some were in frock coaTs others "T"d""fcer.ll'r? °"^^ °"^ r^' ^ peasantrdr;sf "' prosnect of Inlfi ' ''' ^ "kT-'^T ^°°^ °^ satisfaction at the prpspect of fulfilling a public duty, although many of them fng ofh. '"' *''"'■ »^"«^"^««^«' and mos^ were compS wel!h^er^"/hr'"i ^^^^^^ ^"^°"^ themselves about the 7Zfh. If' ^^ -P""^' ^"^ ^he business before them waT wlir'"lhor" r''°^"'^^' ""'^''^ J"«t guessing X was who. Those who were not acquainted with Nekhlu- speaking English, Frerchfand German with a good acce« tl t '?" "T'"S *^^ •>"' «n™. clothes, ties and Ss bought from the most expensive dealers in these i«,rt,h!: ?ioritv'"7. Z"l» "V't ",.^. '^^-" for crafmfng°ttipe! ^„„,!V ., " '^™^ ""'« li' 'lid c'aim superiority and ac- KdnoTgetT^In^^;! •'" ^^ "l'' <'"^' --1 was h"urt f happened to be a man whom he knew, f former ^eache? of h,s sister's children, Peter Gerasimoviteh NekhWdofI S-wa'-s'^ra^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^ l-StCritn^tt'^™"''^'^' ''^-^'^^^^ g.o^m';a^^ie;,ir^^!r^^^^^^^ 2:drgrou.«o7r>'i.^^'^''""''°« "«- ^- -' -:: glooLrand-^^-a'trne^^lsrert"'" ^^""^^ ^'■'•"^"'°«' £,o'i' -i-g- ^sfee?;- „t1-g to-'o^ tu^ 20 Resurrection III 4 .u " -^u^^^T^?,^^, ^ P"^^* w^" be saying ' thou '* to me next " thought Nekhludoff, and walked away, with suchTlook of sadness on his face, as might have been natural if he had just heard of the death of all his relations. He came up to a group that had formed itself round a clean-shaven, tall digmhed man, who was recounting something with ereat animation This man was talking about the trial going on in the Civil Court as of a case well known to himself, men- tioning the judges and a celebrated advocate by name He was saying that it seemed wonderful how the celebrated IfflfrT.^"^ ?/!'l^^^J'' ^^^^ '"^^ ^ clever turn to the affair that an old lady, though she had the right on her side would have to pay a large sum to her opponent " The advocate is a genius," he said. The listeners heard it all with respectful attention and IZZfX^ '^'"^ -r^^ '^ P"f ^" ^ ^•°^^' but the man n?er- rupted them, as if he alone knew all about it Though Nekhludoff had arrived late, he "had to wait a long time One of the members of the Court had not yet come, and everybody was kept waiting. *In Russian, as in many other languages, "thou" is used c-ener tSUSV^'" ""''' ^'"""'^^ ^'*^ efch other? oJ'bysupSr's Resurrection 21 CHAPTER VI. THE JUDGES. The president, who had to take the chair, had arrived ^i.^,- ^"e president was a tall, stout man, with lone erev whiskers Though married, he led a very loose life, and his wife did the same, so they did not stand in each other's way. 1 his morning he had received a note from a Swiss girl, who had formerly been a governess in his house, and who was now on her way from South Russia to St. Petersburg She wrote that she would wait for him between five and six p.m. m the Hotel Italia. This made him wish to begin and get through the sitting as soon as possible, so as to have time to call before six p.m. on the little red-haired Clara Vasihevna, with whom he had begun a romance in the country last summer. He went into a private room, latched the door, took a pair of dumb-bells out of a cupboard, moved his arms 20 times upwards, downwards, forwards, and sideways then holding the dumb-bells above his head, lightly bent his knees three times. " Nothing keeps one going like a cold bath and exer- f\?u ^ said, feeling the biceps of his right arm with his left hand, on the third finger of which he wore a gold ring He had still to do the moulinee movement (for he always went through those two exercises before a long sitting) when there was a pull at the door. The president quickly put away the dumb-bells and opened the door, savin? "I beg your pardon." > j &> '■ One of the members, a high-shouldered, discontented- looking man ;yith gold spectacles, came into the room. Matthew Nikitich has again not come," he said, in a dis- satisfied tone. "Not yet?" said the president, putting on his uniform. He is always late. "It is extraordinary. He ought to be ashamed of him- self, said the member, angrily, and taking out a cigarette This member, a very precise man, had had an unpleasant 22 Resurrection encounter with his wife in the morning, because she had spent her allowance before the end of the month, and had asked him to give her some money in advance, but he would not give way to her, and they had a quarrel. The wife told him that if he were going to behave so, he need not expect any dinner ; there would be no dinner for him at home. At this point he left, fearing that she might carry oirt her threat, for anything might be expected from her. Ihis comes of living a good, moral life," he thought, looking at the beaming, healthy, cheerful, and kindly presi- dent, who with elbows far apart, was smoothing his thick grey whiskers with his fine white hands over the embroid- ered collar of his uniform. " He is always contented and merry while I am suffering." The secretary came in and brought some document • thanks very much," said the president, lighting a cigarette. "Which case shall we take first, then? " The poisoning case, I should say," answered the secre- tary, with indifiference. "All right; the poisoning case let it be," said the presi- dent, thinking that he could get this case over bv four o clock, and then go away. " And Matthew Nikitich ; has he come ? " Not yet." "And Breve?" I' He is here," replied the secretary. " Then if you see him, please tell him that we begin with the poisoning case." Breve was the public prosecutor, who was to read the indictment in this case. In the corridor the secretary met Breve, who, with up- lifted shoulders, a portfolio under one arm, the other swing- ing with the palm turned to the front, was hurrying along the corridor, clattering with his heels. " Michael Petrovitch wants to know if you are ready ^ " the secretary asked. " Of course ; I am always ready," said the public prose- cutor. " What are we taking first ? " " The poisoning case." " That's quite right," said the public prosecutor, but did not think it at all right. He had spent the night in a P'"^>"=& ^aius -.-.il:: a iiiciiu vvliu was giving a fat'ewell party. Up to five in the morning they played and drank, Resurrection 23 , so he had no time to look at this poisoning case, and meant o run ,t through now. The secretary, happening to know Uus, advised the president to begin with the poisoning eas^ The secretary was a Liberal, even a Radical, in opinion " Breve vyas a Conservative ; the secretary disliked him and envied him his position. ' ^^^" Well, and how about the Skoptay?"* asked the secre- " I have already said that I cannot do it without wit- nesses, and so I shall say to the Court." " Dear me, what does it matter^" rZ ^ f ^ u"°^ "^^ '*'" '^'^ ^'■^^^ ' ^"^' waving his arm, he ran into his private room. He was putting off the case of the Skopt::y on account of the absence of a very unimportant wit/ess, his Tea reason being that if they were tried by an educated iurv they might possibly be acquitted. ^uucatea jury tnv/ fn" ,t^'"^^"^^."t with the president this case was to be tried in the coming session at a provincial town, where o^'conTtlon "°'' P''^'"^'' '"^' ^'^^^^^^'•^' "^^'"^ '^^^^^^ The movement in the corridor increased. The people cas^thatT/','' '-'i^^^^" "' " ^.^-" C^"'-^' '" -hiKe case that the dignified man .a^Ked about was being heard An interval m the proceeding occurred, and the old woman came out of the court, whose prope;ty that eren?us of an advocate had fotmd means of getting fo? his clfent a person versed in law who had no right to ft whatever The judges knew all abot.t the case, and the advoca^Iand his client knevv ,t better still, but the move thev had invented nrnnt"^'' '^ H '' ''^' ''i^POSsible not to take the old woman's property and not to hand it over to the person versed in The old woman was stout, well dressed, and had enor- TthlHT''°'l''''^°.""^*' '^'^ ^*°PP^d as she cam out of the door, and spreading out her short fat arms and turn- ing to her advocate, she kept repeating: '' What does U all mean ? Just fancy ! " ' i- & w imi uoes it an The advocate 'was looking at the flowers in her bonnet Next to the old woman, out of the door of the Civil * A religious sect. Resurrection 24 Court, his broad, starched shirt front gHstenin^ from under his low-cut waistcoat, with a self-satisfied look on his "ace m\Te s'^so t'ailh' '1:i°^'*^ "^°, ^^^ managedTo arrange matters so that the old woman lost all she had and the loubles. The advocate passed close to the old woman and quired." expressions of deference are re- )m under his face, > arrange and the ICX),CXX> lan, and, bearing are re- Resurrection 25 CHAPTER VII. THE OFFICIALS OF THE COURT. h.™ this place, and he was very pleased to hav^ kept it so ,, Councillor of State,* J. M. Nikiforoff r " the haCs'o'f thi'faw cour?'*'''-'°°''"« ™"' -" -^-^ '» " {y„^" Semiinovitch Ivanoff, retired colonel ! " officer ''" "' ^ *'" '"^°' '" "'^ """o™ of a retired ;; Merchant of the Second Guild, Peter BaklashefF' " withlTroTd'^ife""^' " ''^ *^ Sood-humoured^i^erchant, GnSrEunhT^t'h "^llJlSl^IJ^^-D-'^ltko, merchant; pres'ent. ' -tlleshoff, „c. /ill but two were • Grades such as this are common in Russia, and mean very little. 26 Resurrection " Now please to come to the court, gentlemen," said the usher, pomtmg to the door, with an amiable wave of his hand. All moved towards the door, pausing to let each other pass Then they went through the corridor into the court Ihe court was a large, long room. At one end there was a raised platform, with three steps leading up to it, on which stood a table, covered with a green cloth trimmed with a fringe of a darker shade. At the table were placed three arm-chairs, with high-carved oak backs; on the wall behind them hung a full-length, brightly-coloured portrait ot the iimperor in uniform and ribbon, with one foot in ad- vance, and holding a sword. In the right corner hung a case, with an image of Christ crowned with thorns, and beneath it stood a lectern, and on the same side the prose- cuting attorney s desk. On the left, opposite the desk, was the secretary s table, and in front of it. nearer the public, an oak grating with the prisoners' bench, as yet unoccupied, behind it. Besides all this, there were on the right side of the platform high-backed ashwood chairs for the jury and on the floor below tables for the advocates. All this was in the front part of the court, divided from the back by a crat- ing. ^ ^ The back was all taken up by seats in tiers. Sitting on the front seats were four women, either servant or factory girls, and two working men, evidently overawed by the grandeur of the room, and not venturing to speak above a whisper. Soon after the jury had come in the usher entered, with his sideward gait, and stepping to the front, called out in a loud voice, as if he meant to frighten those present, "The Court IS coming!" Every one got up as the members stepped on to the platform. Among them the president with his muscles and fine whiskers. Next came the gloomy member of the Court, who was now more gloomy than ever having met his brother-in-law, who informed him that he had just called in to see his sister (the member's wife) and that she had told him that there would be no dinner there. "So that, evidently, we shall have to call in at a cook shop," the brother-in-law added, laughing. "It is not at all funny," said the gloomy member, and be- came gloomier still. Then at last came the third member of the Court, the I Resurrection 27 same Matthew Nikitich, who was always late. He was a bearded man, with large, round, kindly eyes. He vvarsuf fering from a catarrh of the stomach, and, accordinTto h s thTs1:rktM'-'" ';\' ^^^V" ^'•^•"^^ new treS^and this had kept him at home longer than usual. Now as he was ascending the platform, he had a pensive air HeWas m the habit of making guesses in answer to all sorts of sdf put questions by dififerent curious means. Just now he had hSIeSSetthaJ': "^", f^^^-^ -onM d blnTfidal and stem frnl fli * T"u^ 'u'^ '''' ""^^^''^ '^ the number of m^?i li } ^ '^r'* *° ^'^ ^^^•'' ^°"ld divide by three. He maje 26 steps, but managed to get in a 27th just by Ws The figures of the p. osident and the members in their uni- forms, with gold-embroidered collars, looked very imposhi^ They seemed to feel this themselves, and. as if overpowered hLi ^'if"^" •?''^"^f"'-' hurriedly sat down on the S- backed chairs id the table with the green cloth on which were a rular article with an eagle^at the top two &inTfr7r"^''"^ ^'^' '^''' ^" ^hifh sweetmeat; are kept in refreshment rooms— an inkstand, pens clean mner and good newly-cut pencils of dififerent kfnds ^ ^ ' t^.r.^^P" ,P'°'^''"^'''' ^^'"^ '" w'th the judges. With his portfolio under one arm, and swinging the other he huJ! Th.'^n^h''."^- '^ '^^.^' ''^' "^^^ the wiSdoi, and wa 'instanUy absorbed in reading and looking through the papers ndt wasting a single moment, in hope of being ready S Te business commenced. He had been public prosector but a short time, and had only prosecuted four tim^es before thi" He was very ambitious, and had firmly made up his mind to get on, and therefore thought it necessary to get a coSion whenever he prosecuted. He knew the chief facts of he poisoning case and had already formed a plan of action He only wanted to copy out a few points whi?h he requ ed' The secretary sat on the opposite side of the platforrn and, having got ready all the papers he might want w?s looking through an article, prohibited by the censor" wllh he had procured and read the day before. He was anx nn« to have a talk about this article with the beardid member who shared his views, but wanted to look through it once more before doing so. ^ ^ 28 Resurrection CHAPTER VIII. SWEARING IN THE JURY. The president, having looked through some papers and put a few questions to the usher and the secretary, gave the order for the prisoners to be brought in. The door behind the grating was instantly opened, and two gendarmes, with caps on their heads, and holding naked swords in their hands, came in, followed by the prisoners, a red-haired, freckled man, and two women. The man wore a prison cloak, which was too long and too wide for him. He stuck out his thumbs, and held his arms close to his sides, thus keeping the sleeves, which were also too long, from slipping over his hands. Without looking at the judges he gazed steadfastly at the form, and passing to the other side of it, he sat down carefully at the very edge, leaving plenty of room for the others. He fixed his eyes on the president, and began moving the muscles of his cheeks, as if whisper- ing something. The woman who came next was also dressed in a prison cloak, and had a prison kerchief round her head. She had a sallow complexion, no eyebrows or lashes, and very red eyes. This woman appeared perfectly calm. Hav- ing caught her cloak against something, she detached it carefully, without any haste, and sat down. The third prisoner was Maslova. As soon as she appeared, the eyes of all the men in the court turned her way, and remained fixed on her white face, her sparklingly-brilliant black eyes and the swelling bosom under the prison cloak. Even the gendarme whom she passed on her way to her seat looked at her fixedly till she sat down, and then, as if feeling guilty, hurriedly turned- away, shook himself, and began staring at the window in front of him. The president paused until the prisoners had taken their seats, and when Maslova was seated, turned to the secretary. Then the usual procedure commenced ; the counting of the jury, remarks about those who had not come, the fixing f,,jitA«Kk papers and ry, gave the Dpened, and ilding naked prisoners, a e man wore ide for him. to his sides, long, from le judges he le other side iving plenty le president, ! if whisper- also dressed nd her head. lashes, and calm. Hav- detached it I men in the r white face, filing bosom whom she cedly till she iedly turned J window in 1 taken their he secretary. counting of le, the fixing ALL SAl- DOWN ACAIN ON THE HIGH-BACKED CHAIRS." Book I. Chapter 8. Resurrection 20 of "hi' ells'tl? T" ^\°^ P^P" »"d PW «>em in oae h.s .sleeves, ,he president requested ^hfpSTo 's'^e^HS The jurymen got up, and crowded towards the lectern had drawn near fc^th^^'^v. ^i'^r*^ *"^ ^" the jury ffether thus " i!..!?:; m this way, and put your fingers to^ hfs fit riimAkH t ''j' "'i*" *"" tremulous old voice hftine finger 'tSe? ^slfV.T" P''«»?*e thumb and two firsi urM1„•'?l^s«r^w^l''^;t '"e^^^^^^ hfremardV" '"'"'' '« ToSarm'downl foT/ t!i 'e"thU " n, J^jf "1'^"'^^^ n^an with the whiskers, the colonel the q^«,o 1 *. !u • *^^§^htened, hurried to catch up the nrip:^culiar, all its own, not to be found anywhere else, Tn spit :- of the unhealthy pallor and the fulness of the kze, it wa;- there, this sweet, peculiar individuality; on those tips, in t\e slight squint of her eyes, in the voice, particularly''.- the naive smile, and in the expression of readiness on the face and figure " You should have said so," remarked the president, again in a gentle tone. " Your patronymic ? " " I am illegitimate." " Well, were you not called by your godfather's name ? " '] Yes, Mikhaelovna." And what is it she can be guilty of? " continued Nekh- ludoflF, in his mind, unable to breathe freely. " Your family name — your surname, I mean ? " the presi- dent went on. " They used to call me by my mother's surname, Mds- lova." "What class?" " Meschanka."* " Religion — orthodox ? " " Orthodox." " Occupation. What was your occupation ? " Maslova remained silent. " What was your employment ? " " You know yourself," she said, and smiled. Then, cast- ing a hurried look round the room, again turned her eyes on the president. There was something so unusual in the expression of her face, so terrible and piteous in the meaning of the words she had uttered, in this smile, and in the furtive glance she had cast round the room, that the president was abashed, and for * The lowest town class or grade. wmm 34 Resurrection Is* m a few minutes silence reigned in the court. The silence was broken by some one among the public laughing, then some- body said "Ssh.' and the president looked up and con- tinued : *^ " Have you ever been tried before ? " '' Never," answered Maslova, softly, and sighed. ^^ Have you received a copy of the indictment? " 1 have, she answered. " Sit down." The prisoner leant back to pick up her skirt in the way a tine lady picks up her train, and sat down, folding her sma 1 white nands in the sleeves of her cloak, her eyes fixed on the president. Her face was calm again. The vvitnesses were called, and some sent away the doctor who was to act as expert was chosen and called into the court. Then the secretary got up and began reading the indict- ment.^ He read distinctly, though he pronounced the " 1 " and r alike, with a loud voice, but so quickly that the words ran into one another and formed one uninterruoted dreary drone. ^ ' The judges bent now on one, now on the other arm of their chairs, then on the table, then back again, shut and opened their eyes, and whispered to each other. One of the gendarmes several times repressed a yawn. The prisoner Kartinkin never stopped moving his cheeks. Botchkova sat quite still and straight, only now and then scratching her head under the kerchief. Maslova sat immovable, gazing at the reader; only now and then she gave a slight start, as if wishing to replv, blushed, sighed heavily, and changed the position of her ^AT ,', P^!"^?. ^°""''' ^"^ ^S^'" fi^ed her eyes on the reader. Nekhludoff sat in the front row on his high-backed chair without removing- his pince-nes, and looked at Maslova! while a complicated and fierce st uggle was going on in his dissol' lence was len some- and con- Resurrection 3S CHAPTER X. the way ding her yes fixed vay; the died into e indict- the " 1 " that the irrupted, ■ arm of hut and le of the 1 cheeks, nd then tily now o reply, of her : reader, d chair, laslova, n in his I I THE TRIAL — THE INDICTMENT. The indictment ran as follows : On the 17th of January, i8_, in the lodging-house Mau- ch»n Vr""''' 't? 'V.'^''™ '^'=^* °f 'h« Second Gu Id mer- chant, Therapont Emilianovich Smelkoff, of Kourrin The local pohce doctor of the fnurth d strict ceSd that death was due to rupture of the heart, owing to texc« wa mer/ed "A°ff "''""", 7^' ^y °' the%aid SnXff l-civea me sum of 3,800 roubles from the bank Whpn or, W^li c ^"t" ^ Kartmkm s advice, gave the said Smel Koff some white powder Hven tn h-r Lftu • 1 t- ^^?'" cl*ssolved in brandy ^ Kartinkin, 4. The next morning the said Liibka (alias Katerina hi ' 36 Resurrection Maslova) sold to her mistress, the witness Kitieva, a brothel-keeper, a diamond ring given to her, as she alleged, by the said Smelkoflf. 5. The housemaid of the lodging-house Mauritania, Euphemia Botchkova, placed to her account in the local Commercial Bank 1,800 roubles. The post-mortem exam- ination of the body of the said Smelkoff and the chemical analysis of his intestines proved beyond doubt the presence of poison in the organism, so that there is reason to believe that the said Smelkoflf's death was caused by poisoning. When cross-examined, the accused, Maslova, Botchkova, and Kartinkin, pleaded not guilty, deposing — Maslova, that she had really been sent by Smelkoff from the brothel, where she " works," as she expresses it, to the lodging- house Mauritania to get the merchant some money, and that, having unlocked the portmanteau with a key given her by the merchant, she took out 40 roubles, as she was told to do, and that she had takep nothing more ; that Botchkova and Kar- tinkin, in whose presence she unlocked and locked the port- manteau, could testify to the truth of the statement. She gave this further evidence — that when she came to the lodging-house for the second time she did, at the insti- gation of Simeon Kartinkin, give Smelkoff some kind of powder, which she thought was a narcotic, in a glass of brandy, hoping he would fall asleep and that she would be able to get away from him; and that Smelkoff, having beaten her, himself gave her the ring when she cried and threatened to go away. The accused, Euphemia Botchkova, stated that she knew nothing about the missing money, that she had not even gone into Smelkofif's room, but that Liibka had been busy there all by herself ; that if anything had been stolen, it must have been done by Lubka when she came with the mer- chant's key to get his money. At this point Maslova gave a start, opened her mouth, and looked at Botchkova. "When," continued the secre- tary, "the receipt for 1,800 roubles from the bank was shown to Botchkova, and she was asked where she had ob- tained the money, she said that it was her own earnings for 12 years, and those of Simeon, whom she was going to marry. The accused Simeon Kartinkin, when first exam- ined, confessed that he and Botchkova, at the instigation of Maslova, who had come with the key from the brothel, had Cit^eva, a le alleged, auritania, the local tm exam- chemical : presence to believe ining. otchkova, lova, that : brothel, lodging- and that, ler by the :o do, and and Kar- the port- : came to the insti- i kind of glass of would be f, having cried and she knew not even )een busy n, it must the mer- Resurrection 37 an^MisLT'^ere V' 1"^'^ '' '-^"^"^^ "'"^"^ themselves Zr.V.T A u^l- M^slova agam started, half-rose from her seat, and, blushmg scarlet, began to say something bu tTnued r^dln^'-'T; f^' " ')^ '''''' '''' secretary^'co - ni?.^ .1 f ' ^"^artmkm confessed also that he had sup- plied the powders m order to get Smelkoff to sleep When examined the second time he denied having had a^mhing to do with the stealing of the money or giving MLlovatle powders, accusing her of having done il alone " he sa^'ThTf.,!!'' ""T^ Pj^''^ ^" '^^ '^^"^ bv Botchkova, he said he same as she, that is, that the money was dven to them both by the lodgers in tips during 12 years' efv^c" The indictment concluded as follows • vilh^e^ rX "l- °^' *''?^ ^"r^P'"8:' the peasant of the village Borki, Simeon Kartinkin, 27 years of a^e the meschanka Euphemia Botchkova, 43 years of a^e fnd h^ meschanka Katerina Maslova, ^/yti'sof age, fre accused of haying on the 17th day :f January, iSS-^ ointly sto en from the said merchant, Smelkoff, a ring and monev to the chtnt 1m'i°?ff °nn-"' ?'.^' 1^^^'"^ ^^-" tr"said'me ! Mm of 1^ ,' ?°''T *° ^""^' w'th intent of depriving him of life, and thereby causing his death. This crime^f provided for in clause 1,455 of the Penal Code, §§ 4 anTs ;r mouth, he secre- bank was e had ob- nings for going to ■st exam- gation of )thel, had 38 Resurrection CHAPTER XI. THE TRIAL MASLOVA CROSS-EXAMINED. When the reading of the indictment was over, the presi- dent, after having consulted the members, turned to Kar- tinkin, with an expression that plainly said : Now we shall find out the whole truth down to the minutest detail. " Peasant Simeon Kartinkin," he said, stooping to the left. Simeon Kartinkin got up, stretched his arms down his sides, and leaning forward with his whole body, continued moving his cheeks inaudibly. " You ar. accused of having on the 17th January, 188 — , together with Euphemia Botchkova and Katerina Maslova, stolen money from a portmanteau belongin;? to the merchant Snielkoff, and then, having procured some arsenic, per- suaded Katerina Maslova to give it to the merchant Smel- koff in a glass of brandy, which was the cause of Smelkoflf's death. Do you plead guilty ? " said the president, stooping to the right. " Not nohow, because our business is to attend on the lodgers, and " " You'll tell us that afterwards. Do you plead guilty?" " Oh, no, sir. I only " "You'll tell us that afterwards. Do you plead guilty?" quietly and firmly asked the president. Can't do such a thing, because that- The usher again rushed up to Simeon Kartinkin, and stopped him in a tragic whisper. The president moved the hand with which he held the paper and placed the elbow in a different position wi*h an air that said : " This is finished," and turned to Euphemia Botchkova. " Euphemia Botchkova, you are accused of having, on the 17th of January, 188 — , in the lodging-house Mauritania, together with Simeon Kartinkin and Katerina Maslova, stolen some money and a ring out of the merchant Smel- i 1 he presi- to Kar- we shall g to the iown his :ontinued y, i88— , Maslova, merchant nic, per- nt Smel- melkoff's stooping d on the guilty?" guilty?" ikin, and held the !*h an air !uphemia g, on the lur'.tania, Maslova, nt Smel- Resurrection ^Q koff's portmanteau, and having shared the money amofo- yourselves, given poison to the merchant Smelkoff, then- y causmg his death. Do you plead guilty? " " I am not guilty of anything," boldly and firmly replied the prisoner. " I never went near the room, but when this baggage went in she did the whole business." ''You will say all this afterwards," the president again said, quietly and firmly. " So you do not plead guilty? " "I did not take the money nor give the drink, nor go into the room. Had I gone in I should have kicked her out." " So you do not plead guilty ? " " Never." " Very well." " Katerina Maslova," the president began, turning to the third prisoner, " you are accused of having come from the brothel with the key of the merchant Smelkcff's portman- teau, money, and a ring." He said all this like a lesson learned by heart, leaning towards the member on his left who was whispering into his ear that a bottle mentioned in the list of the material evidence was missing. " Of having stolen out of the portmanteau money and a ring" he re- peated '' and shared it. Then, returning to the lodging- house Mauritania with SmelkoflF, of giving him poison in his drmk, and thereby causing his death. Do you plead T " .1^ a^f" not guilty of anything," she began rapidly. "As 1 said before I say again, I did not take it— I did not take it • 1 did not take anything, and the ring he gave me himself." ' You do not plead guilty of having stolen 2,500 roubles?" asked the president. ^ " I've said I took nothing but the 40 roubles." " Well, and do you plead guilty of having given the mer- chant Smelkoflf a powder in his drink?" " Yes, that I did. Only I believed what they told me, that they were sleeping powders, and that no harm could come ot them. I never thought, and never v/i^ihed. God IS my witness; I say, I never meant this," she said. So you do not plead guilty of having stolen the m. -uey and the ring from the merchant SmelkoflF, but confess that ^°"w^f powdej?" said the president. yv e.i, yes, I do confess this, but I thought thev were sleeping powders. I only gave them to make him sleep; I never meant and never thought of worse." 40 Resurrection "Very well," said the president, evidently satisfied with the results gained. " Now tell us how it all happened, and he leaned back in his chair ;;.nd put his folded hands ( n» tne table. " Tell us all about it. A free and full confessio;; wiil be to your advantage." Maslova continued to look at the president in silence, and blushing. " Tell us how it happened." "How it happened?" Maslova suddenly began, speakin^^^ quickly. " I came to the lodging-house, and war show u into the room. He was there, already very drunk." vShe pro- tionnced the word he with a look of horror in hor v i ie-open eyes. " 1 wi-rvM to go away, but he would not let mo." She stopped, as ii havirs^'- lost the thread, or remembered some- thing else. " Well, and th..r ' " "Well, what then? I remained a bit, and went home agam. At this moment the public prosecutor raised himself a lit- tle, leaning on one elbow in an awkward manner. " You would like to put a question ? " said the president, and having received an answer in the affirmative, he made a gesture inviting the public prosecutor to speak. " I want to ask, was the prisoner previously acquainted with Simeon Kartinkin ? " said the public prosecutor, with- 'Hit looking at Maslova, and, having put the question, he compressed his lips and frowned. The president repeated the question. Maslova stared at the public prosecutor, with a frightened look. " With Simeon? Yes," she said. " I should like to know what the prisoner's acquaintance with Kartinkin consisted in. Did they meet often ? " " Consisted in ? ... He invited me for the lodgers ; it was not an acquaintance at all," answered Maslova, anxiously moving her eyes from the president to the public prosecutor and back to the president. " I should like to know why Kartinkin invited only Mas- lova, and none of the other girls, for the lodgers? " said the public prosecutor, with half-closed eyes and a rtr-ning, Mephistophelian smile. "I don't know. How should I know?" said Wusiova, casting a frightened ok round, and fixing Ker -yes for a moment on Nekhlnc. il. " He asked whom \u 'ik..*.!," Resurrection 41 ified with led, ami ds on th^. ssioti wiii ence, and speakin^^ lown into vShe pro- ^] le-open ne." She •ed sorne- ent home iself a lit- pre-Jdent, he made cquainted tor, with- estion, he stared at [uamtance J lodgers; Maslova, the pubHc 3nly Mas- " said the < urming, Musiova, :ves for a xt'Im'!! £°'^'^'^ *''?? '^^ ^^' recognised me?" thought Nekhludoff, and the blood rushed to his face. But Maslova turned away without distinguishing him from the others, and again fixed her eyes anxiously on the public prosecutor bo the prisoner denies having had any intimate relations with Kartinkin? Very well, I have no more questions to And the public prosecutor took his elbow off the desk, and began writing something. He was not really noting any- thing down, but only going over the letters of his notes with a pen, having seen the procureur and leading advocates after putting a clever question, make a note, with which' later on, to annihilate their adversaries. ' The president did not continue at once, because he was consulting the member with the spectacles, whether he was agreed that the questions (which had all been prepared be- forehand and written out) should be put. '[ Well ! What happened next ? " he then went on. 1 came home," looking a little more boldly only at the president, "and went to bed. Hardly had I fallen asleep when one of our girls. Bertha, woke me. ' Go, your mer- chant has come again ! ' He "—she again uttered the word he with evident horror—" he kept treating our girls, and then wanted to send for more wine, but his money was all gone and he sent me to his lodgings and told me where the money was, and how much to take. So I went." The president was whispering to the member on his left but, in order to appear as if he had heard, he repeated her last words. '' So you went. Well, what next ? " '' I went, and did all he told me; went into his room. I did not go alone, but called Simeon Kartinkin and her " she • said, pointing to Botchkova. "That's a lie; I never went in," Botchkova began, but was stopped. " In their presence I took out four notes," continued Mas- lova frowning, without looking at Botchkova. Yes but did the prisoner notice," again asked the prose- cutor how much money there was when she was eettine- out the 40 roubles ? " & s Maslova shuddered when the prosecutor addressed her • she did not know why it was, but she felt that he wished her 42 Resurrection 11: *' I did not count it, but only saw some loo-rouble notes." "Ah! The prisoner saw lOO-rouble notes. That's all?" " Well, so you brought back the money," continued the president, looking at the clock. " I did." "Well, and then?" " Then he took me back with him," said Maslova. "Well, and how did you give him the powder? In his drink ? " " How did I give it? I put them in and gave it him." " Why did you give it him ? " She did not answer, but sighed deeply and heavily. " He would not let me go," she said, after a moment's silence, " and I was quite tired out, and so I went out into the passage and said to Simeon, ' If he would only let me go, I am so tired.' And he said, ' We are also sick of him ; we were thinking of giving him a sleeping draught ; he will fall asleep, and then you can go.' So I said all right. I thought they were harmless, and he gave me the packet. I went in. He was lying behind the partition, and at once called for brandy. I took a bottle of ' fine champagne ' from the table, poured out two glasses, one for him and one for myself, and put the powders into his glass, and gave it him. Had I known, how could I have given them to him? " " Well, and how did the ring come into your possession? " asked the president. " When did he give it you? " " That was when we came back to his lodgings. I wanted to go away, and he gave me a knock on the head and broke my comb. I got angry and said I'd go away, and he took the ring oflf his finger and gave it to me so that I should not go," she said. Then the public prosecutor again slightly raised himself, and, putting on an air of simplicity, asked permission to put a few more questions, and, having received it, bending his head over his embroidered collar, he said : " I should like to know how long the prisoner remained in the merchant Smelkoff's room." Maslova again seemed frightened, and she again looked anxiously from the public prosecutor to the president, and said hurriedly : " I do not remember how long." " Yes, but does the prisoner remember if she went any- where else in the lodging-house after she left Smelkoff?" Resurrection 43 • " Yes, I did go into Maslova considered for a moment an empty room next to his." " Yes, and why did you go in? " asked the public prose- cutor, forgettmg himself, and addressing her directly ^^ I went m to rest a bit, and to wait for an isvostchik " not?" ^^^ f^artmkin in the room with the prisoner, or " He came in." " Why did he come in ? " " There was some of the merchant's brandy left, and we finished it together." " Oh finished it together. Very well ! And did the pris- oner talk to Kartinkin, and, if so, what about? " Maslova suddenly frowned, blushed very red, and said w';^^^' ,Y^' "^'^^^- ^ ^^^ "°^ t^\^^\hon[ anything; and that s all I know Do what you like with me; I am not guilty, and that's all." "I have nothing more to ask," said the prosecutor, and, dravying up his shoulders in an unnatural manner, began writing down as the prisoner's own evidence, in the notes Kartinkin^^^ '^^ ^^"^ ''^^" '" *^^ ^""P^^ ^°°"^ ^^^^ There was a short silence. " You have nothing more to say ? " do'wi ^^^^ ^"'"^ everything," she said, with a sigh, and sat Then the president noted something down, and, having listened to something that the member on his left whispered Inrl T^V. .if""°""f "^ a ten-minutes' interval, rose hurriedly, from tl!i .1? u'^'a a ^^^ .^^'""^"nication he had received from the tall, bearded member with the kindly eyes was that the member, havipg felt a slight stomach derangement wished to do a little massage and to take some drops^ And this was why an interval was made. When the judges had risen, the advocates, the jury, and the witnesses also rose, with the pleasant feeling that part of direcUonr'' ^^^ ' ^""^ ^'^^" '"°''^"^ ^" i^^xtnX. the^wkdfw ^ "^^"^ '"^"^ ^^^ ^"'^'' '"°°"'' ^^^ '^* ^""^^'^ ^^' 44 Resurrection CHAPTER XII. TWELVE YEARS BEFORE. 'Ill "Ye3 this was Katusha." The relations between Nekhludoflf and Katusha had been the folio tving: Neicbludoff first saw Katusha when he was a student in his tl ird year at the University, and was preparing an essay on land tenure during the summer vacation, which he passed with his aunts. Until then he had always lived, in summer, with his mother and sister on his mother's large estate near Moscow. But that year his sister had married, and his mother had gone abroad lo a watering-place, and he, having his essay to write, resolved to spend the summer with his aunts. It was very quiet in their secluded estate and there was nothing to distract his mind ; his aunts loved their nephew and heir very tenderly, and he, too, was fond of them and of their simple, old-fashioned life. During that summer on his aunts' estate, ISiekhludofif passed through that bHssful scate of existence when a young man for the first time, without guida' ce from any one out- side, realises all the ' auty -nd sign cance of life, and the importance of the tat.k allotted in it to man; when he grasps the possibility of unlimited advance towards per- fection for one's <=elf and Tor all the worl^, and ,^ives him- self to this task, not only hopefully, bu with full conviction of attaining to the perfection he imagines. In that year, while still at the University, he had ■. u Spencer's Social Statics, and Spencer's views on hndholding especially im- pressed him, as he himself wau i 'f t large estates His father had not been ric'i, but his r .tht lad received 10,000 acres of laud for her dowry. At uiat tn ie he fully reaHsed all the cruelty and injustice of private property in land, and being one of those to whom a sacrifice to the demands of conscience gives the highest spiritual enjoyment, he decided not to retain property rights, but to give up to the peasant Resurrection 4^ labourers the land he had inherited from his father. It was on this land question he wrote his essay manner^H^'"^ l''' ''^' °" his aunts' estate in the following ^n r w ^""^''P '''^'■>' ^^''>'' sometimes at three o'clock and before sunrise went through the inorninjr mists to bathe in the river, under the hilL He returnel^vvi^ile tie dew stil lay on the grass and the flowers. Sometimes hav- ing finished his coffee, he sat down with his b^oks of refer- ence and his papers to write his essay, but very often, in- stead of reac ing or writing, he left home again, and vvan- dered through the fields and the woods. Before d"nner 1^ lay down and slept somewhere in the garden. At dinner he amused and entertained his aun , with his bright spirits then he rode on horseback or went for a row on the river' anu in the evening he again worked at his essay, or sat read- mg or playing patience with his aunts. His joy in life was so great that it agitated him, and keot so that instead of s eeping he wandered about in the garden till dawn, alone with his dreams and fancies m. so peacefully and happily, he lived through the first 7ihe huU "^1 Tl^'' ^""*^' t^'^'"^ "° P^'-ticular notice K^ ^TZl:^f'"''''T''^'' black-eyed, quick-footed mf ,. ( 7- ' "• V^V' ^^^. °^ "'"eteen, Nekhludoff, brought up .vider hi mother's wing, was still quite pure If a woman figu ui his dreams at all it was only as a w f e Al the other ..omen, who, according to his ideas he could not marry, were not women for him. but human beings liu on Ascension Day that summer, a neighbour of his aunts and her family, consisting of two ounl dat.gh^ers a schoolboy, and a young artist ,.f peasant or|inwho \t staying with them, came to spend he day. After^ea iliev all went to play in the meadow in front of^he house where the grass had already been mown. They plaved at the lame of gorelki, and Katusha joined them. Running about and changing partners several times. NekhludoT^caught Ka^^^ Iked Katusha s looks, but the possibility of any nearer rela- tions with her had never entered his mind Impossible to catch those two." said the merry young artist, whose turn it was to rat'-i^ ^"d ,.,i,,. „„..i,i i...{ ^ fast with his short, muscular \eg'' ^"' ■^""" '" '■'""'"^' You ! And not catch us ? " said Katusha. 46 Resurrection " One, two, three," and the artist clapped his hands, Ka- tuslia, hardly restraining her laughter, changed places with Nekhludoff, hehind the artist's hack, and pressing his large hand with her little rough one, and rustling with her starched petticoat, ran f the left. Nekhludofif ran fast to the right, trying to escape from the artist, but when he looked round he saw the artist running after Katusha, who kept well ahead, her firm young legs moving rapidly. There was a lilac bush in front of them, and Katusha made a sign with her head to Nekhludoff to join her beiiind it, for if they once clasped iiands again they were safe from their pursuer, that being a rule of the game. He understood the sign, and ran behind the bush, but he did not know that there was a small ditch overgrown with nettles there. He stumbled and fell into the nettles, already wet with dew, stinging his hands, but rose immediately, laughing at his mishap. Katusha, with her eyes black as sloes, her face radiant with joy, was flying towards him, and they caught hold of each other's hands. " Got stung, I daresay ? " she said, arranging her hair with her free hand, breathing fast and looking straight up at him with a glad, pleasant smile. " I did not know there was a ditch here," he answered, smiling also, and keeping her hand in his. She drew nearer to him, and he himself, not knowing how it happened, stooped towards her. She did not move away, and he pressed her hand tight and kissed her on the lips. " There ! You've done it ! " she said ; and, freeing her hand with a swift movement, ran away from him. Then, breaking two branches of white lilac from which the blos- soms were already falling, she began fanning her hot face with them; then, with her head turned back to him, she walked away, swaying her arms briskly in front of her, and joined the other players. After this there grew up between Nekhludoff and Ka- tusha those peculiar relations which often exist between a pure young man and girl who are attracted to each other. When Katusha came into the room, or even when he saw her white apron from afar, everything brightened up in Nekhludoff's eyes, as when the sun appears everything be- comes more interesting, more joyful, more important. The whole of life seemed full of gladness. And she felt the same. But it was not only Katusha's presence that had this tU^ lids. Ka- aces with his large with lier m fast to when he isha, who y. There de a sign or if they • pursuer, sign, and :;re was a nbled and iging his ). e radiant it hold of her hair raight up inswercd, nv nearer lappened, , and he ;eing her 1. Then, the blos- hot face him, she her, and and Ka- etween a 1 other, n he saw ed up in thing be- int. The felt the : had this Resurrection' >, himself) to read ihp b T^ (whom he had just read his au„;"oW 'servam 'Sa 'rin", P'T"""'' '" !'"= ™"' "' s^tpa^MiiSi^is=i:^? puckered, and thev felf a Hn,i ^ '""'""^ ""ered. Iheir lips made them part auiklv Ti^ ^^^'lead of something that Nekhludoff ^and K^^ Jia JuZVflT'l' T''''''''^ ^''^''^ visit to his aunts' Thy nS i? and t "'"' ?^ ^' ^''' and even wrote to PHncess Fit. T " ^^^^'"e frightened, mother. His aunt M^rv t - ^^^novna, Nekhludoff's would form iTndma^y'^itJTatlishk -Tut f"V^ ^"'^" groundless, for NekhluLff himse fh ' u '^^ ^^^'' ^^'^ loved Katusha, loved her^'. th^f 1 "^'^ conscious of it, his safety-hi's' and hers" He not'on^v dId'n'o"tV'r"" ^ sire to possess her, but the very thought of i^fi I T -^"^ *^t horror. The fears of fhl Z^ ^"""g " of it filled him with that Dmiri with his hnrT'l P°''''^^ ^°P^'^ Ivanovna, having fallen Tn'^velih^nSi^^^^^^^^^ t-^^^^-' fo/^SSS^^?; l^ ^.^^^ His love on no account join his life with tipt.fo- ?• u ^^ ''^"^^ io;;^ii^rho«£H'' -^"^^^^^^^^ fJi-rf^ -,-,..1-1 1 vNuuiu nave come to the conrliision ^h^*- ^js^siMMya 48 Resurrection mention their fears to him ; and, when he left, he was still unconscious of his love for Katusha. He was sure that what he felt for Katusha was only one of the manifestations of the joy of life that filled his whole being, and that this sweet, merry little girl shared this joy with him. Yet, when he was going away, and Katusha stood with his aunts in the porch, and looked after him, her dark, slightly-squinting eyes filled with tears, he felt, after all, that he was leaving something beautiful, precious, something which would never reoccur. And he grew very sad. " Good-bye, Katusha," he said, looking across Sophia Ivanovna's cap as he was getting into the trap. " Thank you for everything." " Good-bye, Dmitri Ivanovitch," she said, with her pleas- ant, tender voice, keeping back the tears that filled her eyes — and ran away into the hall, where she could cry in peace. rs Resurrection was still sure that festations that this {et, when nts in the squinting ,s leaving h would Sophia " Thank ler pleas- her eyes n peace. 49 CHAPTER XIII. LIFE IN THE ARMY. God's world seemed am v.f^r?; I • Tu ^"JP^n^ent. Then cally and joyfuTly to so^e now''. .v '"^^ f "thusiasti- clear and simple defined hvT every hmg m life seemed was leading. Then he hadtl H, conditions of the life he need of intercourse with nff ^ importance of, and had lived and hough and fel^hf"' ^l^ ^'^^ *'^°^^ ^^'^o had poets. What he now ..n -M^^T ^'"^"Philosophers and were hurnlnsrurn^Tndt^^^^^^^^^^^ T^-^ b^theTerm^^ylhT;^^^^^^^^ of womenf al/woS^en eLept tr. ' "°" *^ P"'-?^^^ ti)e wives of his friends w?! l ^l^'J .°^" ^^"^"^ and were the best means to w^rH^ "^'7 "^^^"^^^ °"^ -^ ^^"^en joyment. Then monev was n'f" ^l'^^^^ experienced en- quire even one"th rd of wh.f ?• "'^''l'^' ^"^ ^^ ^'^ not re- now this allowanc^of I ,^' o,ll"'°'^''" ^"°^^^ ^''"^ ' but and he had alreadv hadl^l , f ^ """"^^^ ^^^ "^t suffice, his mother. ^ '^""^ unpleasant talks about it with hea'it%tng aS/ThaiVT^";'^ ''• ^^ ^^ -- ^is And all thi! ?errTbll Vhln ^^'°S'^^d "P^" as himself. had ceased to bel ve wS and T^/.l^^"^ '^^^^"^^ h^ others. This he had do,^ h ^^"^ ^^^^" ^o believing iiv« K-i;- • " "°"^ because it wa« fo^ H.-«:p..i. .^ ■ ivv. Dcikrvine" on**': coif- k^i- • . — " '■^mcini ro If" ! " I 'I u U m ! . ■) ^1 ■:' ; ■ '■! 50 Resurrection life, which is ahvays seeking for easy gratifications, but al- most in every case against it. Believing others there was nothing to decide ; everything had been decided already, and decided always in favour of the animal / and against the spiritual. Nor was this all. Believing in his own self he was always exposing himself to the censure of those around him ; believing others he had their approval. So, when Nekhludoff had talked of the serious matters of life, of God, truth, riches, and poverty, all round him thought it out of place and even rather funny, and his mother and aunts called him, with kindly irony, notre cher philosophe. But when he read novels, told improper anecdotes, went to see funny vaudevilles in the French theatre and gaily re- peated the jokes, everybody admired ari,d encouraged him. When he considered it right to limit his needs, wore an old overcoat, took no wine, everybody thought it strange and looked upon it as a kind of showing off ; but when he spent large sums on hunting, or on furnishing a peculiar and luxurious study for himself, everybody admired his taste and gave him expensive presents to encourage his hobby. While he kept pure and meant to remain so till he married his friends prayed for his health, and even his mother was not grieved but rather pleased when she found out that he had become a real man and had gained over some French woman from his friend. (As to the episode with Katusha, the princess could not without horror think that he might possibly have married her.) In the same way, when Nekh- ludofif came of age, and gave the small estate he had in- herited from his father to the peasants because he consid- ered the holding of private property in land wrong, this step filled his mother and relations with dismay and served as an excuse for making fun of him to all his relatives. He was continually told that these peasants, after they had re- ceived the land, got no richer, but, on the contrary, poorer, having opened three public-houses and left off doing any work. But when Nekhludoflf entered the Guards and spent and gambled away so much with his aristocratic compan- ions that Elena Ivanovna, his mother, had to draw on her capital, she was hardly pained, considering it quite natural and even good that wild oats should be sown at an early age and in good company, as her son was doing. At first Nekhludoff struggled, but all that he had considered good while he had faith in himself was considered bad bv others, ? s, but al- there was I already, d against own self of those )val. So, :rs of life, :hought it 3ther and hilosophe. 3, went to gaily re- iged him. )re an old •ange and I he spent :uliar and his taste lis hobby, e married other was nt that he le French Katusha, he might len Nekh- e had in- le consid- rong, this nd served tives. He ;y had re- y. poorer, doing any and spent ; compan- iw on her te natural t an early . At first ered good by others, M' Resurrection ri and what he had considered evil was looked upon as eood by those among whom he lived, and the struggle grew too hard. And at last Nekhludoff gave in. i.e., leff off believing himself and began believmg others. At first this givini up of faith in himself was unpleasant, but it did not loni continue to be so. At that time he acquired the habit of smoking and drinking wine, and soon got over this un- pleasant feeling and even felt great relief. Nekhludofif, with his passionate nature, gave himself thoroughly to the new way of life so approved of by a those around, and he entirely stifled the inner voice which demanded something different. This began after he moved to St. Petersburg, and reached its highest poin? when he entered the army. ^ ' . Military life in general depraves men; It places them in conditions of complete idleness, i.e., absence of all useful 7Z^ ' u' *'''"", °^ ^^^'' "°"^"^°" ^""^a" ^"ties, which it replaces by merely conventional ones to the honour of the regiment, the uniform, the flag; and, while giving them on the one hand absolute power over other men, a o piUs r^nl? .'r° T^'^'T °^ '''■^^•^ obedience to those of highe? rank than themselves. "'e,"cr service w^T'j/cV^^ "'"^^ depraving influence of military service with its honours, uniforms, flags, its permitted vio- lence and murder, there is added the depraving influence of riches and nearness to and intercourse with members of the Imperial family as is the case in the choseTregfrnen of the Guards in which all the officers are rich and of S)od amily, then this depraving influence creates n the men who succumb to it a perfect mania of selfishness And this mama of selfishness attacked Nekhludoff fnTm the mo ment he entered the army and began living in U^ way 7ik companions lived. He had no occupation Whatever except X7;Zirand""'-ff '^"'^'^^""'^ ^"^1 -^" '--^-I'y otner peop e and, with arms also made and cleaned ind handed to him by others, ride to reviews on a fine horse wh,cMiad been bred, broken in and fed by others There M itJ, other men like himself, he had to wave a sword shooi off guns, and teach others to do the same. He had no 'l e^Ts^td "tho'" highlyrplaced persons, young^nd oh! me isai and those near hmi no*- orK- cTn-f;, i i ■ cupation but praised ami tharlked inm (or It ' '" '''^■ After th.s was done, it was tliought important to eat. and 52 Resurrection particularly to drink, in officers' clubs or the salons of the best restaurants, squandering large sums of money, which came from some invisible source; then theatres, ballets women, then agam riding on horseback, waving of swords and shootmg, and again the squandering of money the wme, cards, and women. This kind of life acts on military men even more depravingly than on others, because if any other than a rnihtary man lead such a life he cannot help bemg ashamed of it in the depth of his heart. A mi'itarv man is, on the contrary, proud of a life of this kind, espe- cially at war time, and Nekhliidofif had entered the army just after war with the Turks had been declared " We are prepared to sacrifice our lives at the wars, and therefore a gay, reckless life is not only pardonable, but absolutely nec- essary for us, and so we lead it." Such were Nekhludofif's confused thoughts at this period of his existence, and he felt all the time the delight of being free of the moral barriers he had formerly set himself. And iess '" ^^^ *^^^ °^ ^ chronic mania of selfish- He was in this state when, after three years' absence he came again to visit his aunts. ' 1 ''1:^. alons of the 3ney, which res, ballets, g of swords money, the on military :ause if any :annot help A military kind, espe- i the army . " We are therefore a alutely nec- this period ht of being nself. And I of selfish- ibsence, he Resu rrection 53 CHAPTER XIV. THE SECOND MEETING WITH MASLOVA. ^^^""^^^"^^^^^^^ their estate ment, which had gone orwarH uf'^'' ^^J°'" ^'^ ^^gi" warmly asked him to come InH ^^"''t/^">^ ^^^ vely wanted to see Katii L ^eH^aos in'Sf 'f^ \^^^"«^ ^e ready formed those evil desSnsfJfn .1^^'^'} ^^ ^^^ al- now uncontrolled animal seKcf^f'i ^atusha which his not acknowledge thi as h inSn "^h^ ^^"1' '^"^ ^^ ^'d go back to the spot where he Sh' "* °I!'>^ ^^^^^^ to his rather funny,"^ but dear kinHf. T.'^'.^^PP^^' to see always, without his noticL ^{"t^"'^"^. 3^^ ^""ts, who atmosphere of love and admiration anTf^ ^^"^ ^'^^ ^" tusha, of whom he had retah^ed so AiL""^ ^? '^' '^^^^ Ka- He arrived at the end of ^1 u ^^^'^"^ ^ memory, the thaw haa set in l' wL pouH'nS" Good Fridayf after had not a dry thread on h7m aS5 was^frf '^'^ '° '^'^' ^^ yet vigorous and f Jl of soirits p.^f ^^"^'"^/^ry cold, but she still with them?'' heKiht iT^^'*^^*^'"^^- " !« miliar, old-fashioned courtv3 ' ^'^^^-ove into the fa- wall, and now filledUtS^^'oH^rrol' '^' ' ^°" '^"^^ sielVbr^utst^dtoVr r ?" ^^^ heard the pails and tucked-up skirts who ? ^^'"^-/poted women w th bing the floors, came out ofTll df ^''''^""*'>^ been scrub- the front door eitW at? on Iv T'li?'"'''- , ^^^ ^'^^ "^t at with his apron on, eviden'v aL hn °"', '^' "^^"-servant. into the front porch. Hi"Vu,7 tnV ^t''^^^"'^^' ^^"'«^ out him in the anteroom ;^; S V^S^lI^""°^"^^'°"« "^et her head. Both aunts f -od fu'en t^t'' °? ^"^ ^ ^^P «" eeived communion. *° ^^"'"^h and had re- novnYl'/c$'! ,'1."'S? of you to come." s.;^ Q.,t„-_ r_ , we haWK/ift^^^^-y^s not well, got ti^d ii^Xu^H 1 1 54 Resurrection "I congratulate you, Aunt Sophia,"* said Nekhludoff, kissing Sophia Ivanovna's hand. " Oh, I beg your pardon I have made you wet." ' " Go to your room— why you are soaking wet. Dear me, you have got moustaches ! . . . Katusha ! Katusha ! Get him some coffee ; be quick." " Directly," came the sound of a well-known, pleasant voice from the passage, and Nekhludoff's heart cried out She s here!" and it was as if the sun had come out from behind the clouds. Nekhludoff, followed by Tikhon, went gaily to his old room to change his things. He felt inclined to ask Tikhon about Katusha ; how she was, what she was doing, was she not going to be married? But Tikhon was so respectiul and at the same time so severe, insisted so firmly on pour- ing the water out of the jug for him, that Nekhludoff could not make up his mind to ask him about Katusha, but only inquired about Tikhon's grandsons, about the old so-called brother's" horse, and about the dog Polkan. All were alive except Polkan, who had gone mad the summer before. When he had taken off all his wet things and just begun to dress again, Nekhludoff heard quick, familiar footsteps and a knock at the door. Nekhludoff knew the steps and also the knock. No one but she walked and knocked like that. Having thrown his wet greatcoat over his shoulders, he opened the door. Cx>me in." It was she, Katusha, the same, only sweeter than before. The slightly squinting naive black eyes looked up in the same old way. Now as then, she had on a white apron. She brought him from his aunts a piece of scented soap, with the wrapper just taken off, and two towels— one a long Russian embroidered one, the other a bath towel. The unused soap with the stamped inscription, the towels, and her own self, all were equally clean, fresh, undefiled and pleasant. The irrepressible smile of joy at the sight of him made the sweet, firm lips pucker up as of old. How do you do, Dmitri Ivanovitch ? " she uttered with difficulty, her face suffused with a rosy blush. " Good-morning! How do you do? " he said, also I Push- ing. " Alive and well ? " ♦It is usual in Russia to congratulate those who have rec'^ed communion. Nekhludoflf, ^our pardon, wet. Dear Katusha ! ,vn, pleasant rt cried out ne out from f to his old ask Tikhon ing, was she respectiul dy on pourr iiidoff could !ia, but only )ld so-called :. All were imer before. 1 just begun ar footsteps e steps and nocked like loulders, he •nly sweeter eyes looked on a white ; of scented owels — one bath towel, the towels, idefiled and ight of him ittered with also 1 !ush- ave receiyed Resurrection /* Yes, the Lord be thanked a«^ i, • pink soap and towels fronfyour aun?.''' 't ^^^l^J^^omite the soap on the table and han^W fh« !' '^ ^^'^' P^^ing , of a cliair. nangmg the towels over the back viZ'ftaSpTnSj'^ai'r:'??''' '^''^"°"' defending .he dressing case filled wfthbrush^n"^, '° Nekliludoff's open ™a„3;^bo«,es with s^^^S't^'L^'Tt^^l^'^iS^^ hereJ'tiS N^Sk.-'J^r^,, O^j.-'ow ^'^^ ^ - to be derness as of old. "" ""'"^ »'"i light and ten- Th'e aun'ts!^^ i'ad'Sr '? '""r "°^''». ^"d went out |;;m this .i„e ™o?et™7i5fa °:vt%™.t'-°'f' "''-""d ihe war, where he mi^hf hi? J Dmitri was goin^ to torched the old auntT.^ ' ^' ^■°""^^d °^ J^^ '^y -^ night sty over Easter whh them and te!" ^^'l'^.^ ^^ ^^^^^d to Schonbock, whom he was n h. t^'5§^''?Phed to his friend should come and meJt him ^t hTs\Ss-^ that Se As soon as he haH .^ t^ . ^""^s instead. ings toward her awotagl^'U"^^^. ^^^khludoff's old feel- f.ee her white apron vvitK' i^^S''^'■'"'''^^th^n' he could not hsten to her steps, her vo ^e^he if 'If^'"^^ ^°"ld not of joy ; he could not look a h;r eve H? t ""' ?"^ ^ ^""''"^ a feeling of tenderness esnerL^r' u^^'' ^' ^'^^s, without fbo^^ all, he could S See ^,h!;^f '^^ ^"^^'^d' and hlushed when they met He fe I h "^ ^^.'^^^'^" how she as before, when this love was a kind o^' ^" ^°^^' l^"* "ot he would not own, even to himslTf 1°1 T^^^^^' ^o him and he was persuaded that one couwSo'' '^'r^^^"^' ^"^ ^hen knew he was in love andWa^i?. ? °"^>^ ^"^^5 "ow he what this love consisted of Jl u '^' ^"^ '^"ew dimly tho"gh he sought to rnn. f -"^ '""^^^ it '"ight lead to ^^^ekliludoff, as ff every maT the/''" ^^^"^ ^i"^«elf f„' the spiritual, seeking on ir^h^/^Vf'",^ *^o heings: one ^If which should tfnd toward. .^"^ ?^ ^'PP'"^^« for h?m! other, the animal man Zl\t '^% '^^PPi"ess of all : the ""ritn^ri^s-'ii^^e^^^^^^^^^^ on W ,.. in PetSurg- ^■7„X"a4;fe„trri| 56 Resurrection ■H ruled supreme and completely crushed the spiritual man in him. But when he saw Katusha and experienced the same feel- ings a/, he had had three years before, the spiritual man in him raised its head once more and began to assert its rights. And up to Easter, during two whole days, an un- conscious, ceaseless inner struggle went on in him. He knew in the depths of his soul that he ought to go away, that there was no real reason for staying on with his aunts, knew that no good could come of it ; and yet it was so pleasant, so delightful, that he did not honestly acknowl- edge the facts to himself and stayed on. On Easter eve, the priest and the deacon who came to the house to say mass had had (so they said) the greatest difficulty in get- ting over the three miles that lay between the church and the old ladies' house, coming across the puddles and the bare earth in a sledge. Nekhludoflf attended the mass with his aunts and the ser- vants, and kept looking at Katusha, who was near the door and brought in the censers for the priests. Then having given the priests and his aunts the Easter kiss, though it was not midnight and therefore not Easter yet, he was al- ready going to bed when he heard the old servant Matrona Pavlovna preparing to go to the church to get the koiditch and pdski* blest after the midnight service. " I shall so too," he thought. The road to the church was impassable either in a sledge or on wheels, so Nekhludoflf, who behaved in his aunts' house just as he did at home, ordered the old horse, " the brother's horse," to be saddled, and instead of going to bed he put on his gay uniform, a pair of tight-fitting riding breeches and his overcoat, and got on the old over-fed and heavy horse, which neighed continually all the way as he rode in the dark through the puddles and snow to the church. * Easter cakes. • 1 I tual man in Resur ction S7 le same feel- itual man in assert its [ays, an un- im. )ught to go on with his d yet it was :ly acknowl- Easter eve, ouse to say ulty in get- church and les and the and the ser- !ar the door hen having ), though it , he was al- nt Matrona the koulitch * I shall go in a sledge 1 his aunts' horse, " the oing to bed ting riding ver-fed and way as he low to the CHAPTER XV. THE EARLY MASS. onf ""of l^^u^'^f '^'' ^^'^y "^^^^ remained for ever after issue con.a,„,„g the icon flittered, i,l/J„''aTe7o'n J^SVt!^ .__^ U„g s,r,ps of linen are worn by the peasant, instead of stock- I ' 58 Resurrection candles ornamented with golden spirals. The candelabra was filled with tapers, and from the choir sounded most merry tunes sung by amateur choristers, Avith biMowing bass and shrill boys' voices among them. Nekhludoff passed up to the front. In the middle of the church stood the aristocracy of the place : a landed proprie- tor, with his wife and son (the latter dressed in a sailor's suit), the police officer, the telegraph clerk, a tradesman in top-boots, and the village elder, with a medal on his breast ; and to the right of the amho, just behind the landed pro- prietor's wife, stood Matrona Pavlovna in a lilac dress and fnnged shawl and Katuslip. in a white dress with a tucked bodice, blue sash, and red bow in her black hair. Everything seemed festive, solemn, bright, and beauti- ful : the priest in his silver cloth vestments with gold crosses; the deacon, the clerk and chanter in their silver and gold surplices; the amateur choristers in their best clothes, with their well-oiled hair; the merry tunes of the holiday hymns that sounded like dance music; and the continual blesr ;>/^; of the people by the priests, who held candles decorared vith flowers, and repeated the cry of " Christ is rib.-i; \ " " Christ is risen ! " All was beautiful ; but, above all. Katusha, in her white dress, blue sash, and the red bow on lie:- black head, her eyes beaming with rap- ture. ^ Nekhludofif knew that she felt his presence without look- ing at him. He noticed this as he passed her, walking up to the altar. He had nothing to tell her, but he invented something to say and whispered as he passed her : " Aunt told me that she would break her fast after the late mass." The young blood rushed up to Katusha's sweet face, as it always did when she looked at him. The black eyes, laugh- 1"t^. ?^? /"I^ °^ J°y' ^^^^^ naively up and remained fixed on Nekhludoff. " I kriow," she said, with a smile. At this .moment the clerk was going out with a copper coffee-pot* of holy water in his hand, and, not noticing Katusha, brushed her with his surplice. Evidently he brushed against Katusha through wishing to pass Nekhlu- doff at a respectful 'Hstance, and Nekhludoff was surprised that he, the clerk, did not understand that everything here yes, and in all the world, only existed for Katusha, and that * Coffee-pots are often used for holding holy water in Russia. e c r ! c :• h 1 y h w t\ fa SI N hi he I ca 1 eh im candelabra inded most , bcMowing ddle of the ed proprie- 1 a sailor's idesman in his breast ; anded pro- : dress and h a tucked nd beaiiti- with gold :heir silver their best ines of the :; and the who held the cry of beautiful ; sash, and f with rap- hout look- /alking up e invented tr: "Aunt te tnass." face, as it ^es, laugh- d fixed on a copper t noticing idently he s Nekhlu- surprised hing here, , and that Russia. ResurrcLtion 59 round the « «°W glittered canng, but the sun had not yet risen ThTn-'"^--" round the graves in the churchvard l" "1 - "J" f°,"P'^'' ma,ned inside. Kekhlud^frltood'v a^ng'^for"?,'? 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THE FIRST STEP, I > Wpien he returned from church Nekhludoff broke the fast with his aunts and took a glass of spirits and some wine having got into that habit while with his regiment, and when he reached his room fell asleep at once, dressed as he was. He was awakened by a knock at the door. He knew It was her knock, and got up, rubbing his eye? and stretch- ing himself. " Katusha, is it you? Come in," said he. She opened the door. " Dinner is ready," she said. She still had on the same white dress, but not the bow in her hair. She looked at him with a smile, as if she had communicated some very good news to him. " I am coming," he answered, as he rose, taking his comb to arrange his hair. She stood still for a minute, and ^ noticing it, threw down his comb and made a step ta s. her, but at that very moment she turned suddenly anci went with quick light steps along the strip of carpet in .he middle of the passage. u ^iP^^I. ,T' '^^^^ ^ ^°°' ^ ^"^•" thought Nekhludoff. Why did I not stop her?" What he wanted her for he did not know himself, but he felt that when she came into his room something should have been done, something that is generally done on such occasions, and that he had left it undone. " Katusha, wait," he said. " What do you want ? " she said, stopping. Nothing, only " and, with an effort, remembering how men in his position generally behave, he put his arm round her waist. She stood still and looked into his eyes. " Don't, Dmitri Ivanovitch. you must not," she said, blushing to tears and pushing away his arm with her strong ; ; II, off broke the tid some wine, egiment, and dressed as he or. He knew s and stretch- on the same >he looked at id some very e, taking his :ing it, threw r, but at that t with quick niddle of the Nekhludoff. !ier for he did came into his Jthing that is le had left it remembering put his arm ," she said, th her strong u ,-'! l\\ if I f Resurrection 63 caused bv the S feeh„i "^^ 1 ?"^"^'7", ^"^ ,.^'^^'"^ ^vere free; but" he thot^l t was n K V ^"?^"^'"g to be set ougl,t to behave as evrv one se did '&"•''" "V^ '!"'' '^^ and kissed her on the neck ^ ''^"^'^^ '''^'' "P rs!.'" "■= ^""^^">-''' This .tTd™,;^;^ ^t: i';? there. Everything- seemJ?!.^ neighbour were already ludoff a storm w^s raltal H ''"^, °'''''"='/>'' ■"" '" Nekh- was being 5aTandlave^vr^„^^'"''"'•°°'' il""""^ "' "l«" Katusha.She ^ounfrf, n^„^3"?"^£ thinking only of "ack the thrill of that l»«t tL ^^ L '"' Passage brought ing else. When she came tl^^ ""." """'' °' ""'l'" ini round.Tdt her presence vi,h™T "■"'*»"' 'ook- .0 force himself no7to1ooka; her "*°'' ''''"^ =""<• ■'^<' long ttL'waTeS un'an^'dn"^"' '"'° '"= ''^''™"' »nd for a to evsry so* nd in f he h„ " ,'" ^'^^ f^'tdtement, listening I The anLal ma,^ in,Yd hta h,"? "''^'''"^ ',° ''^^^ ^er steps® but had succeeded^ traZSn„°7 "f ?'?■ ''""='' "^ head, of tlie days of Ws first yiStanfl.v'' ??l "" 'P'"'™' ">»" That dreadful animaf m™f ^fo^nl ^ow ^ulToZ"]^"'''"- malSg t teTLra'Sf t,^ "" ="> ^X he'^ould not evade him. TrthrevemW hnJl' "''\P'-°bably trying to into the room next to hs ''^."'"."•/he was obliged to go «ay the night, and she had.o male'w "bed W?™ ^l^'' \ [her ffo in Nekhlndnff fr^Ur. 1"'^'^^ "'^ oed. When he heard ing his brfa* as nt wreln;'/'''=='*"S.^oftly and hold- Shp urac r^„f^• , 8^o'"g to commit a cr me k S"wo" f^ "co'^rn'ertfvitr ir '^^^^ °" •'> Pi"ow" holding She turned round Td sm ' nn.^V"''''' '■''" Pi"ow-case •^^orc, but in a rrig^n^e'Sl'pLr, wlr^rstleTeLl r' !l 64 Resurrection to tell him that what he was doing was wrong. He stopped for a moment. There was still the possibility of a struggle. The voice of his real love for her, though feebly, was still speaking of her, her feelings, her life. Another voice was saying, " Take care ! don't let the opportunity for your own happiness, your own enjoyment, slip by ! " And this second voice completely stifled the first. He went up to her with determination, and a terrible, ungovernable animal passion took possession of him. With his arm round he made her sit down on the bed; and feeling that there was something more to be done he sat down beside her. "Dmitri Ivanovitch, dear! please let me go," she said, with a piteous voice. " Matrona Pavlovna is coming," she cried, tearing herself away. Some one was really coming to the door. " Well, then, I'll come to you in the night," he whispered. " You'll be alone ? " "What are you thinking of? On no account. No, no!" she said, but only with her lips ; the tremulous confusion of her whole being said something very different. It was Matrona Pavlovna who had come to the door. She came in with a blanket over her arm, looked reproachfully at Nekhludofif, and began scolding Katusha for having taken the wrong blanket. Nekhludoff went out in silence, but he did not even feel ashamed. He could see by Matrona Pavlovna's face that she was blaming him, he knew that she was blaming him with reason and felt that he was doing wrong, but this novel, low animal excitement, having freed itself of all the old feelings of real love for Katusha, ruled supreme, leaving room for nothing else. He went about as if demented all the evening, now into his aunts', then back into his own room, then out into the porch, thinking all the time how he could meet her alone ; but she avoided him, and Matrona Pavlovna watched her closely. I ig. He stopped ty of a struggle, feebly, was still other voice was ty for your own ^nd this second up to her with animal passion vvn on the bed ; s to be done he ; go," she said, is coming," she IS really coming :," he whispered. ount. No, no! " ous confusion of ent. :o the door. She ed reproachfully sha for having lid not even feel lovna's face that ^as blaming him wrong, but this \ itself of all the supreme, leaving ^rening, now into :hen out into the meet her alone; vna watched her I Resurrection 65 CHAPTER XVH. NEKHLUDOFF AND KATUSHA, And so the evening passed and night came. The doctor went to bed. Nekhludoff's aunts had also retired, and he knew that Matrona Pavlovna was now with them in their bedroom so that Katiisha was sure to be alone in the maids' sitting-room. He again went out into the porch. It was dark, damp and warm out of doors, and that white sprmg mist which drives away the last snow, or is diffused by the thawing of the last snow, filled the air. From the river under the hill, about a hundred steps from the front door, came a strange sound. It was the ice breaking. Nekhludoff came down the steps and went up to the window of the maids' room, stepping over the puddles on the bits of glazed snow. His heart was beating so fiercelv in his breast that he seemed to hear it, his laboured breath came and went in a burst of long-drawn sighs. In the maids' room a small lamp was burning, and Katusha sat alone bv the table, look- ing thoughtfully m front of her. Nekhludoff stood a long time without moving and waited to see what she, not know- ing that she was observed, would do. For a minut ^- two she did not move; then she lifted her eves, smiled and hook her head as if chiding herself, then changed her pose and dropped both her arms on the table and again began gazing dcAvn in front of her. He stood and looked at her, involun- tarily listening to the beating of his own heart and the strange sounds from the river. There on the river, beneath the white mist, the unceasing labour went on, and sounds as of something sobbing, cracking, dropping, being shat- tered to pieces mixed with the tinkling of the thin bits of ice as they broke against each other like glass. There he stood, looking at Katusha's serious, suffering face, which betrayed the inner struggle of her soul, and he felt pity for her; but, strange though it may seem, this pity only confirmed him in his evil intention. He knocked at the window. She started as if she had re- 66 Resurrection II ceived an electric shock, her whole body trembled, and a look of horror came into her face. Then she jumped up, ap- proached the window and brought her face up to the pane. The look of terror did not leave her face even when, holding her hands up to her eyes like blinkers and peering through the glass, she recognised him. Her face was unusually grave ; he had never seen it so before. She returned his smile, but only in submission to him ; there was no smile in her soul, only fear. He beckoned her with his hand to come out into the yard to him. But she shook her head and re- mained by the window. He brought his face close to the pane and was going to call out to her, but at that moment she turned to the door ; evidently some one inside had called her. Nekhludoflf moved away from the window. The fog was so dense that five steps from the house the windows could not be seen, but the light from the lamp shone red and huge out of a shapeless black mass. And on the river the same strange sounds went on, sobbing and rustling and cracking and tinkling. Somewhere in the fog, not far oflf, a cock crowed ; another answered, and then others, far in the village, took up the cry till the sound of the crowing blended into one, while all around was silent excepting the river. It was the second time the cocks crowed that night. Nekhludoflf walked up and down behind the corner of the house, and once or twice got into a puddle. Then he again came up to the window. The lamp was still burning, and she was again sitting alone by the table as if uncertain what to do. He had hardly approached the window when she looked up. He knocked. Without looking who it was she at once ran out of the room, and he heard the outside door open with a snap. He waited for her near the side porch and put his arms round her without saying a word. She clung to him, put up her face, and met his kiss with her lips. Then the door again gave the same sort of snap and opened, and the voice of Matrona Pavlovna called out angrily, " Katusha ! " She tore herself away from him and returned into the maids' room. He heard the latch click, and then all was quiet. The red light disappeared and only the mist remained, and the bustle on the river went on. NekhludofT went up to the window, nobody was to be seen ; he knocked, but got no answer. He went back into the house by the front door, but could not sleep. He got up and went with bare feet along jd, and a look -nped up, ap- ) to the pane. ,vlien, holding .'ring through as unusually returned his IS no smile in hand to come head and re- ; close to the that moment ide had called DW. The fog the windows shone red and the river the rustling and % not far off, ers, far in the wing blended the river. It ht. he corner of lie. Then he still burning, s if uncertain vindow when g who it was d the outside near the side ying a word, kiss with her of snap and I called out •ned into the then all was list remained, flf went up to d, but got no ont door, but re feet along Resurrection 67 the passage to her door, next Matrona Pavlovna's room. He heard Matrona Pavlovna snoring quietly, and was about to go on when she coughed and turned on her creaking bed, and his heart fell, and he stood inmiovablc for about tive minutes. When all was quiet and she began to snore peace- fully again, he went on, trying to step on the boards that did not creak, and came to Katusha's door. There was no sound to be heard. She was probably awake, or else he would have heard her breathing. But as soon as he had whis- pered " Katusha " she jumped up and began to persuade him, as if angrily, to go away. " Open ! Let me in just for a moment ! I implore you ! " He hardly knew what he was saying. ******* When she left him, trembling and silent, giving no answer to his M'ords, he again went out into the norch and stood try- ing to understand the meaning of what had happened. It was getting lighter. From the river below the creaking and tinkling and sobbing of the breaking ice came still louder and a gurgling sound could now also be heard. The mist had begun to sink, and from above it the waning moon dimly lighted up something black and weird. " What was the meaning of it all ? Was it a great joy or a great misfortune that had befallen him?" he asked himself. 68 Resurrection CHAPTER XVITI. AFTERWARDS. The next day the gay, handsome, and brilliant Schonbock joined Xekliludoff at his aunts' house, and quite won their hearts by his refined and amiable manner, his high spirits, his generosity, and his affection for Dmitri. But though the old ladies admired his generosity it rather perplexed them, for it seemed exaggerated. He gave a rouble to some blind beggars who came to the gate, gave 15 roubles in tips to the servants, and when Sophia Ivanovna's pet dog hurt his paw and it bled, he tore his hemstitched cambric handkerchief into strips (Sophia Ivanovna knew that such handkerchiefs cost at least 15 roubles a dozen) and bandaged the dog's foot. The old ladies had never met people of this kind, and did not know that Schonbock owed 200,000 roubles which he was never going to pay, and that therefore 25 roubles more or less did not matter a bit to him. Schonbock stayed only one day, and he and Nekhludoff both left at night. They could not stay away from their regiment any longer, for their leave was fully up. At the stage which Nekhludoff's selfish mania had now reached he could think of nothing but himself. He was won- dering whether his conduct, if found out, would be blamed much or at all, but he did not consider what Katusha was now going through, and what was going to happen to her. He saw that Schonbock guessed his relations to her and this flattered his vanity. " Ah, I see how it is you have taken suclf a sudden fancy to your aunts that you have been living nearly a week with them," Schonbock remarked when he had seen Katusha. " Well, I don't wonder — should have done the same. She's charming." Nekhludoff was also thinking that though it was a pity to go away before having fully gratified the crav- ings of his love for her, yet the absolute necessity of parting had its advantages because it put a sudden stop to relations it would have been very difficult for him to continue. Then \ Resurrection 69 nt Schonbock lite won their , high spirits, Dsity it rather He gave a gate, gave 15 ia Ivanovna's 5 hemstitched inovna knew a dozen) and id never met lonbock owed pay, and that r a bit to him. khludoff both heir regiment nia had now He was won- jld be blamed Katusha was Dpen to her. ns to her and sudden fancy r a week with een Katusha. : same. She's hat though it ified the crav- ;ity of parting )p to relations ntinue. Then Ik- thought that he ought to give her some money, not for her. not because siie might need it, but because it was the thing to do. So he gave her what seemed to him a liberal amount, con- sidering his and her station. On the day of his departure, after duiiier, he went out and waited for "her at the side en- trance. .She flushed up when she saw him and wished to pass by, directing his attention to tlie open door of the maids' room by a look, but he stopped her. " I have come to say good-bye." he .said, crumpling in his hand an envelope with a lOO-rouble note inside. " There, She gues.sed what he meant, knit her brows, and shaking her head pushed liis hand away. " Take it; oh, you must! " he stammered, and thrust the envelope into the bib of her apron and ran back to his room, groaning and frowning as if he had hurt himself. And for a long time he went up and down writhing as in pain, and even stamping and groaning aloud as he thought of this last scene. " But what else could I have done? Is it not what happens to every one? And if everv one does the same . . . well I suppose it can't be helped." In this vyay he tried to get peace of mind, but in vain. The recollec- tion of what had passed burned his conscience. In his soul— in the very depths of his soul— he knew that he had acted in a base, cruel, cowardly manner, and thai the knowledge of this act of his must prevent him, not only from finding fault with any one else, but even from looking straight into ot'.ie.- people's eyes; not to mention the impossibility of considering hmiself a splendid, noble, high-minded fellow, as he did and had to do to go on living his life boldlv and merrily. There was only one solution of the problem— /.r, not to thmk about it. He succeeded in doing so. The life he was now entermg upon, the new surroundings, new friends, the war, all helped hm to forget. And the longer he lived, the less he thought abo'it it, until at last he forgot it completely. Once only, when, after the war, he went to see his aunts in hopes of meeting Katusha, and heard that soon after his last visit she had left, and that his aunts had heard she had been confined somewhere or other and had gone quite to the bad, his heart ached. According to the time of her confine- ment, the child might or might not have been his. I lis aunts said she had gone wrong, that she had inherited her mother's 70 Resurrection depraved nature, and he was pleased to hear this opinion of his aunts'. It seemed to acquit him. At first he thought of trying to find her and her child, but then, just because in the depths of his soul he felt so ashamed and pained when think- ing about her, he did not make the necessary effort to find her, but tried to forget his sin again and ceased to think about it. And now this strange coincidence brought it all back to his memory, and demanded from him the acknowl- edgment of the heartless, cruel cowardice which had made it possible for him to live these nine years with such a sin on his conscience. But he was still far from such an acknowl- edgment, and his only fear was that everything might now be found out, and that she or her advocate might recount it all and put him tc shame before every one present. Resurrection ipinion of lought of use in the len think- rt to find to think ight it all acknowl- ,d made it 1 a sin on acknowl- light now recount it 71 CHAPTER XIX. THE TRIAL — RESUMPTION. In this state of mind Nekhludoff left the Court and went into the jurymen's room. He sat by the window smoking all the while, and hearing what was being said around him. The merry merchant seemed with all his heart to sympa- thise with Smelkoflf's way of spending his time. "There, old fellow, that was something like! Real Si- berian fashion! He knew what V^ was about, no fear! That's the sort of wench for me." The foreman was stating his conviction, that in some way or other the expert's conclusions were the important thing. Peter Gerasimovitch was joking about something with the Jewish clerk, and they burst out laughing. Nekh- ludoff answered all the questions addressed to him in monosyllables and longed only to be left in peace. When the usher, with his sideways gait, called the jury back to the Court, Nekhludoff was seized with fear, as if he were not going to judge, but to be judged. In the depth of his soul he felt that he was a scoundrel, who ought to be ashamed to look people in the face, yet, by sheer force of habit, he stepped on to the platform in his usual self-pos- sessed manner, and sat down, crossing his legs and playing with his pince-nes. The prisoners had also been led out, and were now brought in again. There were some new faces in the Court —witnesses, and Nekhludoff noticed that Maslova could not take her eyes off a very fat woman who sat in the row in front of the gratmg, very showily dressed in silk and velvet, a high hat with a large bow on her head, and an ele- gant little reticule on her arm, which was bare to the elbow. This was, as he subsequently found out, one of the wit- nesses, the mistress of the establishment to which Maslova had belonp-ed. • The examination of the witnesses commenced : they were asked their names, religion, etc. Then, after some con- 72 Resurrection If I sultation as to whether the witnesses were to be sworn in or not, the old priest came in again, dragging his legs with difficulty, and, again arranging the golden cross on his breast, swore the witnesses and the expert in the same quiet . manner, and with the same assurance that he was doing something useful and important. The witnesses having been sworn, all but Kitaeva, the keeper of the house, were led out again. She was asked what she knew about this affair. Kitaeva nodded her head and the big hat at every sentence and smiled affectedly. She gave a very full and intelligent account, speaking with a strong German accent. First of all, the hotel servant Simeon, whom she knew, came to her establishment on be- half of a rich Siberian merchant, and she sent Lubov back with him. After a time Lubov returned with the merchant. The merchant was already somewhat intoxicated — she smiled as she said this — and went on drinking and treating the girls. He wa? short of monev. He sent this same Lubov to his lodgings. He had taken a " predilection " to her. She looked at the prisoner as she said this. Nekhludoff thought he saw Maslova smile here, and this seemed disgusting to him. A strange, indefinite feeling of loathing, mingled with suffering, arose in him. "And what was your opinion of Maslova?" asked the blushing and confused applicant for a judicial post, ap- pointed to act as Maslova's advocate. " Zee ferry pesht," answered Kitaeva. " Zee yoong voman is etucated and elecant. She was prought up in a coot family and can reat French. She tid have a trop too moch sometimes, put nefer forcot herself. A ferry coot girl." Katusha looked at the woman, then suddenly turned her eyes on the jury and fixed them on Nekhludoff, and her face grew serious and even severe. One of her serious eyes squinted, and those two strange eyes for some time gazed at Nekhludoff, who, in spite of the terrors that seized him, could not take his look off these squinting eyes, with their bright, clear whites. He thought of that dreadful night, with its mist, the ice breaking on the river below, and when the waning moon, with horns turned upwards, that had risen towards morn- ing, lit up something black and weird. These two black eyes now looking at him reminded him of this weird, black some Nekl not 1 at thi only H( wher The guste bird . ^" listen Resurrection 73 e sworn in s legs with Dss on his same quiet was doing itaeva, the was asked d her head :tedly. She ng with a el servant lent on be- ubov back merchant, cated — she id treating this same ection " to e, and this ite feeling asked the post, ap- ee yoong It up in a a trop too Ferry coot urned her ', and her rious eyes ime gazed eized him, with their somethmg. She has recognised me," he thought, and Nekhludoflf shrank as if expecting a blow. But she had not recognised him. She sighed quietly and again looked at the president. Nekhludofif also sighed, " Oh, if it would only get on quicker," he thought. He now felt the same loathing and pity and vexation as when, out shooting, he was obliged to kill a wounded bird. The wounded bird struggles in the game bag. One is dis- gusted and yet feels pity, a'nd one is in a hurry to kill the bird and forget it. Such mixed feelings filled Nekhludoflf's breast as he sat listening to the examination of the witnesses. st, the ice ing moon, rds morn- two black iird, black i!!! 74 Resurrection CHAPTER XX. THE TRIAL — THE MEDICAL REPORT. But, as if to spite him, the case dragged out to a great length. After each witness had been examined separately and the expert last of all, and a great number of useless questions had been put, with the usual air of importance, by the public prosecutor and by both advocates, the president invited the jury to examine the objects offered as material evidence. They consisted of an enormous diamond ring, which had evidently been worn on the first finger, and a test tube in which the poison had been analysed. These things had seals and labels attached to them. Just as the witnesses were about to look at these things, the public prosecutor rose and demanded that before they did this the results of the doctor's examination of the body should be read. The president, who was hurrying the busi- ness through as fast as he could in order to visit his Swiss friend, though he knew that the reading of this paper could have no other effect than that of producing weariness and putting off the dinner hour, and that the public prosecutor wanted it read simply because he knew he had a right to demand it, had no option but to express his consent. The secretary got out the doctor's report and again began to read in his weary lisping voice, making no dis- tinction between the " r's " and " I's." The external examination proved that : " I. Theropont Smelkoflf's height was six feet five inches. " Not so bad, that. A very good size," whispered the merchant, with interest, into Nekhludoff 's ear. 2. He looked about 40 years of age. 3. The body was of a swollen appearance. 4. The flesh was of a greenish colour, with dark spots in several places. 5. The skin was raised in blisters of different sizes and in places had come off in large pieces. Resurrection 75 It to a great d separately ;r of useless portance, by he president [ as material amond ring, nger, and a sed. These :hese things, before they of the body ing the busi- sit his Swiss paper could eariness and c prosecutor d a right to >nsent. •t and again king no dis- t five inches, hispered the * i lark spots in || : sizes and in 6. The hair was chestnut ; it was thick, and separated easily from the skin when touched, 7. The eye-balls protruded from their sockets and the cornea had grown dim. 8. Out of the nostrils, both ears, and the mouth oozed serous liquid ; the mouth was half open. 9. The neck had almost disappeared, owing to the sv;ell- ing of the face and chest." And so on and so on. Four pages were covered with the 2y paragraphs describ- ing all the details of the external examination of the enor- mous, fat, swollen, and decomposing body of the merchant who had been making merry in the town. The indefinite loathing that Nekhludoflf felt was increased by the descrip- tion of the corpse. Katusha's life, and the serum oozing from the nostrils of the corpse, and the eyes that protruded out of their sockets, and his own treatment of her — all seemed to belong to the same order of things, and he felt surrounded and wholly absorbed by things of the same nature. When the reading of the report of the external examina- tion was ended, the president heaved a sigh and raised his hand, hoping it was finished ; but the secretary at once went on to the description of the internal examination. The president's head again dropped into his hand and he shut his eyes. The merchant next to Nekhludoflf could hardly keep awake, and now and then his body swayed to and fro. The prisoners and the gendarmes sat perfectly quiet. The internal examination showed that: " I. The skin was easily detachable from the bones of the skull, and there was no coagulated blood. " 2. The bones of the skull were of average thickness and in sound condition. " 3. On the membrane of the brain there were two dis- coloured spots about four inches long, the membrane itself . being of a dull white." And so on for 13 paragraphs more, Then followed the names and signatures of the assistants, and the doctor's conclusion showing that the changes ob- served in the stomach, and to a lesser degree in the bowels and kidneys, at the post-mortem examination, and , described in the ofificial report, gave great probabiliiy to the conclusion that Smelkoflf's death was caused by poison which had entered his stomach mixed with alcohol. To de- ' iii ;i 76 Resurrection cide from the state of the stomach what poison had been introduced was difficult; but it was necessary to suppose that the poison entered the stomach mixed with alcohol, since a great quantity of the latter was found in Smelkoflf's stomach. " He could drink, and no mistake," again whispered the merchant, who had just waked up. The reading of this report had taken a full hour, but it had not satisfied the public prosecutor, for, when it had been read through and the president turned to him, saying, " I suppose it is superfluous to read the report of the exam- ination of the internal organs?" he answered in a severe tone, without looking at the president, " I shall ask to have it read." He raised himself a little, and showed by his manner that he had a right to have this report read, and would claim this right, and that if that were not granted it would serve as a cause of appeal. The member of the Court with the big beard, who suf- fered from catarrh of the stomach, feeling quite done up, turned to the president : " What is the use of reading all this ? It is only dragging it out. These new brooms do not sweep clean; they only take a long while doing ir." The member with the gold spectacles said nothing, but only looked gloomily in front of him, expecting nothing good, either from his wife or life in general. The reading of the report commenced. " In the year 188—, on February 15th, I, the under- signed, commissioned by the medical department, made an examination, No. 638," the secretary began again with firmness and raising the pitch of his voice as if to dispel the sleepiness that had overtaken all present, " in the presence of the assistant medical inspector, of the internal organs: " I. The right lung and the heart (contained in a 6-lb. glass jar). " 2. The contents of the stomach (in a 6-lb. glass jar). " 3. The stomach itself (in a 6-lb. glass jar). "4. The liver, the spleen and the kidneys (in a o-lb. glass jar). " 5. The intestines (in a 9-lb. earthenware jar)." The president here whispered to one of the members, then stooped to the other, and having received their con- k Resurrection on had been ^ to suppose ivith alcohol, in Smelkoff's whispered the hour, but it when it had him, saying, of the exam- [ in a severe I ask to have manner that would claim would serve rd, who suf- ite done up, ily dragging n; they only nothing, but :ing nothing The reading the under- nt, made an again with to dispel the the presence 1 organs : :d in a 6-lb. lass jar). (in a 9-lb. le members, d their con- 77 sent, he said : " The Court considers the reading of this re- port superfluous." The secretary stopped reading and folded the paper, and the public prosecutor angrily began to write down something. "The gentlemen of the jury may now examine the articles of material evidence " said the president. The foreman and several of the others rose and went to the table, not quite knowing what to do with their hands. They looked in turn at the glass, the test tube, < lu ""^' merchant even tried on- the ring ^^ I Ah ! that ^yas a finger," he said, returning to his place ; like a cucumber," he added. Evidently the image he had formed in his mind of the gigantic merchant amused him. , ii;:l!: 78 Resurrection CHAPTER XXI. THE TRIAL — THE PROSECUTOR AND THE ADVOCATES. When the examination of the articles of material evi- dence was finished, the president announced that the inves- tigation was now concluded and immediately called on the prosecutor to proceed, hoping that as the latter was also a man, he, too, might feel inclined to smoke or dine, and show some mercy on the rest. But the public prosecutor showed mercy neither to himself nor to any one else. He was ver> stupid by nature, but, besides this, he had had the misfortune of finishing school with a gold medal and of receiving a reward for his essay on "Servitude" when studying Roman Law at the University, and was therefore self-confident and self-satisfied in the highest degree (his success with the ladies also conducing to this) and his stu- pidity had become extraordinary. When the word was given to him, he got up slowly, showing the whole of his graceful figure in his embroidered uniform. Putting his hand on the desk he looked round the room, slightly bowing his head, and, avoiding the eyes of the prisoners, began to read the speech he had pre- pared while the reports were being read. " Gentlemen of the jury ! The business that now lies be- fore you is, if I may so express myself, very characteristic." The speech of a public prosecutor, according to his views, should always have a social importance, like the celebrated speeches made by the advocates who have be- come distinguished. True, the audience consisted of three women — a semptress, a cook, and Simeon's sister— and a coachman; but this did not matter. The celebrities had begun in the same way. To be always at the height of his position, _«.^., to penetrate into the depths of the psycholog- ical significance of crime and to discover the wounds of society, was one of the prosecutor's principles. " You see before you, gentlemen of the jury, a crime characteristic, if I may so express myself, of the end of our I I /OCATES. naterial evi- at the inves- alled on the r was also a >r dine, and : prosecutor le else. He had had the edal and of ude " when as therefore degree (his and his stu- up slowly, ;mbroidered oked round ng the eyes le had pre- low lies be- racteristic." ling to his :e, like the lo have be- ted of three ster — and a ;brities had eight of his psycholog- wounds of •y, a crime end of our Resurrection yg ve?!Tain!;fl^nh^' '"^ '° '^h '^^ ^P'^'fi^ ^^^tures of that very painful phenomenon, the corruption to which those elements of our present-day society, which are, so to say Lbj'e'ct''^ ^ '^P°''^ '° '^' burning'rays of this process, aJe f^I!"^ ^."^"^ prosecutor spoke at great length, trying not on telf "\°^ '^ "°''°"^ ^^ •^^^ ^^'•'"^d in his m nd^and on the other hand, never to hesitate, and let his speech flow on for an hour and a quarter without a break " Only once he stopped and for some time stood swallow- ng his saliva, but he soon mastered himself and made uo for the interruption by heightened eloquence HTsooke tTLT'^'/'^^-"'"' ^"«'«"-ting accent,\tepp1ngTrom^?oot' foot and looking at the jury, now in quiet, busineTs-Hke tones, glancing into his notebook, then with a bud ac! cusing voice, looking from the audience to the advocates But h« avoided looking at the prisoners, who were aU three fixedly gazing at him. Every new craze then in vo Jue among his set was alluded to in his speech ; evervth"ng tha? thrjt wo?d"s^f "^-^ %-^'.'Y ^^"' ^^^' considered i be ttie last words of scientific wisdom : the laws of hereditv and inborn criminality, evolution and the struggle for existence hypnotism and hypnotic influence existence, oAhlZt'''^- *°i'' definition, the merchant SmelkofY was nLn..?ff T"^ ^"'''^" ^^^P"' ^"^ ^^d Pe"shed in conse- quence of his generous, trusting nature, having fallen into the hands of deeply degraded individuals. ^ bimeon Kartinkin was the atavistic production of serf evTn'an; r"eS 'TuT' -P"T-P^ed'-an,'who hld'not orhered^tv fn th. ?"P^TJ^ "^^^ his mistress, and a victim ot heredity, all the signs of degeneration were noticeable in seniinltl ^^ Wire-puller in this affair was Maslova. pre- '' ThTs^vomn^n "T'"'"5^^ ^" ''' J^^^St form. 1 his woman he said, looking at her, " has, as we have to-day heard from her mistress in this court receTved an education; she cannot only read and write, but she knows French; she is illegitimate, and probably carries in he? the germs of criminality. She was educated in an enlightened noble family and might have lived by honest work bmshe deserts her benefactress, gives herself up to aTfe of shame m which she IS distinguished from her compan ons by 1^' education, and chiefly, gentlemen of the jury as you have heard from her mistress, by her power of ictfng on tSe vTs! 8o Resurrection m itors by means of that mysterious capacity lately investi- gated by science, especially by the school of Charcot, known by the name of hypnotic influence. By these means she gets liold of this Russian, this kind-hearted Sadko,* the rich guest, and uses his trust in order first to rob and then pitilessly to murder him." " Well, he is piling it on now, isn't he?" said the presi- dent with a smile, bending towards the serious member. " A fearful blockhead ! " said the serious member. Meanwhile the public prosecutor went on with his speech. " Gentlemen of the jury," gracefully swaying his body, " the fate of society is to a certain extent in your power. Your verdict will influence it. Grasp the full meaning of this crime, the danger that awaits society from those whom I may perhaps be permitted to call pathologi- cal individuals, such as Maslova. Guard it from infection; guard the innocent and strong elements of society from contagion or even destruction." And as if himself overcome by the significance of the ex- pected verdict, the public prosecutor sank into his chair, highly delighted with his speech. The sense of the speech, when divested of all its flowers of rhetoric, was that Maslova, having gained the mer- chant's confidence, hypnotised him and went to his lodg- ings with his key meaning to take all the money herself, but having been caught in the act by Simeon and Eu- phemia had to share it with them. Then, in order to hide the traces of the crime, she had returned to the lodgings with the merchant and there poisoned him. After the prosecutor had spoken, a middle-aged man in swallow-tail coat and low-cut waistcoat showing a large half-circle of starched white shirt, rose from the advocates' bench and made a speech in defence of Kartinkin and Botchkova ; this was an advocate engaged by them for 300 roubles. He acquitted them both and put all the blame on Maslova. He denied the truth of Maslova's statements that Botchkova and Kartinkin were with her when she took the money, laying great stress on the point that her evidence could not be accepted, she being charged with poisoning. " The 2,500 roubles," the advocate said, " could have been easily earned by two honest people getting from three to five roubles per day in tips from the lodgers. The *Sadko, the hero of a legend. Resurrection 8i ly investi- Charcot, lese means d Sadko,* :o rob and the presi- lember. )er. with his vaying his it in your D the full iciety from pathologi- infection; ciety from of the ex- his chair, its flowers I the mer- ) his lodg- ley herself, 1 and Eu- ler to hide e lodgings ed man in ig a large advocates' tinkin and em for 300 ; blame on statements when she it tliat her irged with lid, " could itting from gers. The merchant's money was stolen by Maslova and given avvav or even lost, as she was not in a normal state " The poisoning was committed by Maslova alone • there- fore he begged the jury to acquit Kartinkin and Botchkova of s ealing the money ; or if they could not acquit them of the thefi, at least to admit that it was done without any oar- ticipation m the poisoning. ^ In conclusion the advocate remarked, with a thrust at he public prosecutor, that " the brilliant observations of that gentleman on heredity, while explaining scientific facts concerning heredity, were inapplicable in this case, as Botchkova was of unknown parentage." The public prose- cutor put something down on paper with an angry look and shrugged his shoulders in contemptuous surprise. ' Ihen Mas ova s advocate rose, and timidily and hesitat- ingly began his speech in her defence Without denying that she had taken part in the stealing of the money, he insisted on the fact that she had no inten- tion of poisoning SmelkofY, but had given him the powder only to make him fall asleep. He tried to go in for a little eloquence in giving a description of how Maslova was led n^!n-1 / •^/.debauchery by a man who had remained un- punished while she had to bear all the weight of her fall- but this excursion into the domain of psychology was so unsuccessful that it made everybody feel uncomfortable When he muttered something about men's cruelty and women s helplessness, the president tried to help him by asking him to keep closer to the facts of the case. When he had finished the public prosecutor got up to reply He defended his position against the first advocate, saying that even If Botchkova was of unknown parentage the truth of the doctrine of heredity was thereby in no way invalidated since the laws of heredity were so far proved by science that we can not only deduce the crime from heredity, but hered- al\^71 \uT?- ^' ^^ *^.^ statement made in defence of Maslova, that she was the victim of an imaginary (he laid a particularly venomous stress on the word imaginary) be- trayer he could only say that from the evidence before them It was much more likely that she had played the part fnflT^ r''/° ?r^"^ ^""^ ""^"y ^ V'ct^'" who had fallen into her hands. Having said this he sat down in triumph Ihen the prisoners were oflfered permission to speak in their own defence. ^ 82 Resurrection Euphernia Botchkova repeated once more that she 1-new nothing about it and had taken part in nothing, and tinnly laid the whole blame i vn Maslova. Simeon Kartinkin only repeated several times ' It is your business, but I am in- nocent ; it's unjust." Maslova said nothing in her defence. Told she might do so by the president, she only lifted her eyes to him, cast a look round the room like a hunted ani- mal, and, dropping her head, began to cry, sobbing aloud. "What is the matter?" the merchant asked Nekhludofif, hearing him utter a strange sound. This was the sound of weeping fiercely kept back. Nekhludofl' had not yet under- stood the significance of his present position, and attributed the sobs he could hardly keep back and the tears that filled his eyes to the weakness of his nerves. He put on his phice-nes in order to hide the tears, then got out his hand- kerchief and began blowing his nose. Fear of the disgrace that would befall him if every one in the court knew of his conduct stifled the inner working of his soul. This fear was, during this first period, stronger than all else. Resurrection ihc knew 1(1 firmly ikin only I am in- defence. ifted her nted ani- r aloud, khludoflf, sound of et under- ittributed ;hat filled It on his [lis hand- very one working stronger 83 CHAPTER XXII. THE TRIAL — THE SUMMING UP. After the last words of the prisoners had been heard, the form m which the questions were to be put to the jury was settled, which also took some time. At last the questions were formulated, and the president began the summing up. Before putting the case to the jury, he spoke to the n for some time in a pleasant, homely manner, explaining Miat burglary was burglary and theft was theft, and that steal- ing from a place which was under lock and key -vas stealing from a place under lock and ke . While lie was explaining this, he looked several times at Nekhliid )flf as if wishing to impress upon him these important facts, m hopes that, having understood it, Nekhludoflf would make his fellow-jurymen also understand it. When he considered that the jury were sufficiently imbued with these facts, he proceeded to enunciate another truth— namely, that a mur- der IS an action which has the death of a human being as Its consequence, and that poisoning could therefore also be termed murder. When, according to his opinion, this truth had also been received by the jury, he went on to ex- plain that if theft and murder had been committed at the same time, the combination of the crimes was theft with murder. Although he was himself anxious to finish as soon as possible, although he knew that his Swiss friend would be waiting for him, he had grown so used to his occupation that, having begun to speak, he could not stop himself, and therefore he went on to impress on the jury with much de- tail that if they found the prisoners guilty, they would have the right to give a verdict of guilty ; and if they found them not guilty, to give a verdict of not guilty ; and if they found them guilty of one of the crimes and not of the other, they might give a verdict of guilty on the one count and of not guilty on the other. Then he explained that though this right was given them they should use it with reason. He M;.- i.^- I m 84 Resurrection was going to add that if they gave an affirmative answer to any question that was put to them they would thereby af- firm everything included in the question, so that if they did not wish to affirm the whole of the question they should mention the part of the question they wished to be ex- cepted. But, glancing at the clock, and seeing it was al- ready five minutes to three, he resolved to trust to their being intelligent enough to understand this without further comment. " The facts of this case are the following," began the president, and repeated all that had already been said sev- eral times by the advocates, the public prosecutor and the witnesses. The president spoke, and the members on each side of him listened with deeply-attentive expressions, but looked from time to time at the clock, for they considered the speech too long though very good — i.e., such as it ought to be. The public prosecutor, the lawyers, and, in fact, every- one in the court, shared the same impression. The presi- dent finished the summing up. Then he found it necessary to tell the jury what they all knew, or might have found out by reading it up — i.e., how they were to consider the case, count the votes, in case of a tie to acquit the prisoners, and so on. Everything seemed to have been told ; but no, the presi- dent could not forego his right of speaking as yet. It was so pleasani to hear the impressive tones of his own voice, and therefore he found it necessary to say a few words more about the importance of the rights given to the jury, how carefully they should use the rights and how they ought not to abuse them, about their being on their oath, that they were the conscience of society, that the secrecy of the debating-room should be considered sacred, etc. From the time the president commenced his speech, Maslova watched him without moving her eyes as if afraid of losing a single word ; so that NekhludoflF was not afraid of meeting her eyes and kept looking at her all the time. And his mind passed through those phases in which a face which we have not seen for many years first strikes us with the outward changes brought about during the time of separation, and then gradually becomes more and more like its old self, when the changes made by time seem to disappear, and before our spiritual eyes rises only the prin- Resurrection 8j answer to lereby af- at if they ey should to be ex- it was al- t to their ut further )egan the said sev- r and the ;h side of ut looked dered the t ought to ict, every- rhe presi- cessary to nd out by the case, prisoners, the presi- t. It was (wn voice, ords more jury, how ley ought oath, that ecy of the s speech, s if afraid not afraid the time, lich a face es us with e time of and more e seem to ' the prin- cipal expression of one exceptional, unique individuality Yes, though dressed in a prison cloak, and in spite of the developed figure, the fulness of the bosom and lower part of the face, in spite of a few wrinkles on the forehead atid temples and the swollen eyes, this was certainly the same Katusha who, on that Easter eve, had so innocently looked up to him whom she loved, with her fond, laughing eves full of joy and life. » & / '' What a strange coincidence that after ten years, during which I never saw her, this case should have come up to- day when I am on the jury, and that it is in the prisoners' dock that I see her again ! And how will it end ? Oh, dear if they would only get on quicker." ' Still he would not give in to the feelings of repentance which began to arise within him. He tried to consider it all as a coincidence, which would pass without infringing his manner of life. He felt himself in the position of a puppy, when Its master, taking it by the scrufT of its neck, rubs its nose in the mess it has made. The puppv whines, draws back and wants to get away as far as possible from the ef- fects of its misdeed, but the pitiless master does not let go And so, Nekhludoflf, feeling all the repulsiveness of what he had done, felt also the powerful hand of the Master, but he did not feel the whole significance of his action yet and would not recognize the Master's hand. He did not wish to believe that it was the eflFect of his deed that lay before him, but the pitiless hand of the Master held him and he felt he could not get away. He was still keeping up his cour- age and sat on his chair in the first row in his usual self- possessed pose, one leg carelessly thrown over the other and playing with his pince-nes. Yet all the while, in the depths of his soul, he felt the cruelty, cowardice and base- ness not on y of this particular action of his but of his whole self-willed, depraved, cruel, idle life; and that dread- tul veil which had in some unaccountable manner hidden rom him this sin of his and the whole of his subsequent hfe was beginning to shake, and he caught glimpses of what was covered by that veil. & s i^ ^^ wnai 86 Resurrection CHAPTER XXIII. THE TRIAL — THE VERDICT. At last the president finished his speech, and lifting the list of questions with a graceful movement of his arm he handed it to the foreman, who came up to take it. The jury, glad to be able to get into the debating-court, got up one after the other and left the room, looking as if a bit ashamed of themselves and again not knowing what to do with their hands.- As soon as the door was closed behind them a gendarme came up to it, pulled his sword out of the scabbard, and, holding it up against his shoulder, stood at the door. The judges got up and went away. The pris- oners were also led out. When the jury came into the de- bating-room the first thing they did was to take out their cigarettes, as before, and begin smoking. The sense of the unnaturalness and falseness of their position, which all of them had experienced while sitting in their places in the court, passed when they entered the debating-room and started smoking, and they settled down with a feeling of relief and at once began an animated conversation. " 'Tis n't the girl's fault. She's got mixed up in it," said the kindly merchant. " We must recommend her to mercy." " That's just what we are going to consider," said the foreman. " We must not give way to our personal impres- sions." " The president's summing up was good," remarked the colonel. " Good? Why, it nearly sent me to sleep!" " The chief point is that the servants could have known nothing about the money if Maslova had not been in ac- cord with them," said the clerk of Jewish extraction. "Well, do you think that it was she who stole the money ? " asked one of the jury. " I will never believe it,'" cried the kindly merchant,; " it was all that red-eyed hag's doing." Resurrection 87 fting the i arm he it. The :, got up i if a bit lat to do d behind ut of the stood at rhe pris- 3 the de- out their se of the ch all of :s in the )om and eeling of it," said her to said the I impres- rked the e known ;n in ac- )n. itole the lant.; " it ^^ They are a nice lot, all of them/' said the colonel. u 5"* ^^y^ ^^^ ^^^^^ went into the room " ^^ Oh, believe her by all means." '' Jju °V^^ "°^ believe that jade, not for the world." Whether you believe her or not does not settle the question," said the clerk. u S,^ ^^^' ^^^ *^^ ^^y'" s^^^ t^e colonel. What if she had ? " retorted the merchant. "And the ring?" .t.l?"^''^'''. n'^ 'f^.^" ^^°"^ '^•" ^g^^>" c"ed the mer- chant. 1 he fellow had a temper of his own, and had had a drop too much besides, and gave the girl a licking; what could be simpler? Well, then he's sorry-quite niturally Ihere, never mind,' says he; 'take this.' Why, I heard them say he was six foot five high ; I should think he must have weighed about 20 stones." " That's not the point," said Peter Gerasimovitch. " The question is, whether she was the instigator and inciter in this affair, or the servants ?" had^th^r ""^ P°^^^^^^ ^°^ the servants to do it alone; she This kind of random talk went on for a considerable time. At last the foreman said : " I beg your pardon, gen- tlemen, but had we not better take our places at the table and discuss the matter? Come, please." And he took the chair. The questions were expressed in the following manner-— 1. Is the peasant of the village Borki, Krapivinskia dis- trict, Simeon Petrov Kartinkin, 33 years of age, guilty of having m agreement with other persons, given the mer- chant SmelkoflF, on the 17th January, 188—, in the town of ITT"' "^l^r '"tent to deprive him of life, for the purpose of robbing him, poisoned brandy, which caused SmelkoflF's death, and of having stolen from him about 2,500 roubles in money and a diamond ring? 2. Is the meschanka Euphemia Ivanovna Botchkova 4^ years of age, guilty of the crimes described above? 3. Is the meschanka Katerina Michaelovna Maslova 27 years of age, guilty of the crimes described in the first question ? 4. If the prisoner Euphem.ia Botchkova is not guilty ac- cording to the first question, is she not guilty of having on the 17th January, 188-, in the town of N-— , while Tn ser" 88 Resurrection vice at the Hotel Mauritania, stolen from a locked port- manteau, belonging to the merchant Smelkoff, a lodger in that hotel, and which was in the room occupied by him, 2,500 roubles, for which object she unlocked the portman- teau with a key she brought and fitted to the lock ? The foreman read the first question. " Well, gentlemen, what do you think ? " This question was quickly answered. All agreed to say " Guilty," as if convinced that Kartinkin had taken part both in the poisoning and the robbery. An old artelshik,* whose answers were all in favour of acquittal, was the only exception. The foreman thought he did not understand, and began to point out to him that everything tended to prove Kartin- kin's guilt. The old man answered that he did understand, but still thought it better to have pity on him. ** We are not saints ourselves," and he kept to his opinion. The answer to the second question concerning Botch- kova was, after much dispute and many exclamations, answered by the words, " Not guilty," there being no clear proofs of her having taken part in the poisoning — a fact her advocate had strongly insisted on. The merchant, anxious to acquit Maslova, insisted that Botchkova was the chief in- stigator of it all. Many of the jury shared this view, but the foreman, wishing to be in strict accord with the law, declared they had no grounds to consider her as an accom- plice in the poisoning. After much disputing the foreman's opinion triumphed. To the fourth question concerning Botchkova t!ie answer was " Guilty." But on the artelshik' s insistence ,she was recommended to mercy. The third question, concerning Maslova, raised a fierce dispute. The foreman maintained she was guilty both of the poisoning and the theft, to which the merchant would not agree. The colonel, the clerk and the old artelshik sided with the merchant, the rest seemed shaky, and the opinion of the foreman began to gain ground, chiefly be- cause all the jurymen were getting tired, and preferred to take up the view that would bring them sooner to a deci- sion and thus liberate them. From all that had passed, and from his former knowledge * Member of an nrtcl, an association of workmen, in which the members share profits and liabilities. eked port- L lodger in d by him, ; portman- eed to say taken part artelshik* IS the only and began ve Kartin- nderstand, " We are ng Botch- :lamations, g no clear a fact her anxious to e chief in- view, but h the law, an accom- foreman's tlie answer e ,she was id a fierce ty both of ant would 1 artclshik y, and the chiefly be- 'eferred to to a deci- knowledge 1 which the Resurrection 89 n ^^K T' .^^^'"^ofT was certain that she was innocent aS the oth'./^ T/ '^' P°^^°"^"^- ^"^ ^' f-Jt «"^e tha he saw th.^r"^'^ "T" '^ ^^'^'""'''^ conclusion. When lie saw that the merchant's awkward defence (evidently based on his physical admiration for her, which he did not even try to hide) and the foreman's insistence, and espe cially everybody's weariness, were all tending o her con- demnation he longed to state his objections, yet dared not est his relations with Maslova should be d scovered He Ob ect'ior^^ "T K,"°r- '^''''^\''' ^° °" ^^i^^^°"t stating hiS objection; and, blushing and growing pale again was about to speak when Peter Gerdsimovilch Jrritat^d bv The authoritative manner of the foreman, began to ra se his ob- jections and said the very things NekhLoff was about to ^u 1^"°^ "^? °"^ moment," he said. " You seem to think that her having the key proves she is guilty of^he thdt but what could be easier than for the servants to open te portmanteau with a false key after she was gone?'°^ ^^ Of course, of course," said the merchant. She could not have taken the money, because in her position she would hardly know what to do withT" That s just what 1 say," remarked the merchant." the servants' l^Z^^^l lu^l u"'" '^'"^"^ P"^ '^^ '^ea into anVs^ird^l^^l^flirmVo^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^PP^^"-^^ Peter Gerasimovitch spoke so irritably that the foreman ZTl 'T^'^^ '°?' ^"r? ^^"t °" obstinately defending the opposite views ; but Peter Gerasimovitch spoke so con? Tr^^V^^' '^^ '"^i^'-'ty ^g'-eed with him, ^and decided But when the question of her having taken part in the poisoning was raised, her zealous defender, the^merchant declared that she must be acquitted, because she could have no reason or the poisoning.' The foreman, however saM that It was impossible to acquit her, because she hSf had pleaded guilty to having given the powder. ^ Ves, but thinking it was opium," said the merchant Upium can also deprive one of life," said the colonel who was fond of wandering from the subj-t ^nd h- b-^n lelling how his brother-in-iaw's wife would have died oUn overdose of opium if there had not been a doctor near at 90 Resurrection |: 'i !! hand to take the necessary measures. The colonel told his story so impressively, with such self-possession and dignity, that no one had the courage to interrupt him. Only the clerk, infected by his example, decided to break in with a story of his own : " There are some who get so used to it that they can take 40 drops. I have a relative ," but the colonel would not stand the interruption, .and went on to relate what effects the opium had on his brother-in-law's wife. " But, gentlemen, do you know it is getting on towards five o'clock?'' said one of the jury. " Well, gentlemen, what are we to say, then ? " inquired the foreman. " Shall we say she is guilty, but without in- tent to rob? And without stealing any property? Will that do?" Peter Gerasimovitch, pleased with his victory, agreed. " But she must be recommended to m.ercy," said the merchant. All agreed ; only the old artelshik insisted that they should say " Not guilty." " It comes to the same thing," explained the foreman ; " without intent to rob, and without stealing any property. Therefore, ' Not guilty,' that's evident." " All right ; that'll do. And we recommend her to mercy," said the merchant, gaily. They were all so tired, so confused by the discussions, that nobody thought of saying that she was guilty of giv- ing the powder but without the intent of taking life. Nekh- liidoff was so excited that he did not notice this omission, and so the answers were written down in the form agreed upon and taken to the court. Rabelais says that a lawyer who was trying a case quoted all sorts of laws, read 20 pages of judicial senseless Latin, and then proposed to the judges to throw dice, and if the numbers proved odd the defendant would be right, if not, the plaintiff. It was much the same in this case. The resolution was taken, not because everybody agreed upon it, but because the president, who had been summing up at such length, omitted to say what he always said on such occasions, that the answer might be, " Yes, guilty, but without the intent of taking Hfe ;" because the colonel had related the story of his brother-in-law's wife at such great length ; because lel told his id dignity, Only the in with a used to it ," but d went on er-in-law's )n towards " inquired vithout in- Tty? Will agreed. ' said the hey should ; foreman; J property. nd her to liscussions, Ity of giv- fe. Nekh- ; omission, irm agreed ase quoted iless Latin, and if the ^ht, if not, « (lution was ut because ich length, isions, that : the intent he story of 1 : because Resurrection 91 Nekhludoflf was too excited to notice that the proviso .r.'"^ \T u'"*T^ *° ^'^^ ^'^^ " h^d been omitted, and thought that the words " without intent " nullified the con- viction; because Peter Gerasimovitch had retired from the room while the questions and answers were being read, and chiefly because, being tired, and wishing to get awav as soon as possible, all were ready to agree with the decision which would bring matters to an end soonest The jurymen rang the bell. The gendarme who had stood outside the door with his sword drawn put the sword back into the scabbard and stepped aside. The judges took thar seats and the jury came out one by one. The foreman brought in the paper with an air of solem- nity and handed it to the president, who looked at it, and spreading out his hands in astonishment, turned to consult ms companions. The president was surprised that the jury having put in a proviso— without intent to rob— did not put in a second proviso— without intent to take life. From the decision of the jury it followed that Maslova had not stolen nor robbed, and yet poisoned a man without any apparent " Just see what an absurd decision they have come to " he whispered to the member on his left. " This means penal servitude in Siberia, and she is innocent." Surely you do not mean to say she is innocent^" answered the serious member. " Yes, she is positively innocent. I think this is a case for putting Article 817 into practice (Article 817 states that It the Court considers the decision of the jury unjust it mav set It aside). ^ j > j '' What do you think? " said the president, turning to the other member. The kindly member did not answer at -nee he looked at the number on a paper before him and added up the figures ; the sum would not divide by three He had settled in his mind that if it did divide by three he would agree to the president's proposal, but though the sum would not so divide his kindness made him aeree all the same. ]^ I, too, think it should be done," he said. "And you?" asked the president, turning to the serious member. " On no account," he answered, firmlv. " As it is the papers accuse the jury of acquitting prisoners. What will 9 2 Resurrection they say if the Court does it? I shall not agree to that on any account." The president looked at his watch. " It is a pity, but what's to be done ? " and handed the questions to the fore- man to read out. All got up, and the foreman, stepping from foot to foot, coughed, and read the questions and the answers. All the Court, secretary, advocates, and even the public prosecutor, expressed surprise. The prisoners sat impassive, evidently not understanding the meaning of the answers. Everybody sat down again, and the president asked the prosecutor what punishments the prisoners were to be subjected to. The prosecutor, glad of his unexpected success in getting Maslova convicted, and attributing the success entirely to his own eloquence, looked up the necessary information, rose and said : " With Simeon Kartinkin I should deal according to Statute 1,452 paragraph 93. Euphemia Botchkova accord- ing to Statute . . ., etc. Katerina Maslova according to Statute . . ., etc." All three punishments were the heaviest that could be inflicted. " The Court will adjourn to consider the sentence," said the president, rising. Everybody rose after him, and with the pleasant feeling of a task well done began to leave the room or move about in it. " D'you know, sirs, we have made a shameful hash of it ? " said Peter Gerasimovitch, approaching Nekhludofif , to whom the foreman was relating something. "Why, we've got her to Siberia." . "What are you saying?" exclaimed Nekhludofif. This time he did not notice the teacher's familiarity. " Why, we did not put in our answer ' Guilty, but with- out intent of causing death.' The secretary just told me the public prosecutor is for condemning her to 15 years' penal servitude." " Well, but it was decided so," said the foreman. Peter Gerasimovitch began to dispute this, saying that since she did not take the money it followed naturally that she could not have had any intention of committing murder. " But I read the answer before going out," said the fore- man, defending himself, " and nobody objected." " I had just then gone out of the room," said Peter to that on a pity, but o the fore- 1, stepping ms and the id even the isoners sat ling of the J president oners were 5 in getting entirely to iformation, cording to )va accord- according t could be ence," said I, and with o leave the :ul hash of :hludoff, to Vhy, we've doff. This , but with- :old me the ears' penal in. saying that turally that ng murder, id the fore- Resurrection Q* Gerasimovitch, turning to Nekhludoff, " and your thou^ht^ must have been wool-gathering to let the thing pas ''^ '' ot S ::^^ ^^^l "^^^'" -^ Nekhludoff. Nekhludoff looked at the prisoners. They whose fatP was being deeded still sat motionless behind theTrawIn front of the soldiers. Maslova was smiling AnSi £.1 ac^SliS Sk ''°^;f ^°"^- , Up " -w, e^x^ecti^yr^^^^ acquittal and thinking she would remain in the town hi was uncertain how to act towards her. Any kinrot' re lations with her would be so verv difficulf R,,f Sk • J penal servitude at once cut off everfpo ibiH^^^^ of relations with her. The wounded bW wo 7d s ton ^str^^ e'^bfence''' ^'""'^^' ^"' "^ longer rSnd hrro"^" said Peter 94 Resurrection CHAPTER XXIV. THE TRIAL — THE SENTENCE. Peter Gerasimovitch's assumption was correct. The president came back from the debating room with a paper, and read as follows :— " April 28th, 188—. By His Imperial Majesty's ukase No. The Criminal Court, on the strength of the decision of the jury, in accordance sMh Sec- tion 3 of Statute 771, Section 3 of Statutes 776 and 777, de- crees that the peasant, Simeon Kartinkin, 33 years of age, and the meschanka Katerina Maslova, 27 years of age, are to be deprived of all property rights and to be sent to penal servitude in Siberia, Kartinkin for eight, Maslova for four years, with the consequences stated in Statute 25 of the code. The meschanka Botchkova, 43 years of age, to be deprived of all special personal and a .ruired rights, and to be imprisoned for three years with consequences in accord with Statute 48 of the code. The costs of the case to be borne equally by the prisoners; and, in the case of their being without sufficient property, the costs to be trans- ferred to the Treasury. Articles of material evidence to be sold, the ring to be returned, the phials destroyed." Botch- kova was condemned to prison, Simeon Kartinken and Katerina Maslova to the loss of all special rights and privileges and to penal servitude in Siberia, he for eight and she for four years. Kartinkin stood holding his arms close to his sides and moving his lips. Botchkova seemed perfectly calm. Maslova, when she heard the sentence, blushed scarlet. " I'm not guilty, not guilty ! " she suddenly cried, so that it resounded through the room. " It is a sin ! I am not guilty ! I never wished — I never thought ! It is the truth I am saying — the truth ! " and sinking on the bench she burst into tears and sobbed aloud. When Kartinkin and Botch- kova went out she still sat crying, so that a gendarme had to touch the sleeve of her cloak. " No ; it is impossible to leave it as it is," said Nekhludoff ect. The h a paper, s Imperial t, on the \/3th Sec- id jyj, de- irs of age, )f age, are It to penal a for four 25 of the age, to be its, and to in accord case to be se of their be trans- ence to be i." Eotch- inken and ights and ■ eight and ; sides and :tly calm, id scarlet. >, so that it I am not the truth I b she burst md Botch- darme had STekhludoff Resurrection '^^^^'S^^^^^^ He did to have finished the bSne Cd h''' S^o.ng out. pleased a few seconds, and wl en he aH^-^^ ^ ^as obhged to wait she was far in front He hurried ^ ''"'/"''^ '^''' '°'''-'^'°'- [ler, regardless of he attentioT L ^^ '''" "^'■"^°'- ^-'^er her up. passed her, and Spned Sh'^.'^'i^"''"^' ^^"^'^^ and only sobbed, w nin^ hl^T r ^ ^^'^ ^^^^^^ crying end of the kerchi'e on hi head ' i^^^'^"'"^;' ^^^^ witl. th? |ng him. Then he hurried back fn ^tf''^' ^''''^°"^ "«^'c- atter had alreadv lef" X co^^r^ ? ^fe he president. The him into the lobby Tnd went nS^r ^^?'' ^' ^^^ been meant guilty of intentional murder 'l/''.t'' °^ " ^""^^ " out mtent to take life " were add /h k !? *]'^. '^'^'^^^ '' ^ith- get the. business over, omitted'to do t '"'' '" '^^ '""^ *° ., Yes, but could not the mistake be Rectified > » HaveX\Tkt ira^c^at:- fc^^^^^ ^ou will 96 Resurrection " But this is terrible." " Well, you see, there were two possibilities before Mas- lova," said the president, evidently wishing to be as polite and pleasant to Nekhludoflf as he could. Then, having; ar- ranged his whiskers over his coat •collar, he put his hand lightly under Nekhludoff's elbow, and, still directing his steps towards the front door, he said, " You are going, too?" ,. , "Yes," said Nekhludoflf, quickly getting his coat, and following him. , , They went out into the bright, merry sunlight, and had to raise their voices because of the rattling of the wheels on the pavement. ,. • i i " The situation is a curious one, you see, said the presi- dent • " what lay before this Maslova was one of two things : either to be almost acquitted and only imprisoned for a short time, or, taking the preliminary confinement into consideration, perhaps not at all— or Siberia There is nothing between. Had you but added the words, without intent to cause death,' she would have been acquitted " Yes, it was inexcusable of me to omit that, said ^ekh- ludoflf. .. „ . , . . J . " That's where the whole matter lies,' said the president, with a smile, and looked at his watch. He had only three- quarters of an hour left before the time appointed by his Clara would elapse. " Now, if you like to speak to the advocates you 11 have to find a reason for an appeal ; that can be easily done Then, turning to an isvostchik, he called out, " To the Dvorvanskaya 30 copecks ; I never give more." " AH right, your honour ; here you are." " Good-afternoon. If I can be of any use, my address is House Dvornikoflf, on the Dvoryanskaya ; it's easy to re- member." And he bowed in a friendly manner as he got into the trap and drove oflf. !l. Resurrection 97 efore Mas- le as polite having ar- it his hand recting his are going, , coat, and It, and had 2 wheels on d the presi- tvvo things : ioned for a ement into , There is Is, ' without quitted." said Nekh- le president, only three- nted by his you'll have asily done." t, '' To the ly address is easy to re- er as he got CHAPTER XXV. NEKHLUDOFF CONSULTS AN ADVOCATE. ;; Well, and what is your business ? " womlrfo ?:"» ^^'^ jury to-day, and we have condemned a Try much" NVWir", T'^'T "°"^^"- Th'^ bothers me became con WdF°^' '° '",' °^" ^"^P"^^' ^lu^hed and ^ookjd^^^^^^ ^^ '^^ -P^%- -d 98 Resurrection " To the Senate, you mean," said Fanarin, correcting him. " Yes, and I should like to ask you to take the case in hand." Nekhludoff wanted to get the most difficult part over, and added, " I shall take the costs of the case on my- self, whatever they may be." " Oh, we shall settle all that," said the advocate, smiling with condescension at Nekhludoff's inexperience in these matters. " What is the case ? " Nekhludoff stated what had happened, " All right. I shall look the case through to-morrow or the day after — no — better on Thursday. If you will come to me at six o'clock I will give you an answer. Well, and now let us go ; I have to make a few inquiries here." Nekhludoff took leave of him and went out. This talk with the advocate, and the fact that he had taken measures for Maslova's defence, quieted him still further. He went out into the street. The weather was beautiful, and he joy- fully drew in a long breath of spring air. He was at once surrounded by isvostchiks offering their services, but he went on foot. A whole swarm of pictures and memories of Katusha and his conduct to her began whirling in his brain, and he felt depressed and everything appeared gloomy. " No, I shall consider all this later on ; I must now get rid of all these disagreeable impressions," he thought to himself. He remembered the Korchagin's dinner and looked at his watch. It was not yet too late to get there in time. He heard the ring of a passing tramcar, ran to catch it, and jumped en. He jumped off again when they got to the market-place, took a good isvostchik, and ten minutes later was at the entrance of the Korchagins' big house. fat . dooi "yo to a stair off h "J fami] A tail c "I are e: Ne large ing-n moth( were old K visitoi Noble. Libera ness self. ( the K. It was were s who w geivitc Katerii •phil; ai empty , correcting the case in lifficult part case on my- :ate, smiling ice in these )-morrow or u will come . Well, and here." :. This talk en measures r. He went and he joy- was at once ices, but he id memories irling in his g appeared on; I must essions. " he id looked at ere in time, catch it, and J got to the ninutes later ise. ; I Resurrection 99 CHAPTER XXVI. THE HOUSE OF KORCHAGIN. fat d^oo'feVer:f?he\rcLX^^^^ '^^ *^^ ^-"^'y^ door, which'moved no^Zt^^^^^.^'^^f^^T^V^.^ '^^ you are expected. Thev ar. J. a- ' tngiisli hinges ; to admit only you " The UX ""' ^^^' °''^^'^ ^''^^i staircase and rang doorkeeper went as far as the offht'ove'^rcoat'"^ strangers?" asked Nekhludoff, taking faniity." ''''°^°'' ="'<' Michael Sergeivitch only, besides the taifco\7a 'd^;t.";,tsTok1d''dr ''''/^^' '". ^ -^"°w- " Please to walk-up yC°e«eUencv"T "''^'^"ding. are expected." excellency, he said. " You largJtndng-rrm w^hidA^l^"' ^^^^"^^ '^^ ^P^endid ing-room. The?eThe whJL KorH.^ '"^ T^k ^"^° ^^^e din- mother, Sophia Vasnilvnt whTnefe" teTt'r^^^K^P^ *^^ were sitting round the tahl^ a, !l I ," ^^^ cabinet- old Korchagin; on his eft the dn^^' ^'^^ °^ '^' '^^^^ «at visitor, IvaS Ivanovitch KAW^S'^^'"', ^"^ °" ^'' '^S^t, a Noblesse, now a ban]^^dir^cto° L^' '^ ''""'' - ''''^'^ ^' Liberal. Next on the lef sfd? :.. aT^^I'"^ ^"^"^ and a ness of Missy's littesster.L /i^r''' ^^^"''■' ^^^ ^^^^r- self OpposiLthem Ey's'SLt/^pTf^^^^^^^^ girl her- were stiH i^:^;^. L'^t^oTT'^'^V''-' "^^'^ ^^-'y who was coaching him and M?J'^ ^ University student geivitch Telegin, gen^;airv ^ZJ 'J^J?''"' ^'^^ael Ser- Katerina Alexdeinf, a 4^^^^^^^ Misha ; opposite him, Ph'I; and at the foot o^ th° ^^M . '^f '^^" '^^y- ^ Slavol ^mpty place by her side '^* ''^'''^ ^^^«^"' with an 100 Resurrection ..•^1 that s right! Sit down. We are still at the fish." said old Korchagin with difficulty, chewing carefully with his false teeth and lifting his bloodshot eyes (which had no visible hds to them) to Nekhludofif. •' Stephen! "he said, with his mouth full, addressing the stout, dignihed butler, and pointing with his eyes to the empty place Though Nekhludofif knew Korchagin very well, and had often seen him at dinner, to-day this red face uith the sensual smacking lips, the fat neck above the napkin stuck into his waistcoat, and the whole over-fed military figure, struck him very disagreeably. Then Nekh- ludoff remembered, without wishing to, what he knew of the cruelty of this man, who, when in command, used to have men flogged, and even hanged, without rhyme or reason fa^J^our ^""^"^^ ^^ '^^^ "^'^ ^"^ ^ad no need to curry " Immediately, your excellency," said Stephen, getting a large soup ladle out of the sideboard, which was decorated with a number of silver vases. He made a sign with his head to the handsome footman, who began at once to arrange the untouched knives and forks and the napkin, elaborately irntjT t^%^"^br°idered family crest uppermost, in rnTn 1 ^ ^ ^""t^^ ?'^". V^^^ ^^ ^'^^^^ Nckhludoflf Went round shaking hands with every one, and all, except old Korchagin and the ladies, rose when he approached And T^r.AA V^ '^''°"'. t^ "^^"'" *^'^^^' see"^ed unpleasant ^^ •?/' u e^C"sed .himself for being late, and was about to sit dovyn between Missy and Katerina Alexeevna, but old v!;,''^u^'"u'"ff ^'^, *^^^ '^ ^^ ^0"'d not take a glass of vodka he should at least take a bit of something to whet his appetite, at the side table, on which stood small dishes of lobster, caviare, cheese, and salt herrings. Nekhludofif did not knovv how hungry he was until he began to eat, and then, having taken some bread and cheese, he went on eat- ing eagerly. '^ i ^n cdi "Well have you succeeded in undermining the basis of society?" asked Kolosoflf, ironically quoting In expression used by a retrogade newspaper in attacking trial bv iurv Acquitted the culprits and condemned the innocent, have " Undermining the basis—undermining the basis " re- peated Prince Korchagin, laughing. He had a firm faith Ne at 1 at the fish," arefully with vhich had no idressing the eyes to the rchagin very this red face k above the lole over-fed Then Nekh- : knew of the ised to have e or reason, ed to curry hen, getting as decorated vith his head ; to arrange , elaborately permost, in iludoflf went , except old ached. And Is of people, unpleasant d was about vna, but old : a glass of to whet his ill dishes of chludoflF did to eat, and ^^ent on eat- the basis of expression ial by jury. ocent, have basis," re- a firm faith Resurrection loi in .he_wi3do. and .earning of his chosen f.iend and eo,„. q"es',i:,'n' unanst"r'^f/t,i„^1'''"''°« ''" Kolosoffs soup went on eating. '"'"^ <'°"n 'o his steaming soup went on eating. Dolethin.eat/'^idMissy,^^,hasn.ile. noun him she used as . r'^'^ ^'^^ ^ ^'^"e. The oro Nekhludofr. Kolos'oi? Ven""n"b a ?' ^ "^^^^^ '>^ ^ manner to give the contents of tu °",'^ "^^'^^ ^nd lively jury which had aroused hs ?nH-^ ^"^'"^^ ^^^'"st trial bv Michael Sergeivitch, endorsed lK*'°"- ^'«^y'« ^ousin^ lated the contents if "nothp? ? •^," statements, and re ¥'Sfy was, as usuat very JL • [f 1^ '" ^^e same paper sively well, dressed. ^ dtsitnguee, and well, unibC: Nekh^r^5^:^!t^X ts^^i,^^^^^ -^^in. until Not particulars. And vof^ u '"' "'°"th. at, the pictures .>" he asked ^ ' """^ ^^'^ ^een to look the Sa7amlto'ffs'*'¥t if "^^ ^^^^ ^^- P'aying tennis at ma^kably weT" * ^' '' ^"'^^ ''^^' Mr. Crooks^ pLvs.e though^s?tr^he^uldTfik^h'.' '"• °'"^"'" *° distract his cause its refined luxury had%:7^ ^" '^^' ho"se, both be! because of the atmosphere of ten^'^S' '^''' °» him and sively surrounded him But to rl. ^^"?''>' ^^at unobtru- was repulsive to himl-evernh n^^ ''r^'^'"^ ^" the hot se t^M ^TP'"' *^^ '^'•oad stafrcase the fln ^"§^'""'"g^ with tiie table decorations, up to Mfs.v h ?7^"' ^^e footman, the unattractive and affected S^'.^'"'!^/' ^^o to-day seemed t^e of liberalism was u^p,eL°i?°^' ^^'f-assureS, rivial self-satisfied, bull-like ann£t' ^^ ^^^ also the sensual French phrases of Kate^rLir °^ °'^ ^orchagin. and the constrained looks oftt 'ovetn,?f ^"/' the ^^^^^hil. The P easant, too, but most nnn? ' ^"? ^^e student were u ^^'J^thatMiss^haduTed Neteffh^'!' ^^^ ^^e prono n lonrr 'r ^^>'« of reSnt M-'^^°"^^^^"^^^^ering looked at her as if bv mooS.^ ^'^'>'' sometimes he mg but what was beaudfT^^ /' ^"^ '°"'d see in her noth then suddenly, a?,TSf ^, ^n'sSn'".^' ^^^^^^ and'aSi ^chtt:^.-^,.r^5,"- ?P seef^e^h °^^^^h!!^ - ^ce, knew whic^l^f l^^-Stll^^r^lli'l ^^^s^of ^e? *aisc, saw the wav her ^g 102 Resurrection hair was crimped, the sharpness of her elbows, and, above all, how large her thumb-nail was and how like her father's. " Tennis is a dull game," said Kolosoff ; " we used to play laptd when we were children. That was much more amus- mg. " Oh, no, you never tried it ; it's awfully interesting," said Missy, laying, it seemed to Nekhludofif, a very affected stress on the word "awfully." Then a dispute arose in which Michael Sergeivitch, Katerina Alexeevna and all the others took part, except the governess, the student and the children, who sat silent and wearied. " Oh, these everlasting disputes ! " said old Korchagin, laughing, and he pulled the napkin out of his waistcoat, noisily pushed back his chair, which the footman instantly caught hold of, and left the table. Everybody rose after him, and went up to another table on which stood glasses of scented water. They rinsed their mouths, then resumed the conversation, interesting to no one. "Don't you think so?" said Missy to Nekhludofif, call- ing for a confirmation of the statement that nothing shows up a man's character like a game. She noticed that preoc- cupied and, as it seemed to her, dissatisfied look which she feared, and she wanted to find out what had caused it. " Really, I can't tell ; I have never thought about it," Nekhludofif answered, " Will you come to mamma? " asked Missy. " Yes, yes," he said, in a tone which plainly proved that he did not want to go, and took out a cigarette. She looked at him in silence, with a questioning look, and he felt ashamed. " To come into a house and give the people the dumps," he thought about himself ; then, trying to be amiable, said that he would go with pleasure if the princess would admit him. " Oh, yes ! Mamma will be pleased. You may smoke there ; and Ivan Ivanovitch is also there." The mistress of the house. Princess Sophia VasiUevna, was a recumbent lady. It was the eighth year that, when visitors were present, she lay in lace and ribbons, sur- rounded with velvet, gilding, ivory, bronze, lacquer and flowers, never going out, and only, as she put it, receiving intimate friends, i.e., those who according to her idea stood out from the common herd. fri m( cai sm wh tak I suii her To talk << wha B froM (( trutl t( ■ SI stina "] not I more "J face i then, thou£ He in on hurt part \ to-da; foIlo\\ and, above her father's, used to play more amus- isting," said 2ry affected ite arose in L and all the lent and the Korchagin, s waistcoat, an instantly lother table rinsed their sting to no ludoff, call- :hing shows that preoc- k which she ised it. t about it," proved that oning look, ,nd give the then, trying asure if the may smoke Vasilievna, that, when bbons, sur- acquer and it, receiving r idea stood Resurrection I frie^'nds'be'causeTe tTltJST *h'^ T'"^- ^' ^^ese mother had bfen an Tnt mate f^^?^^^^^^^^ ^^^"^^ his cause it was desirable thSssv ThLd ml^y't '"' '" sm'ant:J:^r:^ TnThl'^^^T^"^ '-^-^ the who was in fromof' NekhSidoff^ln''^',"^-'^?"^' M'^^^' taking hold of the back of r.m^n' ^^W^d resolutely, and Mifsy was very anxious to ^! ^'''" ^^^''' ^^''^^ h''"- suitable match and she alohw^' ^"''u' t"^ ^' ^^ ^^^ ^ herself to the though? to"h1Crbe'£:rsto^"h^^rf ;i fee some^nf h^a? h^V'e^ed?. ^t's^^^^ iP^emifns. what IS the matter with you ? " "^^^ "^^' frowU^rbt'ed "' ■""•'"5 '" "■= '- court, and .ruS; ■w!"f„'u:L'lT„T'-' " ■'^ -'I. wishing ,o be ..ina^t™ rnroftfn'ore™ Sf- ">l' "-"-'°- Kt ob- " Not now. P ease dn Tof i.J" "'' "'^"'^"y diseased, not yet had time ful y to consider !? " ^'^ ^-"- ' ^'"^ more. •'^ consider it, and he blushed still facetd sh/pustd^rk'thTthl' ^."'"^^'\'""^'^^'' ■" •>" then, comelR She' shook he tad LTAo""'"^,' 'T^" HrfSctett^a^hei^r r-^"' °" ^"^^^^^^^^^^^^ in order to keep back h"?ears ™H '■"™'"':='">' compressed hurt her, and yet he knew th»t ?►. ^^' ""'''""'' "' •'^""S part would mean disaster^. ! ,5 fe^'i weakness on hi! to-day he fea?ed ,hfi ' ' ?"''' '""'' him to her. And follov^ed he/?o"the pA^cS^Tc^L".'"^"'"^' """ ^"-"' 104 Resurrection CHAPTER XXVII. missy's mother, always alone tLt no nn^=^ nourishing dinner. (She had it poetical function ) Bv h.r "^if "" ^'!; P^^f^^ing this un- her coffee an3 she L. ^°V^'' '^°°^ ^ ^"^^11 table with Sophia Vasifievna waH lonT^tl"^ ^ ^'''^'*''- P""<^«s large black eJIs 'a"d longT^th'^anTs^r'n^;;' f'} '^^ young. i ^ "^^"' ^"<^ still pretended to be Nekh[udoS\:^^^^^ "^^ b-"^ talked about, the doctor sulgX her cou^^^^^^^ but when he saw parted in the middle he no? nni' ' oily ghstening beard about them, but fe t greard1si^,.?T"^^^^^ low. soft, easy chair nevf tn Q^ u ^"^^^ ^^ *^^ ^^ble, on a soff, stir;inrhis cX A l^P^'^, Vasilievna. sat Kolo- table. Misfy came in with NekM,',5 I'Queur stood on the in the room. NekhludoflF, but did not remain thenTome S'^'' s!f. %'^. <^f .yo".and drives you away away, smiling .errily and stfppi„gToS'sslfo^„" ittS Prin^esr ^CpS Vast"na'^"w1th 1!* 'T ^".^ ^^^'^ '" -^ naturally-acted smife sCing her^'finf'T^ ^"* ^^'•>' splendid imitation of what hef own t^' '°"^t ^^^^^-^ hear that you have come from theTawCo^' ^''"- " ^ depressed. I think it must b^verv Mn^Z ^^'^ "^""^ a heart," she added in French. ^ ^ ^ P^'''°" ^'^^ 'Yes, that is so," said Neichludoff " r\ i one's own de oAe feels onlw • u ^"^ ^^^en feels tomme, c c. vra^, she cried, as if struck byThe truth other, had fin- er. (She had it )rming this un- nall table with tos. Princess vith dark hair, •etended to be talked about. It when he saw stening beard d the rumours he table, on a na, sat Kolo- stood on the id not remain es you away, >ff and Nekh- hen she went on the thick id talk," said d but very ng teeth — a e been. "I s very much person with ; often feels judcre." by the truth HOW DO voa DO, DKAR KR.E.n? s, T DOW.X ANU T. Book I. Chapter ^j. Resurrection 105 Til 'tho^'wfth'' w».^^' T ^" '^^ ^^^'* °^ ^'■^^""y flattering all those with whom she conversed. " Well and what of your picture? It does interest me so. If I vv;re not such a sad mvahd I should have been to see it long ago "she said fals/nerofT;i,T.'" '' "P '" ^ekhludoff re^^Iifd drily The iaisenei,s of her flattery seemed as evident to him to-dav as put hirnself mto the right state to behave politely Oh that w a pity ! Why, he has a real talent for art • I have ,t from Repin's own lips/' she added, turning to kIio- though': Ind froJneT' "''"^' ^' '^'"^ ^°- " ^^^^^"^-« When she had convinced herself that Nekhltidoff was in able nndT' '"^ '^'^' °"' ^°"'^ "^^ get him into an agree" K6\olnff .l?"" ^^"^^'•^ation, Sophia Vasilievna turned to f tone as if K^n^nff °P'"-°" °^ ^ "^ P'^^" ^he asked it n Lrh wnr/.h^- °^ '• °Pl"'°" '^°"'^ ^^^'^e all doubts, and each word of this opinion be worthy of being immorta ised tha Td hrmfo'r^' '°'^"•*' ^^^ P'^y ^"^ ^^^ autC and that led him to express his views on art. Princess Soohia Vasihevna, while trying at the same time to defend the pbv seemed impressed by the truth of his arguments efthe; lf;r#/" i' T'\ ?■' ^' ^'''' "modifying her ?piS. ' Nekh' was1oS;':'n b-efoif hi^^' '^' ^'^''^ ^^ "^ ^^ard wh^t M Vi!r ;;'"# "°^ ^° ^°P^^a Vasilievna, now to Kolosoff fhn^,t ^1^^°^,"°''"^ 'l""' "^^^^^^^ ^'^ "O'- «he cared any^hTng about the play or each other, and that if they talked it waf only to gratify the physical desire to move the muscles of ha^ nrdrnn^ '°T' ^^''' ^^T^ ^^*^" ' ^"^ that K61osoff having dr ink vodka, wine and liqueur, was a little tipsv Not tipsy like the peasants who drink seldom, but like peo-' pie to whom drinking wine has become a habit He dki not reel about or talk nonsense, but he was in a state thlt Totic"? "thaT"d'n?"'1.^"' self-satisfied. Nekhlu^doff al'o noticed that during the conversation Princess Soohia Vasihevna ept glancing uneasily at the window through which a slanting ray of sunshine, which might vividly S up her aged face, was beginning to creep up ^ ^ How true, she said in reference to some remark of .Kolosoff's, touching the button of an electrrbellbv the side of her couch. The doctor rose, and, like one who'is at ; io6 Resurrection home, left the room without saying anything. Sophia VasiHevna followed him with her eyes and continued the conversation. " Please, Philip, draw these curtains," she said, pointing to the window, when the handsome footman came in answer to the bell. "No; whatever you may say, there is some mysticism in him; without mysticism there can be no poetry," she said, with one of her black eyes angrily follow- ing the footman's movements as he was drawing the cur- tains. "Without poetry, mysticism is superstition; with- out mysticism, poetry is— prose," she continued, with a sorrowful smile, still not losing sight of the footman and the curtains. " Philip, not that curtain ; the one on the large window," she exclaimed, in a suflfering tone. Sophia Vasilievna was evidently pitying herself for having to make the eflfort of saying these words; and, to soothe her feel- ings, she raised to her lips a scented, smoking cigarette with her jewel-bedecked fingers. The broad-chested, muscular, handsome Philip bowed slightly, as if begging pardon ; and stepping lightly across the carpet with his broad-calved, strong legs, obediently and silently went to the other window, and, looking at the princess, carefully began to arrange the curtain so that not a single ray dared fall on her. But again he did not satisfy her, and again she had to interrupt the conversation about mysticism, and correct in a martyred tone the unintelligent Philip, who was tormenting her so pitilessly. For a mo- ment a light flashed in Philip's eyes. The devil take you ! What do you want ? ' was probably what he said to himself," thought Nekhludofif, who had been observing all this scene. But the strong, handsome Philip at once managed to conceal the signs of his impatience, and went on quietly carrying out the orders of the worn, weak, false Sophia Vasilievna. " Of course, there is a good deal of truth in Lombroso's teaching," said KolosoiT, lolling back in the low chair and looking at Sophia Vasilievna with sleepy eyes ; " but he over- stepped the mark. Oh, yes." " And you ? Do you believe in heredity ? " asked Sophia Vasilievna, turning to NekhludoflF, whose silence annoyed her. " In heredity? " he asked. " No, I don't." At this mo- ment his whole mind was taken up by strange images that in g. Sophia titinued the id, pointing e in answer :re is some can be no Tily follow- ig the cur- tion ; with- ed, with a otman and m the large e. Sophia ig to make le her feel- :arette with ilip bowed htly across obediently king at the so that not not satisfy ition about lintelHgent For a mo- s probably o had been 3me Philip tience, and orn, weak, ^ombroso's chair and Lit he over- :ed Sophia i annoyed t this mo- ges that in Resurrection 1 07 some unaccountable way rose up in his imagination. Bv the side of this strong and handsome Philip he seemed at this minu e to see the nude figure of Kolosoff as a.i artist s model ; with his stomach like a melon, his bald head, and his arms without muscle like pestles. In the same dim way the limbs of Sophia \ asilievna, now covered with silks and vel- vets, rose up in his mind as they must be in reality ; but this mental picture was too horrid and he tried to drive it away "r.In '/Ti ""'^c^^'''^^ '' '^^'^'"S ^o'- >'«"." she said.' Go and find her. She wants to play a new piece by Grie^ to you; n IS most interesting." ^ ^ "She did not mean to play anything; the woman is simply lying, for some reason or other," thought Nekhludoflf, rising ?rnged hand."^ ^^^'^ Vasilievna's transparent and bony! nn?/i!o f ^^^^^^^"^ "^et him in the drawing-room, and at once began, in French, as usual : you" '^^ *^^ '^"*'^' °^ ^ juryman act depressingly upon "Yes ; pardon me, I am in low spirits to-day, and have no right to weary others by my presence." said Nekhliidoff. Why are you m low spirits ? " round"f°or h^h^ '' ^'"' ^'°"^ ^'^^'" ""' ''''> ^^^'"^ " Don't you remember how you used to say that we must us"a1[f WhvV'"''' ^"'."u^^^ ^^"^' *^"*^^'- "-" ""eU ^J u L^° ^? V, "?* ^'"^ *° speak out now ? Don't you ju^Tome'in '^- '^' '"^^' *"'"'"^ *° ^''''y' ^^^ ^^^ "We were playing a game then," said Nekhludoflf seri- are^ ^^ IT T' *'" t^'^ ''''V'' ^ ^^"^^' ^ut in reah > we c..''k^?"''° not correct yourself, but rather tell us why we are so bad said Katerina Alexeevna, playing with her word! and pretending not to notice how serious Nekhludoff v^as Nothing IS worse than to confess to being in low spirits " good^S." ' "'" '" ''' '"' ''^^^'°^^ ^" ^'^^'^^ Nekhludoff felt as a horse must feel when it is being caressed to make ,t submit to having the bit put in its mouth to"draw "'''''^' '"^ *°-^'^ ^' ^'^' ^''' *^^" ever nThned io8 Resurrection " Well, are you coming into my room ? We will try to cheer you up." He excused himself, saying he had to be at home, and began takmg leave. Missy kept his hand longer than usual. *' Remember that what is important to you is important to your friends," she said. " Are you coming to-morrow ? " ''I hardly expect to," said Nekhludoff; and feeling ashamed, without knowing whether for her or for himself, he blushed and went away. "What is it? Comme cela m'vttriguc," said Katerina Alexeevna. " I must find it out. I suppose it is some affaire d amour propre; il est trts susceptible, notre cher Mitia." ' Pltitot une affaire d'amour sale," Missy was going to say, but stopped and looked down with a face from which all the light had gone— a very different face from the one with which she had looked at him. She would not mention to Katerina Alexeeyna even, so vulgar a pun, but only said. We all have our good and our bad days." ^^ "Is it possible that he, too, will deceive?" she thought; after all that has happened it would be very bad of him." If Missy had had to explain what she meant by " after all that has happened," she could have said nothing definite, and yet she knew that he had not only excited her hopes but had almost given her a promise. No definite words had passed between them— only looks and smiles and hints ; and yet she considered him as her own, and to lose him would be verv hard. ^ m Resurrection 109 ,vill try to lome, and an usual, important norrow ? " d feeling r himself, Katerina me affaire Mitia." ng to say, ich all the one with lention to Duly said, thought ; if him." " after all Suite, and s but had id passed id yet she 1 be very CHAPTER XXVIII. THE AWAKENING. "Shameful and stupid, horrid and shameful ! " Nekhlu- doff kept saymg to himself, as he walked home along the familiar streets The depression he had felt whilst spefkng to Missy wou d not leave him. He felt that, look ng a i? externally, as it were, he was in the right, for he had never said anything to her that could be considered binding, never H±ifT \" °^ri ''"' ^'^. ^"^^ ^hat in reality he had bound ?^lT .V?-^'\^f'^uP'°"'''"^ *° b^ he'-s- And yet to-dav he felt with his whole being that he could not marry her " Shameful and horrid, horrid and shameful!" he re- peated o himself, with reference not only to his relations Th me^i;r'^'e"mf n '"/'^ T' " ^^^^^^^'"^ '^ horrid and hot,?/ " T '"""^'■^^' ^' he stepped into the porch of his nouse. I am not g< ^ to have any supper," he said to his manservant Corney. who followed him into the d'nk^g-room where the cloth w.us laid for supper and tea. " You ml go^' Yes, sir, said Corney, yet he did not go. but be^an ckaring the supper off the table. Nekhludoff fooked at Cor- ney with a feeling of ill-will. He wished to be left alone TrilfT'^fu- '''"^^.^^^ '""^'y^^^y ^^« bothering htmin sJpner hTn?. M -^.r^S ^"'""7 ^^^ ^°"^ awaylith the St to S: ^^'^h "^°ff »"oved to the tea urn and was about to make himself some tea, but hearing Affraohena rol'7'' ^'.T'^'' ^' ^^"* '^"'•"^dl>' into ^the drawing- room to avoid being seen by her, and shut the door after him In this drawing-room his mother had died thre. months IT: tore. On entering the room, in which two lamps with reflect- hs mother'"""'"^' one lighting up his father's^and the other bis mothers portrait, he remembered what his last relation-. a"n?horrS°^^^I^^/^^ \^- ^"^ ^^ey also seemed shlS ^"..h^f,"^- He. remembered how, during the latter nerin.l to himself that he wished it for lier sake, that she might be I 10 Resurrection ft released from her suffering, but in reality he wished to be released from the sight of her sufferings for his own sake. Trying to recall a pleasant image of her, he went up to look at her portrait, painted by a celebrated artist for 800 roubles. She was depicted in a very low-necked black vel- vet dress. There was something very revolting and blas- phemous in this representation of his mother as a half-nude beauty. It was all the more disgusting because three months ago, in this very room, lay this same woman, dried up to a mummy. And he remembered how a few days before her death she clasped his hand with her bony, discoloured fingers, looked into his eyes, and said : " Do not judge me, Mitia, if I have not done what I should," and how the tears came into her eyes, grown pale with suffering. " Ah, how horrid ! " he said to himself, looking up once more at the half-naked woman, with the splendid marble shoulders and arms, and the triumphant smile on her lips. " Oh, how horrid ! " The bared shoulders of the portrait re- minded him of another, a young woman, whom he had seen exposed in the same way a few days before. It was Missy, who had devised an excuse for calling him into her room just as she was ready to go to a ball, so that he should see her in her ball dress. It was with disgust that he remembered her fine shoulders and arms. " And that father of hers, with his doubtful past and his cruelties, and the bel-esprit her mother,, with her doubtful reputation." All this disgusted him, and also made him feel ashamed. " Shameful and horrid ; hor- rid and shameful ! " " No, no," he thought ; " freedom from all these false re- lations with the Korchagins and Mary Vasilievna and the in- heritance and from all the rest must be got. Oh, to Ijreathe freely, to go abroad, to Rome and work at my picture ! He remembered the doubts he had about his talent for art. " Well, never mind ; only just to breathe freely. First Con- stantinople, then Rome. Only just to get through with this jury business, and arrange with the advocate first." Then suddenly there arose in his mind an extremely vivid picture of a prisoner with black, slightly-squinting eyes, and how she began to cry when the last words of the prisoners had been heard ; and he hurriedly put out his cigarette, pressing it into the ash-pan, lit another, and began pacing up and down the room. One after another the scenes he had lived through with her rose in his mind. He recalled that ;hed to be vn sake, ^ent up to st for 800 black vel- and bias- half -nude ee months ;d up to a Defore her ed fingers, Mitia, if I came into g up once id marble 1 her lips, lortrait re- ; had seen /as Missy, room just see her in ibered her s, with his er mother,. I him, and rrid; hor- e false re- md the in- to Ijreathe ture ! He t for art. First Con- i with this mely vivid : eyes, and : prisoners cigarette, pacing up les he had :alled that I Resurrection 1 1 1 last interview with her. He remembered the white dress and blue sash, the early mass. " Why, I loved her, really loved her with a good, pure love, that night ; I loved her even before : yes, I loved her when I lived with my aunts the first time and was writing my composition." And he remem- bered himself as he had been then. A breath of that fresh- ness, youth and fulness of life seemed to touch him, and he grew painfully sad. The difference between what he had been then and what he was now, was enormous— just as great, if notgreaterthan thedifference between Katusha in church that night, and the prostitute who had been carousing with the merchant and whom they judged this morning. Then he was free and fearless, and innumerable possibilities lay ready to open before him ; now he felt himself caught in the meshes of a stupid, empty, valueless, frivolous life, out of which he saw no means of extricating himself even if he wished to, which he hardly did. He remembered how proud he was at one time of his straightforwardness, how he had made a rule of always speaking the truth, and really had been truthful; and how he was now sunk deep in lies : in the most dreadful of lies— lies considered as the truth by all who surrounded him. And, as far as he could see, there was no way out of these lies. He had sunk in the mire, got used to it, in- dulged himself in it. How was he to break off his relations with Mary Vasi- hevna and her husband in such a way as to be able to look him and his children in the eyes? How disentangle himself trom Missy? How choose between the two opposites— the recognition that holding land was unjust and the heritage from his mother? How atone for his sin against Katusha? inis last, at any rate, could not be left as it was. He could not abandon a woman he had lovcd, and satisfy himself by paying money to an advocate to save her from hard labour in Siberia She had not even deserved hard labour. Atone tor a fault by paying money? Had he not then, when he gave her the money, thought he was atoning for his fault? And he clearly recalled to mind that moment when, having caught her up in the passage, he thrust the money into her bib and ran away. " Oh, that money ! " he thought with the same horror and disgust he had then felt. " Oh, dear ' oh de^r how disgusting," he cried aloud as he had done then! Unly a scoundrel, a knave, could do such a thing. And I— 1 am that knave, that scoundrel ! " He went on aloud • I 12 Resurrection W ! Mil. But IS It possible? "—he stopped and stood still—" is it pos- sible that I am really a scoundrel ? " . . . "Well, who but thJnc? "1^"''^^?'^ ^""''^^- "^"^ ^'^^"' is this the only .w. . i^^A?^ °"4 convicting himself. " Was not my con- duc towards Mary Vasihevna and her husband base and dis- gusting? And my position with regard to money? To use riches considered by me unlawful on the plea that they are inheri ed from my mother? And the whole of my idle de- tes able life? And my conduct towards Katusha^o ci^own all . Knave and scoundrel ! Let men judge me as they like, 1 can deceive them ; but myself I cannot deceive " And, suddenly, he understood that the aversion he had lately, and particularly to-day, felt for everybody— the Prince and Sophia Vasilievna and Corney and Missy-was an aversion for himself. And, strange to say, in this ac- knowledgment of.his baseness there was something pa n?ul yet joyful and quieting. ^ ^ More than once in Nekhludoff's life there had been what he called a cleansing of the soul." By " cleansing of the soul " he meant a state of mind in which, after a long period of slug- gish inner ife a total cessation of its activity, he began fo l^^'T.u^^ '•'' '"?!'^ *^^"* ^'^^ accumulated in h f soul! and was the cause of the cessation of the true life. His sou Nekhltoff".?^ "' ' ^f'^ ^'°^^- ^^''' ^"^h an awakening me^n tn In '? ""^"^^ f"^^ ''"^"^ ^°^ ^^^^^^ which he meant to follow forever after, wrote his diary, and began afresh a life which he hoped never to change aga n '' Turn" ing oyer a new leaf," he called it to himself in English But each time the temptations of the world entrapped him and without noticing it he fell again, often lower Zn before hinTself rteV??'^' *'?'V" ^'' ^'^^ '^''^^ ^nd cleansed himself. The first ime this happened was during the sum- mer he spent with Ins aunts ; that was his most vittl and rap- turous awakening, and its eflFects had lasted some time Another awakening was when he gave up civil service aTd joined the army at war time, ready to sacrifice hi life But here the choking-up process was soon accomplished Then an awakening came when he left the army and went abroad devoting himself to art. aoroaa, From that time until this day a long period had elaosed without any cleansing, and therefore thi dlcord between he demands of his conscience and the life he was leadinp- wp« greater than it had ever been before. He wl horror-s^truck I ;li! — " is it pos- ell, who but is the only not my con- ase and dis- y ? To use lat they are ny idle, de- a to crown IS they like, ion he had ybody — the Aissy — was in this ac- ing painful ;en what he f the soul " od of slug- e began to n his soul, . His soul awakening which he and began I. "Turn- ?lish. But 1 him, and I before, d cleansed r the sum- il and rap- 3me time, ervice and life. But ed. Then nt abroad, id elapsed !tween the iding was ror-struck « Resurrection j j ^d^/dre^rtf?:^ ''^lef ST^^ I' "as so ,rea. bility of getting cleanseT" hL . despaired of the possi- fect yourfeif a?d tcomebet" r anr„ ",r "'f ^^°'' '° P^"- whispercd the voice nf H,., \ "o""n8: has comeof it'- pftryinganyt^oTe? Arerthecnll n """• r,;-^''^' '' 'ho use is life," whispered Ae vZ Bift ,h'. 7"^'' ''■' "'''"'■ '"''' which alone is true alone nnu.if, /'^'^ spiritual being, ready awakened in NeSdoff ^ ' "'""^ """^'' had al- it, , Enormous tho.^h tLe dfs'tanl ""I" "°' "'"' ''^"'™ wished to be and v?hat he wa, Lm'?' ''""■"" "''at he confess eve^^i ' h „g Tnd w iTtel "" "l","^'^" '''""s me and the truth, " he sa^'d'^esolu ^ " S "'^"^ '[,"*1,^"" "« the truth, tell her I am a nrofl.vl? i '''^" te" Missy and have only useless" «ps ° h?^'%'"i,??';",?' "'•''ry her, lievn Oh tliPr« ;/ :. • ^ ^"^" ^ell Mary Vasi- h'n. 1 .shall dispose of the infL;. ' ^-^^^ ^^^"^ deceiving acknowledgethemth I Shan t k"^ '>'?^^ ^ ^^y ^' ^o scoundrel tnd have sinned ?n ^^\' Katusha, that I am a can to ease her lot Yes I v^lT'^f '. ^'''' "."^ ^'" ^^ ^» ' forgive me. ' ^ '^'" ^^^ ^^^r, and will ask her to stopJedi-%villmam^r.Py^ ^« ^^'l^ren do." . . He folded his hrndsTn f?om'o; hrbr^^-'' .^^ ^^°PM again a httle child, lifted his eves and sai 1 Z^" "''^ '° ^° ^'^^" Lord, help me, teach me comp .n ' ^"^^'J'^'^S some one : me of all this abomfnation " ' '"' '"'''''" ""^ ^"^ Purify clean'sf hTn^tanf Z?°he wast ''"' *.° ^"^^ ^^^ ^^ and ready: the God wSn him h'Z'^^T^ ^Tu^"^ ^Wened al- He felt himself Tne with H^m T.fT"^ ?'' consciousness, the freedom, fulness Tnd Sv Af ?? therefore felt not only righteousness. ' All all the^best hi"' ^"' "" '^^ P^^^'' of capable of doing '^ *^^^ ^ "^^^ could do he felt self goTd'an^td'tear?"^^^^^^^ -^'"^ ^» this to him- joy at the awakeninrof ihf sntituarh' '^'' T'"^ ''''' ^^ bemg which hgrl been -.w ^,, ,"^' ^^'"S^ within him. the because they we're tears of tenl '^'''^ ^'t'"' ^"^ ^ad ears goodness. ^ ^^^'' ""^ tenderness to himself at his ovm 114 Resurrection He felt hot, and went to the window and opened it. The window opened into a garden. It was a moonHt, quiet, fr ^h night; a vehicle rattled past, and then all was still. T:ie shadow of a tall poplar fell on the ground just opposite the window, and all the intricate pattern of its bare branches was clearly defined on the clean swept gravel. To the left the roof of a coach-house shone white in the moonlight, in front the black shadow of the garden wall was visible through the tangled branches of the trees. Nekhliidoflf gazed at the roof, the moonlit garden, and the shadows of the poplar, and drank in the fresh, invig- orating air. " How delightful, how delightful ; oh, God, how delight- ful ! " he said, meaning that which was going on in his soul. ilili ' Resurrection "5 CHAPTER XXIX. MASLOVA IN PRISON. soldiers were eatine- hrearl o„/ u j u • , . ' ^"^" *^e presence, her mo" tf Sedand sC°;i'i'F\" ''" Se J'/tveaT'ltls'lh' ^'t' '° ?^' had 'passed U' sentence Vrfirst she ?L,th,'''f T'r*" "■' ""'^'^Pected she could no! fmagt he°eff as a'co„'iT-''%?K"^'''^^ = could not believe that she heard X? ' '" ^'''5''' '""^ business-like faces of judfes and furv wL h '"^^ "i^ ''"■^'• as if it were perfectiv m.f,„l , 'a^' ° ¥^'^ ""s news dignan., and' proctt'ed"rdt to'thTSe'court^t^T t was not ffu Itv FinrUno- tUri u wnoje Lourt that she something Mtural and elDected=J^f T ''•^° '*'<'=" "» altering Ltters, shfwa K?:st™ck rJi"!' a?f ""'^ °' in despa r, knowine- that ^h^ rZ..^ u ■ ^^^^" *° ^^ep the open door pretendin; t^^^^^^^ "lenlooking in at business, or enterthrrofmS^^^ *° Pf' ^^"""^ °" '^^^ And then, forTme ,nTnown lefs'on The'f ^'^^ 'PP'-r '" condemned her to hard Iphn„r .1 ' u ^'^ '^"'^ "^^" ^^d of the charg/laid aSst W 'a. p"^^ t^^ ^^^ '""^^^nt quieted doL tdirperllT;!.^ „tl,^tn "l^'' '"^ *'^"- room, waitinp- to hp l^r? ko^V" -ci." P "^^ prisoners' now-tobacci 'rnSMrg-d^Hnk^.^^^r ^e' Z^ ii6 Resurrection 'Ml and Kartinkin found her when they were led into the same room after being sentenced. Botchkova began at once to scold her, and call her a " convict." " Well ! What have you gained ? Justified yourself, have you ? What you have deserved, that you've got. Out in Siberia you'll give up your finery, no fear ! " Maslova sat with her hands inside her sleeves, hanging her head and looking in front of her at the dirty floor with- out moving, only saying: "I don't bother you, so don't you bother rr e. I don't bother you, do I ? " she repeated this several times, and was silent again. She did brighten up a little when Botchkova and Kartinkin were led away and an attendant brought her three roubles. " Are you Maslova? " he asked. " Here you are ; a lady sent it you," he said, giving her the money. "A lady— what lady?" " You just take it. I'm not going to talk to you." This money was sent by Kitaeva, the keeper of the house in which she used to live. As she was leaving the court she turned to the usher with the question whether she might give Maslova a little mone>. The u--her said she might. Having got permission, she remove J the three-buttoned Swedish kid glove from her plump, white hand, and from an elegant purse brought from the back folds of ler silk skirt took a pile of coupons,* just cut off from the interest- bearing papers which she had earned in her establishment, chose one worth 2 roubles and 50 copecks, added two 20- and one lo-copeck coins, an.' gave all this to the usher. The usher called an attendant, and in his presence gave the money. " Blease to giflf it accurately," saM Carolina Albertovna Kitaeva. The attendant was hurt by her want of confidence, and that was why he treated Maslova so brusquelv. Maslova was glad of the money, because it could give her the only thing she now desired. " If I could but get cigarettes and take a whiflf!" she said to herself, and all her thoughts centred on the one desire to smoke and drink. She longed for spirits so that she tasted them and felt the strength they would give her ; and she greedily breathed in the air when the fumes of tobacco reached her from the door of a room * In Russia coupons cut off intefest-bearing papers are ofteii used as money. the same It once to •self, have . Out in , hanging loor with- so don't leated this hten up a ay and an re; a lady u." the house court she he might le might, -buttoned and from f ler silk ; interest- )lishment, 1 two 20- sher. The gave the Ibertovna 2nce, and Maslova the only ettes and thoughts le longed igth they air when >f a room often used i Resurrection 1 ' '7 that opened into the corridor R.,f .u u ^ or .he secretary, who sh?u,d have lfve„ ^he 'L^'1 \"^- to go forgot about the prisoners whT tilt- " 5"' ''" iJV^ fhr°oug"r.,°'t'ck' dtr b ^'t^^' '° ^°- -<> »- man and the Tchoovash Then .t^f m'"?'"' "'^ Nijni the Law Courts she ^^^ ,h.^', '" "'"l"" '^e entrance to pt her two roli;1„rsome"l:ret.'er'%hfT,'''™V° laughed, took the monev a nH ct^5 ^f " a „ -^ Tchoovash 'em." and really go?^ her^ihe rnll ' T ^" ''^^^' ^'^ ^^t honestly returned^?he change Sht""^ '^'' "'^"'if"^^ ^"^ smoke on the way and w?th t. ^ "^^^ "°^ ^"^^ed to continued her way 'to the Prison'' ZT""^ r'^^^^^'^' '^^ to the gate of the prison a hu^dr?d'^' ^"? ^'"^"^^^ had arrived by rail vvere being led in rr^'' ^^° bearded, clean-shaxen old vonno d • ^^^ convicts, some with their heads shaved^^n^^' Russians, foreigners, on their feet, filleT?he amemn^^'^^^^ ^^^^ the chains acid smell o oersnirafion P?^ "^'l^ «'',"'*' "^'^^ ^nd an victs looked at her and som? '"^ ^^''°^^' ^" the con- her as they passed ' '^'"^ "P ^« ^^' ^^^ brushed "My resoecf^T""^-^ ^^^ °"^'" «^'d one. her.^'^n^Ta'rk manS Tm^" ft ^T^^' -"»<-g at and the back of hi" head cK .1'^''.'^' '?' ^^ ^'^ face chains and catching her feet fn them '^''^' '""^'"^ ^'^^ ^^^^ braced her. ^ ^" t"^'"' spj'ang near and em- dni^^^^' "^""'^ >'°" J^now your chum^ Cnn.. cion t give voursplf aiVc " ^i, • ^tium,'- Lome, come: ^^■-}^/n,X:i^ teeth and his eyes specJ^r's Snt"'conrgrfroZV°l^^^°"^^^ ^^^ in- shrank back and umped^"! T^^'"^"- '^^^ convict Maslova. J"nipta away. The assistant assailed "What are you here for? " from"tLrLaTct?t! 'iTLl''' '^^ ^-" ^-"^^t back not care to speak ' ^^ "^^^ '° ^''^^ that she did of the his cap She has --- returned .rum rne J soldiers, coming forward Law Courts, sir,- said ui,e with his fingers lifted to one ii8 Resurrection " Well, hand her over to the chief warder. I won't have this sort of thing." " Yes, sir." " Sokolofif, take her in ! " shouted the assistant inspector. The chief warder came up, gave Maslova a slap on the shoulder, and making a sign with his head for her to follow led her into the corridor of the women's ward. There she was searched, and as nothing prohibited was found on her (she had hidden her box of cigarettes inside a roll) she was led to the cell she had left in the morning. \'it i ! f mv Dn't have Resurrection 119 nspector. p on the to follow 'here she d on her I she was CHAPTER XXX. THE CELL. warped and shrunk Onlofif.f'j'^'y f "=" '"="'«^ °f had cured /«» w th a vvax?S «i L- ""T ■'"'"K ^ '^^'•''-~'- everlastings hSngmTdo-^nhn^iT^n "u^"''," ''""<^'' °' right therl was f dfrk sZ n^l, "i, ^^ •''^ ''°°'' 'o *he stinking tub. The insn^rl? ^ 1 'IT °" "^ich stood a wojnen^were locked u^^rTe 'ight"'^" "'^^ ^""^ '"e thrTe'chS"'n°las'sr" ^^1' ^'''°"'- '"'^'•"'ing women were Tine down I L""^^ ''?'"■ °"'>' '™ ^f 'hi for theft, andt fc^otTho sSToTorhr? """"T^" and who was arrested becan2cr,TK/ " "™^ '" "'«P consumptive woman wa7nnf,.l^ ^u'^ ,"° P^^'Port- The eyes he? cIoarfoWedTnder S "heaS" r^fn"'?'' t"^' 2^™ "iSm^S t' 7h"^'«' "e^ta^nd'^o To °ou'g7 "^^^ on buTc^ir e b^ow" "o°S "j;""-"' "''°'" ''='d nothing of .he windo:Jrthe"co°n"lctl doZta^'thl^'r^an^ ""' btrw"hf-haSrn^^:,'^'rj/-,f °" --rKr up to their daughter Sh^ ^"sband with an axe for making the cell, and found means o?^ '' ''• ' ^'"^ °^ *^^ ^^'"^n '" with th;m. BesTde hlr sat annt^'"^ °" ^ ''"^^^ '" «Pi"ts canvas sack. ThifwL%h?^rc!i-S^^^^ 120 Resurrection II i r prisoned for three months because she did not come out with the flags to meet a train that was passing, and an ac- cident had occurred. She was a short, snub-nosed woman, with small, black eyes ; kind and talkative. -The third of the women who were sewing was Theodosia, a quiet young girl, white and rosy, very pretty, with bright child's eyes, and long fair plaits which she wore twisted rownd her head. She was in prison for attempting to poison lier husband. She had done this immediately after her wedding (she had been given in marriage without her consent at the age of 1 6) because her husband would give her no peace. But in the eight months during which she had been let out on bail, she had not only made it up with her husband, but come to love him, so that when her trial came they were heart and soul to one another. Although her husband, her father-in-law, but especially her mother-in-law, who had grown very fond of her, did all they could to get her ac- quitted, she was sentenced to hard labour in Siberia. The kind, merry, ever-smiling Theodosia had a place next Mas- lova's on the shelf bed, and had grown so fond of her that she took it upon herself as a duty to attend and wait on her. Two other women were sitting without any work at the other end of the shelf bedstead. One was a woman of about 40, with a pale, thin face, who once probably had been very handsome. She sat with her baby at her thin, white breast. The crime she had committed was that when a recruit was, according to the peasants' view, unlawfully taken from their village, and the people stopped the police ofificer and took the recruit away from him, she (an aunt of the lad unlaw- fully taken) was the first to catch hold of the bridle of the horse on which he was being carried off. The other, who sat doing nothing, was a kindly, grey-haired old woman, hunchbacked and with a flat bosom. She sat behind the stove on the bedshelf, and pretended to catch a fat four- year-old boy, who ran backwards and forwards in front of her, laughing gaily. This boy had only a little shirt on and his hair was cut short. As he ran past the old woman he kept repeating, " There, haven't caught me ! " This old woman and her son were accused of incendiarism. She bore her imprisonment with perfect cheerfulness, but was concerned about her son, and chiefly about her " old man," who she feared would get into a terrible state with no one fo wash for him. Besides these seven women, there were II come out nd an ac- d woman, ird of the !et young ild's eyes, her head. husband. (she had he age of ;. But in It on bail, but come ere heart »and, her who had !t her ac- :ria. The lext Mas- f her that At on her. rk at the 1 of about been very te breast. :ruit was, rom their and took id unlaw- lle of the ther, who I woman, 2hind the fat four- 1 front of rt on and roman he This old sm. She but was )ld man," h no one lere were Resurrection 121 convicts whom uZZThTAZf ?"' ""'' shouting to the and who were n^v'paTsing fh^U'll;: y'ard"'?f„r„r,r"' They called her Khorosh-ivk» P t ,^u''"' '""ndiarism. gre/chemise stood a thin mtraWe lo'^Jf " '''' *">' woman, who was to be tried for coSment^fl.'Jr^r' old i^irl T,/= ^ • •"*.°M woman and of a seven-vear- one^o lea^r Lm wiS "IS^ "'"' ''".because she haZo p ■ f i, 122 J. Resurrection CHAPTER XXXI. THE PRISONERS. 4 'i ; 1 11 i'ffl When the padlock rattled and the door opened to let Maslova into the cell, all turned towards her. Even the deacon's daughter stopped for a moment and looked at her with lifted brows before resuming her steady striding up and down. Korableva stuck her needle into the brown sacking and looked questioningly at Maslova through her t>pectacles. " Eh, eh, deary me, so you have come back. And I felt sure they'd acquit you. So you've got it? " She took ofif her spectacles a'nd put her work down beside her on the shelf bed. " And here have I and the old lady been saying, ' Why, it may well be they'll let her go free at once.' Why, it hap- pens, ducky, they'll even give you a heap of money some- times, that's sure," the watchman's wife began, in her sing- ing voice : " Yes, we were wondering, * Why's she so long?' And now just see what it is. Well, our guessing was no use. The Lord willed otherwise," she went on in musical tones. " Is it possible ? Have they sentenced you ? " asked Theodosia, with concern, looking at Maslova with her bright blue, child-like eyes ; and her merry young face changed as if she were going to cry. Maslova did not answer, but went on to her place, the second from the end, and sat down beside Korableva. " Have you eaten anything?" said Theodosia, rising and coming up to Maslova. Maslova gave no reply, but putting the rolls on the bed- stead, took ofT her dusty cloak, the kerchief ofif her curly black head, and began pulling ofif her shoes. The old woman who had been playing with the boy came up and stood in front of Maslova. " Tz, tz, tz," she clicked with her tongue, shaking her head pityingly. The boy also came up with her. and, putting out his upper lip, stared with wide open eyes ed to let Even the ed at her iding up king and pectacles. nd I felt took off ;r on the ?, ' Why, y, it hap- ey some- her sing- 5 she so guessing int on in " asked with her ung face )lace, the iva. ising and the bed- ner curly d woman stood in r tongue, with her, )pen eyes Resurrection J 2^ she h anl hl"l°'f ''°'"'" """ "« '«'>' "me u^ Whe^ ongue an, met he'h^"-^'"*f ■"'"''"» °f 'he old\voma„'s toTX": sTe ctidi Hrrbrer'.'r'fi^°" "'^ '°", and she burst into sobs. ^ " quivered said Ko?abIeva ™We,r'l' T- ^^1"§ ^ P^"?"" advocate ? " TVT- 1 ; "'"■ what IS It ? Exile ' " a ^foTdr ftes" or.r^"' """ '°°'. '^°"' -''■^^ "« roH hair done ^rve^y h .^h liu tess' o";;?'?" °' ".'^"^ """ sK\t^ i; aV°kt€, fr^r-'^^^^^^^^^ - Maslova'spuSngher^ n . vf^"^'? not approve of greedii;' toYnifar^'^h' otcco smoke'^"'f;" 7'"«'-,'T!; "" s;:r:;;; "owing out .": sit a„d r^bb i'nr"'"''' muttered Kor/hl •'"""" ^°"^' *^ ""'^'^ ^ouAlayers'" muttered Korableva, " sentenc ng the lass for nofhinl;" a. h,s moment the sound of loud, coarse auglter came from the women who vere ^tU] of /t,^ • j ^ ^i ^^"^^ irom onf^itr';^'' ""^ --'Hi„g'?h\rx^^„c °";L.°'etero";si I hpr^ now. duckv. «:n i>'c f,.,,^ " .:i-_ _.-, ., r^ gone to the dogs and they do what they pi lease, and here we 124 Resurrection were guessing that you'd go free. Korableva says, ' She'll go free.' I say, * No,' say I. ' No, dear, my heart tells me they'll give it her.' And so it's turned out," she went on, evidently listening with pleasure to her own voice. The women who had been standing by the window now also came up to Maslova, the convicts who had amused them having gone away. The first to come up were the woman imprisoned for illicit trade in spirits, and her little girl. " Why such a hard sentence ? " asked the woman, sitting down by Maslova and knitting fast. " Why so hard ? Because there's no money. That's why I Had there been money, and had a good lawyer that's up to their tricks been hired, they'd have acquitted her, no fear," said Korableva. " There's what's-his-name— that hairy one with the long nose. He'd bring you out clean from pitch, mum, he would. Ah, if we'd only had him ! " " Him, indeed," said Khoroshavka. " Why, he won't spit at you for less than a thousand roubles." *' Seems you've been born under an unlucky star," inter- rupted the old woman who was imprisoned for incendiarism. " Only think, to entice the lad's wife and lock him himself up to feed vermin, and me, too, in my old days " she began to retell her story for the hundredth time. " If it isn't the beggar's staff it's the prison. Yes, the beggar's staff and the prison don't wait for an invitation." " Ah, it seems that's the way with all of them," said the spirit trader; and after looking at her little girl she put down her knitting, and, drawing the child between her knees, began to search her head with deft fingers. " Why do you sell spirits ? " she went on. " Why ? but what's one to feed the children on ? " These words brought back to Maslova's mind her craving for drink. " A little vodka," she said to Korableva, wiping the tears with her sleeve and sobbing less frequently. " All right, fork out," said Korableva. Resurrection 125 CHAPTER XXXII. A PRISON QUARREL. rolf I'ndTasfel Z'^cZl'nl'"''^ '''tfi''' ^^^ ^'^^en in a cepted it, though shrcould nn,^°'^^^"^^- Korableva ac- shavka, who kn^evv evemlW an/u 1^^' ''"f '"u^ '° ^^oro- paper was worth 2 3es f^ rl 1'° \V^ ^^^^ ^^^ «"P oi the ventilator, where she had hiHr?' then climbed up to Seeing this, the women wh.= 1^" ^ ''"^" ^^^^ of z;o5;ta. away.^ MeanwhirS^slotX^^^^ Z'''. ^"""^^f °^ ^^"^ and kerchief, got up olr.:ttT,l^^^^^^^^ from' t'hTsJdr; mug^'n^'a t^' J^^^^^^^^^' ^^"'"^ ^own " but I'm afraid itTs Lit" cold " Vhfr '"'•^^^''^ ^" ^ '^S, and tasted more of tin than nf 11 . a r 'S"'"^ ^^s quite cold and began drinl^Jng h w'?h he'/o^ "P"^ Ji^'^u*'^ "^"^ are," she said, breaking off a hi/nf;., ^jr^shka, here you 4r Sofa ^^^^^^^^^^^ of .ma and a shavka. These wi^rm^r. !, ^ *? ^^'^ ^nd to Khoro- of the cell becausTthey harsoU°"'^^'^^^ '^' aristocracy they possessed with th^ others '^' ^"^ '^^''^^ ^'^at struck her most /J^how .if .k^ "^^^'^ ^"^ ^^^t had wherever she went *fn f^!^ !^l "'^" ^ad followed her said, and kept cSminl ntoX' ' -'^ "" l^^'^^^ ^^ ^-^' «he . was there. ^ "*° ^^'^ prisoners' room while she toXlome'^oLTJoTd''^'' '^*\^" *« J°°J^ at you paper?' or somethinrbrrlT' '"' u^^^*"^ '« ^uch a He just devours K^hisll^ head. " Regular artists '' ^ ' ^ '^''^' '^^^'"& ^er 126 Resurrection m II i''ji. !•!: :|l:f . . ! J " Yes, that's so," said the watchman's wife, and ran on in her musical strain, " they're Hke flies after sugar,"' " And here, too," Maslova interrupted her, " the same thing. They tan do without anything else. But the likes of them will go without bread sooner than miss that ! Hardly had they brought me back when in comes a gang from the railway. They pestered me so, I did not know how to rid myself of them. Thanks to the assistant, he turned them off. One bothered so, I hardly got away." " What's he like ? " asked Khoroshavka. " Dark, with moustaches." " It must be him." "Him— who?" " Why, Schegloflf ; him as has just gone by." " What's he, this Scheglofif ? " "What, she don't know ScheglofT? Why, he ran twice from Siberia. Now they've got him, but he'll run away. The warders themselves are afraid of him," said Khoro- shavka, who managed to exchange notes with the male prisoners and knew all that went on in the prison. " He'll run away, that's flat." " If he does go away you and I'll have to stay," said Kor- ableva, turning to Maslova, " but you'd better tell us now what the advocate says about petitioning. Now'- the time to hand it in." Maslova answered that she knew nothing about it. At that moment the red-haired woman came up to the " aristocracy " with both freckled hands in her thick hair, scratching her head with her nails. " I'll tell you all about it, Katerina," she began. " First and foremost, you'll have to write down you're ''ssatisfied with the sentence, then give notice to the Procu cur." " What do you want here ? " said Korableva angrily ; " smell the vodka, do you? Your chatter's not wanted. We know wViat to do without your advice." " No one's speaking to you ; what do you stick your nose in for?" " It's vodka you want ; that's why you come wriggling yourself in here." " Well, oflfer her some," said Maslova, always ready to share anything she possessed with anybody. " I'll ofifer her something." " Come on then," said the red-haired one, advancing I ran on in the same lie likes of ! Hardly ; from the low to rid •ned them ran twice "un away, d Khoro- the male 1. "He'll said Kor- :11 us now the time t it. up to the hick hair, ti. " First issatisfied tir." angrily ; nted. We your nose wrigg-ling ready to idvancing Resurrection j ^y towards Korableva. "Ahi th.nL- t' r • , you?" "• *'""'^ Im afraid of such as " Convict fright ! " ."|j^i^t's,herassaysit." haired one''"*- ^°"^'^^-' Murderess !" screamed the red- red^h^l^^Hn/rL^^^ but the the chest. The red-hairlfl , ^^ orableva struck her in waited for this^anci wi?;! =udTn" ''""^"^ °"'>^ '^ ^^ve of Korableva's hair '^?h o^e u" ^'''^T'"' ,^""^'^t ^^°1^ struck her in the face KornKr ^""l '""'^^^ ^^^^ other Maslova and KhorSvk^ caS%r''^V^'^ ^^"^' ^"^ by her arms, trying to null h^f . ^^ red-haired woman woman's haiV ^4hVer hand on^tn^'' ' V-'^' ^'' ^° '^'' °Jd Korableva, with her head bent tn '"'* • '^""^ ^'^' ««*. out blows with -ne arm ^Iw • °"^ ''^^' ^^as dealing woman's hand with heTteefh S H ''''^ '^^ ''^-''^-^^ crowded round, screaming and Trvn I' '''' °^ ^^'^ ^^°"^en ers ; even the consump^vf on" came^ '^ 'T'^'^, '^' «^ht- and watching the fi/ht Th^ km "^ ^""^ '*°°^ ^""ghing together. The nofsf bro Jiht Jj ''''" """^ ^"^ buddled jailer. The fightiW wom.^n ^ ''°"^^" ^^^'"der and a bleva, taking out the ^?s of.r't -'P/'^*^^ ' ^"^ Kora^ the red-haired one hold ngle? torn'' . ^'°"^ ^'' ^''^' ^"^ her yellow breast, began ifud, t^compSr *°^'*'^'- °^^^ specL^Tj:;;;^:,^^ *V:f ;:; Warati;";-r„ tell the in- Mind. get it all oui oft he ^ orT^Su'^'l ^ '^''^ '^P you," said the warder " We"^! °' 'I "^'^ ^^ ^^e worse for the'lS^^Vo^^ di^XT^t^i -^^ ^ '-^ ^^-e other whose fault it all waf^Af 1??^'"'"^^ *° «"e an- jailer left the cell the won. ^'^ *^'^ ^^''^e'" and the g:oingtobed,andtheoMromanvfrn7,^r^^ ^"^ began menced praying. woman went to the icon and com- sud;I!;ryS.la^^^t\^sT;^^^^^^^^ ^^^^-^ — the shelf beds, accomoanviW .? ^^-om the other end of vile abuse. '^^co'npany ing every word with frightfully i ': IHf 128 Resurrection "Mind you don't get it again," Korableva replied, also adding words of abuse, and both were quiet again. " Had I not been stopped I'd have pulled your damned eyes out," again began the red-haired one, and an answer of the same kind followed from Korableva. Then again a short interval and more abuse. But the intervals became longer and longer, as when a thunder-cloud is passing, and at last all was quiet. A?l were in bed, some began to snore; and only the old woman, who always prayed a long time, went on bowing before the icoti and the deacon's daughter, who had got up after the warder left, was pacing up and down the room again. Maslova kept thinking that she was now a convict condemned to hard labour, and had twice been reminded of this— once by Botchkova and once by the red-haired woman— and she could not reconcile herself to the thought. Korableva, who lay next to her, turned over in her bed. " There noyv," said Maslova in a low voice; " who would have thought it? See what others do and get nothing for it." ^ ^ " Never mind, girl. Peonle manage to live in Siberia. As for you, you'll not be lost there either," Korableva said, trying to comfort her. " I know I'll not be lost ; still it is hard. It's not such a fate I want— I, who am used to a comfortable life." " Ah, one can't go against God," said Korableva, with a sigh. " One can't, my dear." '• I know, granny. Still, it's hard." They were silent for a while. "Do you hear that baggage?" whispered Korableva, drawing Maslova's attention to a strange sound proceeding from the other end of the room. This sound was the smothered sobbing of the red-haired woman. The red-haired woman was crying because she had been abused and had not got any of the z'odka she wanted so badly ; also because she remembered how all her life she had been abused, mocked at, offended, beaten. Re- membering this, she pitied herself, and, thinking no one heard her, began crying as children cry sniffing with her nose and swallowing the salt tears. " I'm sorry for her," said Maslova. "Of course one is sorry," said Korableva, "but she shouldn't come bothering." ^plied, also n. •ur damned an answer len again a als became assing, and nly the old on bowing had got up I the room V a convict 1 reminded red-haired le thought, er bed. who would 2t nothing in Siberia, ibleva said, not such a Fe." :va, with a Korableva, proceeding red-haired !cause she z'odka she low all her eaten. Re- ig no one 2f with her but she Resurrection 129 CHAPTER XXXIII. THE LEAVEN AT WORK-NEKHLUDOFF's DOMESTIC CHANGES. By a strange coincidence on tliat very mornin? lie received from^r/hTarprrseT?"" "'* "°"^- " «°- '" ' - fort"tn!'ellTr''K''"!,*^ P'\"' ''^ •'^'l '°™^d the day be- >ore, to tell the husband everything, to make a clean bre/st nf in Bu?;?' "" ''^'^'"^' '° S'- him anj kind of saSc before And thTT^ "'if '"^'"" ^^'='" «= ^»«y ^ 'he Jay Wn, wL. u 'j ' *'*P' "'■'y "■3'"= a man unhappy by telline would teJ hL ° n r, ^"^ • ^"^'^ " "= "^^^ >" J ^-^ked hi Zecelsary "' """ '° ^'^ P-^Po^^'^ «"" '^"— ° ' 'hat was .„u?^-""'"^*' *''°'' "■"'h to Missy seemed iust as diffi unS;>ken '°"?Thi?," ^i^\Katusha. nothing was to remain unspoken I shall go to the prison and shall tell her everv need^hrr 'f ,^' '° forgive me. And if n'd be-yes ^f TU' '-} '^^" """""y ^^'■' he thought. ^ ' This idea, that he was re?.dy to sacrifice all nn mnrol grounds, and marry her, again made him fe^lve-" tnTr momin^'/"''^^- C°r^"i"g n^oney matters he resiveSthl morning to arrange them in accord with his convicdon? tha 130 Resurrection s-onlffi'Ji ° V^'''"^'"^ P'T'^y ^^'^ unlawful. Even if he stinS^^V °"^'"°"^ *^^^^" "P ^:verything, h: would still do what he could, not deceiving hii,,3elf .-.r others w^fh^i^ ^ Agraphena Petrovna camr in. he lold -. r with more firmness than he thought himself capable of l.at he r,o longer needed this lodging nor hci services. There larJZ ^ ^^"* ""^^^^tanding that he was keeping up so large and expense, e an e..*nl i:shment because he was think- JSfretrf 'a? "^I""'" •'''' ^r^^ "^ ^' the We had "I tlKnik you v^ry much. AgrapliJna Petrovna, for all ,.our care for me, but I no longer require so large a house nor sc many se, .ants If you wish to help me, befo good as to setre about ihe things, put them away as it usedTo be do:.> ,lur:ng mamma's life, and when Natasha comes she v^th s.., to e^ erythmg." Natasha was NekhludoVs "ster /.graphend Petrovna shook her head "See about ih^ things? Why, they'll be required agau " she s^^d ' ''' No, they won t, Agraphena Petr6vr;i; I assure vou thev Tak n/of f ^' ri^^^^^^"^°^' '" ^^'^^^ to what the afso Sft T i.'fl ^'^\^^^ expressed. " Please tell Corney noJuXr'ntdoTh'im." '"° "°"*'^^' ^'^''' ^"^ ^^^" ^-' A '■ ^^lt-^,?'V' ^'P'^''' Ivanovitch, that you should think of doing this/ she said. " Well, supposing you go abroad stU you'll require a place of residence again." ^ ' ^ You are mistaken in your thoughts, Agraphena Pe- trovna ; I am not going abroad. If I go on a jourSevJt wHl be to quite a different place." He suddenly blushed very red m^sTbe'told!"''" '"' '^ ^'°"^'^^ ""° ^'^-^^ --'body t.r*M^ ''^S ^^""^"^^ ^""^ important thing happened to me yes- tlsha^"" ^°" remember my Aunt Mary Ivanovna's Ka- ". w 'n^^l*. ^b^' ^ *^"8^h^ be'' Jiow to sew." the jury." "^^^ ^'"'^ '" ^^e Court and I was on •• w2Il' ^""'^l f^^^ ^ P'^y- " ^"^^ A- aphena Petrovna. What was she being tried for?" ""vud. . '•Murder; and it is I have dor- it a'/," Wei, ow this is very strange ; h j.v ould you do it all ?" Even if he f, hi wouid ier:5. th so r .ndi le lold Ukt, ble of, cJ.at es. There ping up so was th ink- house had, irna looked na, for all ?e a house so good as used to be comes she 's sister, about the 1. e you they • what the ;1I Corney shall have J think of )road, still hena Pe- ley, it will very red. everybody o me yes- i^na's Ka- I was on Petrovna. o it all?" Resurrection i ^ , all'm^'plin^s/' '^'' '^"'' ""^ '' ^" ' ^"'^ '' '' *^"^ '^'^' ^as altered u ^^^^ difference can it make to you ? " nn . ^^s^^'fff ence: that I, being the cause of her getting """"Xu'^^ Pa.tl^' must do all I can ?o help her." ^ ^ 1 hat IS just according to your own good pleasure • vou are not particularly in fault there. It ha§.ens ^trevery one ten '?^r :. i?'°" •'^^''t^' '" F'' ^"^°°*^^^ °ver and forgot^ pe f o ?^ - coS 't:^SnJ''l ht^Xlly '' Mine ! that's why I want to put it riffht " It IS hard to put right." yourlelf then7wiyft"n'- ^."/ '^ ^'^^ ^'' *^'"^^"^ ^^out wish " ^°" *''^^' ^' "'^"^"'^ expressed the fully 7e^ed 'h!"ti"^H^''"'^T''^^- ^ ^^^^ b^^" «o bounti- luiiy treated by the dear defunct, that I desire nothinp- Lisenka" (her married niece) " has been invitW me and^T shall go to her when I am not wanted any bngfr Onh it q P|ty you should take this so to heart ; it\app?ns to ever;. hJi^^^l'} u-° ,"°,^ t^^"^ s°- And I still beg that vou will 5o n^ V'' '^'' ^°^?'r^ ^"^ P"^ ^^^y the thin|sA/d please t an^oulTa^vTdre'"'"^- ' ^"^ ^-^' ^^^ ^'^^"^ ^^ ^0" were no longer disgusting to him ; on the^conSv L felt ^ kmdly respect for Agraphena Pet;6vna. anS for Forney He would have hked to go and confess to Corn6y also but h'a7n;^t?h^r\^;^[.rto^T""^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ surprised what a different being he felt himself to he X marnage with Missy, which only yeste day se Jed so prib able, appeared quite impossible now. The davTefore h? Mt ir^/;;,^'™ 1° tr:-^f "^f" ?° fubtsVatTe wo!* oni7o^ LpyS, ,^t^r„ S^b ^fiLtTe' irnr^.^ she only knew what I am, nothin/would Induce her to r" 32 Resurrection sented to .arry .e, couM I be. t^:s:;Z;l^l^l peace, knowing that the other was here in prison and woufd to-day or to-morrow be taken to Siberia witTa gang of ot p oners, while I accepted congratulations and made calls }Mth my young wife; or while I count the votes at the mee jngsjor and against the motion brought forward bvthe^"Si mentTvli?h hTr'- ^t'''"';.""^ afterwards make appofnt-' ments with his wife (how abominable!) or while I continue LhT/^'t?' ."?>• Pcture, which will certainly never ^etSn shed? Besides, I have no business to was^e time on such things I can do nothing of the kind now/' he continued to himself, rejoicing at the change he felt within himself "The tWng.'" ■ • ■ ^° ^""^ '^^ ^^' and tell her every- And vvhen he pictured to himself how he would see her and tel her all confess his sin to her, and teirher that he would do all, in his power to atone for h s sin, he was touched at his own goodness, and the tears came to 1 is eyes Lult with her 1 if she con- appy, but at 1, and would ang of other I made calls at the meet- l bythe rural 'e Noblesse, ike appoint- e I continue ver get fin- me on such :ontinued to nself. "The ut his deci- 1 her every- ild see her, her that he i^as touched 'es. Resurrection n CHAPTER XXXIV. THE ABSURDITY OF LAW— REFLECTIONS OF A JURYMAN. On coming into the Law Courts Nekhludoff met the usher t VT^'^\ "^° T'^V '"'"^'^ ^° ^^^ much to be pittd in the corridor, and asked him where those prisoners who had been sentenced were kept, and to whom on? had to appl? for permission to visit them. The usher told him hat the condemned prisoners were kept in different places an 1 that until they received their sentence in its final form the ner TrlZV' "'''' '^^? ^^P^"^^^ °" the president ^'' I'll cSm^ session ^Th ""^''1' ""-^ '^^' ^^^ '^ ^he president after t^e ses on ! ^J'^^'^'^'^'l^'^^^^^^^.^^re at present. After the session I And now please come in ; we are going to com- Nekhludoff thanked the usher for his kindness, and went oom^L^n^r'"' '■°°'"- ^' h^ ^^« approaching the room the other jurymen were ust leaving it to go info tl e NlM'^fVA"^ "^^^ ^.^ "^^''y ^' th^ day before, and greeted Nekhludoff like an old friend. And to-day Peter Gerfsimo vitch did not arouse any unpleasant feelings in NekhlWofF hLe'liS tn"iilf"1,';^ '""^ ^^"^^*^'-- Nekhludoff wouM nave liked to tell all the jurymen about his relations tn yesterday's prisoner. "By rights," he thought "louVh^ guilt " ^ "P ^''*''^^^ ^"""^ '^^ *"^' and^disclosed ?^ y He entered the court with the other jurymen and wit ""^I'^i thp same procedure as the day before 1 he judges are coming," was again proclaimed and again three men, with embroidered collars, ascended the platform and there was the same settling of he jurv on the high-backed chairs, the same gendarmfs, the lame por- traits, tuc ■ ame pnest, and Nekhludoff felt that though he knew V .UL he ought to do, he could not interrupt all this solemmty. The preparations for the trials were ju the 1 34 Resurrection i \i ^Sf li::' the h,; J ^^ fr ^^^°?' ^,^^^Pt>"g that the swearing in of ', "of" President's address to tlieni were onTittcd. iue c... ue:ore the Court this day was one of burelan- Tlie prisoner, guarded by two gendarmes with i?ak?d feTsalirfaoe'^'l' "-T^-^-'^tedld of .o^wUh a brood- he DrkonL'fH^i^^ ^''y "'°"^'- ^^ «^t alone in Jl.h^ "*l '^°'^^- ^^'^ ^"^y ^^s accused of having to- gether with a com- . . , , ., ,,ken the lock of a shed 'and stolen several old mats valued at 3 roubles* and 67 copecks According to the indictment, a policeman had stopped ?W.' boy as he was passing with his companion, who wa? carrv- ing the mats on his shoulder. The boy and his companT^n confessed at once, and were both imprisoned. ThlToy's companion a locksmith, died in prison, and so the boy was being tried alone. The old mats wer; lying on the taU as the objects of material evidence. The buiess was con! ducted just m the same manner as the day before, with ?he whole armoury of evidence, proofs, witnesses, swear ng in questions, experts, and cross-examinations. In answer to every question put to Mm by the president, th. prosecutor or the advocate, the policeman (one of the witnesses) ri yanably ejected the words : '• Just so," or " Can't tS" Yet u) spite of his being stupefied, and rendered a mere machine by military discipline, his reluctance to speak about he arrest of this prisoner was evident. Another vv?tnes an old house proprietor, and owner of the mats, evidently a rich o d man, when asked whether the mats were h"s re- luctantly identiried them as sucii. When the oubHc orolp cutor asked him what h meant to do with thes^e mSat use h. were o him, e got a.gry, and answered : "The devil taic those mats; I don't want them at all. .lad I known there would be all this bother about them I should acl 1 .rr.^" " l?'^^"^ ■''' *^^"^' ^"^ ^°"ld rather h^ve added a ten-rouble not. or two to them, only no^ to be dragged here and pestered xvith questions. I have spent a lot omsz.>ostchtks. Besid., lam not well. I have been "uf! ering from rheum- ^sm icr the last seven ye.rs." t Tas thus the witness spc , The ac used him If .fessed everything, and looking- ltZ\ ?7i;^^^' '^^S ^V^"^ '^'' ''' ^^'^^ht. related hov? It had all happened. Still the public prosecutor, drawing 10^ lopecks"^'" '' """"^ ^ ""'' °"" '^° '^'"'"»«' «"d contains aring in of e omitted. )f burglary, vith naked th a blood- at alone in having, to- i shed and )7 copecks, opped thi.; was carry- companion The boy's le boy was 1 the' table 5 was con- t, with the /^earing in, answer to rosecutor, lesses) in- tell." Yet, e marhine aboui the itness, an /idently a •e his, re- lic prose- lats, what ;d : " The . ifad I I should her have lo*^ to be e spent a been suf- It was looking ited how drawing I contains Resurrection i ^ ^ up his shoulders as he had done the day before, asked subtle questions calculated to catch a cunning criminaf In his speech he proved that the theft had been com a"id tt.T \^^^S"gf ^ce. and a lock had been broke" • and that the boy, therefore, deserved a heavy punishment' The advocate appointed by the Court proved that Keft tre'c"r^r""'"'^ ^'^" ^ dwelling-plice. and that hough he crime was a serious one, the prisoner was not so ve?v dangerous to society as the prosecutor stated. The pres7 dent assumed the role of absolute neutrality in th' ^same way as he had done on the previous day, and inmressed on n^'"?hen''cr'"' ^'^'^ ^" ^"^.^^ ^"^' ^^"'^ no! felp know" ng. Then came an ' erval, ust as the dav before and they smoked; and aga„i the usher called out'" The fud "es ?rvinr;o"t '"^ ' V^' '^"^l ^^'^ '^' *^° gendarnies sa th'eS^naV^ed wLp^nt' '^"^ ^'"^^^"'"^ ^^^ P"-"- -*^ bv'ws father'fJT. 1^°^'^. '^"' '^'' ^°>^ ^^« apprenticed vears ThU k^\"^ l^^^^'^' '''^^'^ ^^ remained five S ; 7^u ^^Y u ^ .^^^ ^^^" discharged by the owner after a strike and, having lost his place, he wandered abSut tiie town without any work, drinkhig all he possessed Tn a trakttr* he met another like himfelf . who lad losi h^s place before the prisoner had, a locksmith by trad and a t n?^\^/'^'^^\' V^°^^ *^«' I'^th drunk broke the Ic of a shed and took the first thing they happened to av ha, on. They confessed all and we?e pu^ in pnson 'vhere the locksnnth died while awaiting the trial. The bo was c"SrmTs?brp'ro?:cre^^'^°"^ ---- '^^ ^^^ .1- ^^^^^ -^^ dangerous a creature as yesterdavV mlnnt " fo'r°el?m'''' tI''^"^' 'f "'"^ ^° ^" thaTw/'^oinctt- tore him They are dangerous, and we who jun .. them ? I, a rake, an adulterer, a deceiver. We are nbt dangerous. But, even supposing that this boy is the mo?t dangerous of all that are here in the cour , wha should be cZht?'"uirrV\r^ ^°'"^ °^ ^^^^ when hets been caught? It IS clear that he is not an exceptional evil-doer but a most ordinary boy ; every one sees it-and thalhe has become what he is simply because he got into circurS stances that rrppf^ c,.«^h -h -"— - 1 'U ' circum- „...n vnaia<.ic:o, and, ihereiore, to pre- * Cheap restaurant. f 'M 136 I {i h Resurrection c^a'e"hL^l:l:™";.?^?_-™■;f. 'h. circumstances .ha. crea.e,heseu„4„u„a,fbiy™';f.lf/re' But what do we do? We away with. forced on him in T ""^^^^^1°"'^. "seless labour is snared hv t i r i^'"!^^"^ ^^ others weakened and en- snared by the hves they have led. And then we send hfm selves,andnothingmorecanbeexDectpdof„= ^^^'^^^^ ^"'^ and hstenmg to the diflFerent intonations of the advocates' ?.lf ..T/ '; '"^ president's voices, and lookinlat thei; effort .f-"^'"^ ^'''"'"'- "^"d how much and wha hard effort this pretence requires," continued NekhludTff in his mind, glancing round the enormous room the nortr;„>l feanTn-'r^'- ""^^^^-u"?^' ^^^ ^^'^^ war'and la^rge win-' bu din^ anTtiirsfilfrn'r"'' *',^ tremendous size^ofX whnlpnf'fhfc still more ponderous dimensions of the whole of this organisation, with its army of officials scribes Tusl" wh^'re""^'"' "°' ?'^ ^" *h^' place, but' alov?; S iooneneedr ^?F'' ^°- ""'"'•^'"^^ °" ^^'^ ^°"^edy of';tsTeZ7s"heping'rsT"cfst"a:v:?r?H""'""'^^'^ only regard as hand's fndTodieT rTqu r^;dt;"us 1\ "o^u" n,TvoPT' ^"^/°"^fo^t- Had some^one Ihanced o take pi y on him and given some help at the time when povertv M 1 SK^^'^i't"'^ h'"' *° ^°^"' 't might have been sufficient " Nekhludoff thought, looking at the boy's piteous face "Or ■even later, when, after t^ h^ur-' -vnrl- t^'^u - . V ™s going .0 ,he p„b,ic-ho„se;",ed X ^ ^^^'c^^io!!:. stances that vay with, d who hap- e thousands m to prison, s labour is ed and en- e send him, le Irkoutsk ^d of men. is in which ■y, we sup- These es- workshops, tiot destroy we support )t one, but id imagine arded our- ave we not emment?" and vivid- le colonel, idvocates', g at their what hard loff in his portraits, large win- lize of the »ns of the s, scribes, It all over 3 comedy lundredth we now s for our cl to take 1 poverty efficient," ice. "Or ctory, he ipanions. Resurrection 137 had some one then come and said ' DnnV rr^ \t' ■ not right,' he would not have gone nor ^oMnVnK"'? = '' *' and would not have done any wrong ^°' '"'° ^"^ ^">'^' he gits nto some sort „T;.W'"«^^'?^''^'^'>' ^''°'" '"w". educated people rich or .^^f^T ,!\ "U' ^^' "" "' "S dressed in^Zd' clo.herard1r„%rm's "ln"a 'T":,"; apartment, to mock this unfortunate brother ^? 'P'","''"' we ourselves have ruined °' ""^ "'''°"' t ■ •38 Resurrection Ur iLi lltfli CHAPTER XXXV. THE PROCUREUR— NEKHLUDOFF REFUSES TO SERVE. During an interval Nekhludoff got up and went out into the corridor with the intention of not returning to The court. Let them do what they liked with him he could take no more part in this awful and horrid tomfoolery. Having inquired where the Procureur's cabinet was he went straight to him. The attendant did not wish to let him in saying that the Procureur was busy biTt Nekht by an'officlV H^e ri hTV*" *'^ '°°^' "^'^^ "^^ -- -"t Dy an otticiah He asked to be announced to the Procureur SfattTo^a'e'^ '"^ '"' ''' ^ -^^ in.por.Xr: nffl^J'i*'^^^ ^""^ ^T? .^^°'^^' ^^'■^ "^ assistance to him. The wfs wT^T.'^p''" *^ '^' Procureur, and NekWudoff was let in. The Procureur met him standing evidently TnTd^llttr""^"^^ -''' -''-' Nekfrnro^dt ;; What is it you want? " the Procureur asked, severely 1 am on the jury; my name is NekhltidoflF, and it is ab- solutely necessary for me to see the prisoner Mlslova" Nekhludoflf said, quickly and resolutely.^blushing and fTel InlulnceoU^^i^e'^"^ ^ step which would havfa deci^v'e h J^^.^T"''^"'; v^' ^ '^°'^' ^^'•'^ "^an, with short, grizzlv hair, quick, sparkling eyes, and a thick beard cut close on his projecting lower jaw. "Maslova? Yes, of course, I know. She was accused of poisoning," the Procureur said, quietly. '•• Bu why do you want to see her?" And then,\s if wishing To tone down his question, he added, " I cannot give you the per- mission without knowing why you require it " ^ « vl!? " ''^ }\ ^f a particularly important reason." lesr said the Procureur, and, liftine- hi«5 «-vpc Ur,\.^A attentively at Nekhludoff. "Has her cai beeThe °?^^ nor? "- •" -'[• rr«ifi[iiJ.iiW iM SERVE. :nt out into ing to the I, he could )lery. let was he rvish to let It Nekhlu- le was met Procureur, rtant com- him. The Jekhludoff evidently udoff de- S'^verely. d it is ab- Maslova," , and feel" a decisive rt, grizzly : close on 5 accused t why do X to tone 1 the per- s, looked heard or Resurrection i ^g innocent'''' ^"'"^ '''''''^''' ^"^ ""J"^^^^ sentenced; she is his ^wlSinVlThTil'^T r"*'^'" Nekhludcff said, ing. ''^^""'""S as he felt the decisive moment approach- withTot"ag?faS"' "'' '"^ ^™"'^""-' '«'»8 '- brows w.;;te/dtV7oi,):\?c:i&8''' '- - *^ -*'°n j^^_^ All the same, I cannot see what it has to do with visiting .enJchanged Ttl't ""to fol^ °^ "V" S^'""? *e sen- NekhhUof? touched o?el?'[,v hi7'„''"''~'"/"^ ''"•" '^''^ same time pleased to seeX S, \°"" '^'?"'''"='' ^"d a' «he '°" =■" °^<'" °' =•<'- "pSsTd'o™'"'^"^' "' ^™-' -<■ b^*^- to write. NekhliWoff continued to stand " I must »kn state tteT '°°'<«<',"'"ously at him. sions." ■ ■" "'^ *^' ^ '=™ »° '""ger take part in the ses- i i i f,'. ^'^ II N I'l 140 Resurrection *-t'.' ^^K ^^^^ ^}^^ Procurcur, with the same scarcely nerren tibe smile, as if to show that this kmd of SaUon was well known to him and belonged to the amusing sort " Yes but you wil certainly understand that I, aspfocJLr ca": not agree with you on this point. Therefore T q1.o,iM^'/^ t'io" '' ?£^^*° the Court, ^vhich wiU cons d'e youfdeda"" tion, and find it valid or not valid, and in the latter case wHl impose a fine. Apply, then, to the Court '' '" else," l^fel^Sff ^^^^'''' ^"^ ^^^" ^PP'>' "-here Well, then, good-afternoon," said the Procureur bowing his head, evidently anxious to be rid of thiVstrrnge ;is?tr^ Who wa, that you had here ? " asked one of the members ?oom ' '' ^' '"''''^' J"^* ^^''' Nekhltidoff Teethe d^^J^'l''^^^' ^'°" ^"°^' the same that used to make all ng lu^Tfa^c'vf h"""*^ at the Krasnopersk rurTrmeel- onfrs iCrl ty '' °" \^^ ■'"'■y' ^"^ ^"long the pris- whn^ i ? T""^" °^ ^""^ sentenced to penal servitude You don t mean to say so " ^ excit'ementr '* '^ *°'' "" ^"^ '" ^-^ ^ ^^-"^e state of ^ J There is something abnormal in the young men of to- !! v^' ^^'^ he is not so verv voung " He carries^fl ^^ K '''^""^ -^^"^ ^^'"^"s Tvoshenka was. taLd whhout en/" ' ""'^"^ °"^ ^"^^ ^^ *^'^^^ -^ '' Oh. that kind of people should be simplv stoooed nr th^v will become real obstructionists." ^ ^ stopped, or they e the Court, Dt only use- :ely percep- iration was ort. "Yes, ureur, can- ould advise 'ur declara- tr case will V nowhere ur, bowing ;e visitor, e members )ff left the o make all ural meet- g" the pris- servitude, larry her." X^ state of nen of to- mka was. liked and !d, or they Resurrection 141 CHAPTER XXXVI. NEKHLUDOFF ENDEAVOURS TO VISIT MASf.GVA. From the Prociireur Nekhiudoff went straif^hf \n tV.^ r... lound there, and the inspector explained to NekhhiHnff th^i m:«°Zr^^'' '= '" *"= o,d''te„por^?y'';S,'n".''°LS T^' j^^^^""^ Maslova was there. pecor'^ A. l"'™"""-"- N^Wudoff went to seeThe in-' " TeTl him hl"^ ^'V- ^"^'^'^ ^^"-^^"t ^^^"t away, ino- \lru?A^ u "°^ '" ^"^ ^o"'t be to-day; he is out visit tng What do they come bothering for ? "came the so md" ' Papa IS not in." a pale girl with crimped hair said, 142 Resurrection crossly, coming out into the ante-room, but, seeing a youne man m a good coat, she softened. b j s '] Come in, please. . . . What is it you want ? " ^^ 1 want to see a prisoner in this prison." I A poHtical one, I suppose ? " . Pro ^°' "°' ^ political one. I have a permission from the " ^f}^'J don't know, and papa is out ; but come in, please she said, agam, " or else speak to the assistant. He is in the office at present ; apply there. What is your name ? " I thank you, said Nekhludoflf, without answering her question, and went out. * The door was not yet closed after him when the same hvely tones recommenced. In the courtyard Nekhludoflf met an officer with bristly moustaches, and asked for the . assistant-inspector. It was the assistant himself. He looked at the order of admittance, but said that he could not decide to let him in with a pass for the preliminary prison. Besides It was too late. " Please to come again^to-morrow. To-' morrow, at lo, everybody is allowed to go in. Come then, and the inspector himself will be at home. Then you can have the intervievv either in the common room or, if the in- spector allows it, in the office." _ And so Nekhludoflf did not succeed in getting an inf^r- view that day and returned home. As he went along the streets excited at the idea of meeting her, he no longer thought about the Law Courts, but recalled his conversations ^'S, r ^^^^^^^"^ and the inspector's assistant AUA^'M^^^ H^ ^^"^ ^^^"^ seeking an interview with her and had told the Procureur, and had been in two prisons, so excited him chat it was long before he could calm down. When he got home he at once fetched out his diary, that had ong remained untouched, read a few sentences out of it. and then wrote as follows : "a Ft?** *^° r^" ^ ^^^^ "°^ w"tten anything in my diarv and thought I never should return to this childishness. Yet it is not childishness, but converse with my own self with hl'f 't 1 JTu '^'^ "^^'"^ ^'^"^ '" ^^^'•y nian- All this time that 1 slept there was no one for me to converse with I was awakened by an extraordinary event on the 28th of April, ,n the Law Court, when I was on the jurv. I saw her m the prisoners' dock, the Katusha betraveH hv m- -n ^ nri^ oner s cloak, condemned to penal servitude through a strange mis cur^ resc ator soul ^ a young It?" from the come in, Jtant. He * name ? " ering her the same ekhludoflf 1 for the le looked ot decide Besides, )w. To- •me then, you can if the in- an inter- long the o longer ersations vith her, isons, so n down, that had >f it, and ly diary, ss. Yet ;If, with his time with. I 28th of saw her strange Resurrection H3 1 mistake, and my own fault. I have just been to the Pro- cureur s and to the prison, but I was not admitted. I have resolved to do all I can to see her, to confess to her, and to atone for my sm, even by a marriage. God help me Mv soul IS at peace and I am full of joy." 144 Resurrection i» ,' Hit .1 ! U,i CHAPTER XXXVII. MASLOVA RECALLS THE PAST. That night Maslova lay awake a long time with her eyes open looking at the door, in front of which the deacon's daughter kept passing. She was thinking that nothing would induce her to go to the island of Sakhalin and marry XT^V ' ^"t ^Y°">d ^'•'•ange matters somehov with one of the prison officials, the secretary, a warder, or even a warder s assistant. " Aren't they all given tha way? Only I must not get ^hin, or else I am lost."' ^ She thought of how the advocate had looked at her, and also the president, and of the men she met, and those who came in on purpose at the court. She recollected how her companion Bertha, who came to see her in prison, had told her about the student whom she had " loved " while she was with Kitaeva and who had inquired about her, and pitied lliuu A i'^''^'' ^°"^^* ^^^^ t° ™'"d the days of her cnndhood and youth, and her love to NekhludoflF. That would have been too painful. These memories lay untouched somewhere deep m her soul ; she had forgotten him, and never recalled and never even dreamt of him. To-day, in the court, she did not recognise him, not only because when she last saw him he was in uniform, without a beard, and had only a small moustache and thick, curly, though short hair, and now was bald and bearded, but because she nevei^ rW f °"* u ™- u ^^l^^^ ^"^'^^ ^'« "^^"^o'-y on that ter- rible dark night when he, returning from the army, had aunts /..T/^^J''^"^ r'^°"' ^*°PP'"^ t° ^^" on his aunts. Katusha then knew her condition. Up to that night she did not consider the child that lav beneath her heart a burden. But on that night everything changed, and the child became nothing but a weight. *» & - ^ ^nuu His aunts had expected Nekhludoff. hau asked him f« come aiiu see them in passing, but he had telegraphed "that }'U i^. "II 1 her eyes deacon's nothing nd marry th one of ■ even a y? Only her, and hose who how her had told i she was nd pitied ot Nekh- s of her ff. That ntouched him, and iy, in the vhen she and had ort hair, le never that ter- my, had 1 on his lat night heart a the child (1 'J ■y. pq him to. bed that If' i i 1^ the tank il i Resurrection j . mindtogotothSona^^^^^^^^^^^ th.s sh, made up h?r by at two o'clock in the nie-ht K^fZu u- ^'"^1" "^^^ *« P^ss ladies to bed, and persuS « ,ttM h^, ^^^'"8: helped the old Mashka. to come witTher "l^t on /''■^•' '^? '?.°^'^ ^^"^^ter. a shawl over her h^ad gathered unh-'^i ^°°''' '^'"^^ station. ' 8^^^"ered up her dress, and ran to the r-P^ll^^^^^^^^^ The rain It was too dark to see fS S^ °P^' ,"°^ ^^oPPed again, wood it was ptch black o fhl^.l^'' ^^^fi^^^- and in^the way well, she got off the oath ^n^"^A^'J."'^^ ^"^^ ^he where the train stopped for^thr;.^- ^°^ *° ^^^ ^'«le station had hoped, but afteMhe second Lu^d'^^ "°' '^^^°'-^' ^« «he »ng up the platform Kati^S. co u- ^^^" ^""S^- Hurry- dows of a first-clas^carHaee tZ ^'^ "' °"^' ^* ^^e win- other on the velvet-covered ;el°,°^''" '^' ^PP^^'^e each riage was very br'ght°riit un on\? {• "F '^'^'' ^his car- seats stood two thiVk HrJ^n-^' ° *n^ ^'"^^ ^^^Ic between the fitting breeches on the ar^rS of T^''^ ,^^ ?^* '" ^'^ ^'^ «'! back, and laughed As smn .. f ^^' ^^^"'"S: against the knocked at thf carriage w^nl '^l "L^^^^n'sed him she but at that moment the Ls^belr. ""''^ ^e'" benumbed hand, a backward jerk, and th/n g aduaif; th"^ " *'"'" ^J'' ^'^^ move forward One nfihl gf^^^ally the carriages began to hand, and looked out Shefc' 7'' ^'^^ the%ards in his face to the window but the carH^^f '^"'5' ""^ P^^^^ed her alongside looking in The oSfHeT^? °"' ""u^ '^' ^^"^ but could not. Nekhludoff n».Wl V *° -T^' *^^ window, ering it himself. The t^ain^flf,^''^ ^^'^^ and began low-' walk quickly. The train wenrnncoff' '° *^^^ ^^^^ had to opened. The guard puZdhe".H ^^''^.^''^ the window tusha ran on, along th^evfet boards of 'the"1 T^'"^ '""• ^^- she came to the end she could h.r^i . P^^^^^^n^' and when ingas she ran down the s'eo of th^ J^i' ?P ^''''J^ ^'"^"^ ^all- ning by the side of the rXav thn^, i^^I?'' .^^" ^^' ^"n- riage had long passed her .n^' H^^ ^^f first-class car- were gliding by faster and ;.!. !^ l^Pn^-^lass carriages still fister But she r;n . T V^^ ^hird-class carriages- the lamps at^^ ^adX^bfr ^^^J^l ^^^^^^^^^^^ tiic tank which fed the engine.; -nw""" ahcauy reacned .he Wind, Which was blo^Trhe;"',;,:?;^''^^"^ 1. f' 146 Resurrection U i i her skirt cling round her legs. The shawl flew oflF her head, but still she ran on. ** Katerina Michailovna, you ve lost your shawl ! " screamed the little girl, who was trying in keep up with her. Katusha stopped, threw back her head, md catching hold of it with both hands sobbed aloud. " Gone ! " she screamed. ■ He is sitting in a velvet arm-chair and joking and drink- ing, in a brightly lit carriage, and I, out here in the mud, in the darkness, in the wind and the rain, am standing and weeping," she thought to herself; and sat down on the ground, sobbing so loud that the little girl got frightened, and put her arms round her, wet as she was. " Come home, dear," she .said. " When a train passes — then under a carriage, and there will be an end," Katusha was thinking, without heeding the girl. And she made up her mind to do it, when, as it always happens, when' a moment of quiet follows great excitement, he, the child — his child — made himself known within her. Suddenly all that a moment before had been tormenting her, so t'isv St had seemed impossible to live, all her bitterness towiUd>- liim, and the wish to revenge herself, even hy dying, passed sway ; she grew quieter, got up, put the shawl on her head, iind went home. Wet, muddy, and quite exhausted, she returned, and from that day the change which brought her where she now was began to operate in her soul. Beginning from that dreadful night, she ceased believing in God and in goodness. She had herself believed in God, and believed that other people also believed in Him ; but after that night she became convinced that no one believed, and that all that was said about God and His laws was deception and untruth. He whom she loved, and who had loved her — yes, she knew that— had thrown her away ; had abused her love. Yet he was the best of all the people she knew. All the rest were still worse. All that afterwards happened to her strengthened her in this be- lief at every step. His aunts, the pious old ladies, turned her out when she could no longer serve them as she used to. And of all those she met, the women used her as a means of getting money, the men, from the old police officer down to the warders of the prison, looked at her as on an object for pleasure. And no one in the world cared for aught but pleasure. In this belief the old author with whom she had con had this poc li the Anc derc alU it be smo! her head, shawl ! " with her. hing hold screamed, nd drink- e mud, in ding and I on the ightened, and there eding the it always citement, thin her. iting her, bitterness by dying, nI on her and from now was dreadful She had ople also onvinced )out God horn she hat — had 1 the best •rse. All I this be- irned her used to. neans of down to bject for she had Resurrection H7 come together in the second year of her life nf ,-nrlpn«« . had strengthened her He >ii?Li<5 u . ?* »ntlependence And If sometimes doubts arose in her min.l^nd she won' dercd why everything was so ill-arra, -i in the worldX all hurt each other, and made each ot ' iffer shTthnnl^hf It best not to dwell on it, and if she ^e' iancholy she codd smoke, or, better still, drink, and it wou.d pass ^ '''"^'^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I m m ■ 3.6 2.5 2.2 ZO 1.8 !l.25 iu 1.6 150mm V <^^' # ^; ..,V ^ O^f? / /^PPLIED^ IIVMGE . Inc .aS! 1653 East Main Street .s=^ ^ Rochester, NY 14609 USA .^^^ Phone: 716/482-0300 -="^~ Fax: 716/288-5989 ® 1993. Applied Image, Inc . All Rights Reserved ^ // V^ 148 Resurrection CliAPTER XXXVIII. SUNDAY IN PRISON PREPARING FOR MASS. On Sunday morning- at five o'clock, when^ a whistle sounded in the corridor of the women's ward of tlie prison, Kor-bleva, who was already awake, called Maslova. "Oh, dear! life again," thought Maslova, with horror, mvoluntanly breathing in the air that had become terribly noisome towards the morning. She wished to fall asleep agam, to enter into the region of oblivion, but the habit of fear overcame Sleepiness, and she sat up and looked round, drawmg her feet under her. The women had all got up ; only the elder children were still asleep. The spirit-trader was carefully drawing a cloak from under the children, so as not to wake them. The watchman's wife was hanging up the rags to dry that served the baby as swaddling clothes, while the baby was screaming desperately in Theodosia's arms, who was trying to quiet it. The consumptive woman was coughmg with her hands pressed to her chest, while the blood rushed to her face, and she sighed loudly, almost screammg, m the intervals of coughing. The fat, red-haired woman was lying on her back, with knees drawn up, and loudly relatmg a dream. The old woman accused of incen- diarism was standing in front of the image, crossing herself and bowing, and repeating the same words over and over again. The deacon's daughter sat on the bedstead, looking before her, with a dull, sleepy face. Khoroshavka was twisting her black, oily, coarse hair round her fingers. The sound of slipshod feet was heard in the passage, and the door opened to let in two convicts, dressed in jackets and grey trousers that did not reach to their ankles. With se- rious, cross faces they lifted the stinking tub and carried It out of the cell. The women went out to the taps in the corridor to wash. There the red-haired woman again be- gan a quarrel with a woman from another cell. " Is it the solitary cell you want? " shouted an old jailer, fl :i whistle le prison, a. li horror, e terribly all asleep : habit of id round, got up; rit-trader ren, so as nging up f clothes, eodosia's e woman while the ', almost ?d-haired up, and oi incen- e: herself md over looking- I'ka was rs. The and the kets and ^ith se- carried )s in the gain be- d jailer, Resurrection j .g slapping the red-haired woman on her harP fat u.^v . It sounded through the corridor "'' You be q'^e '''' " '"^ his a'^^^nl:': cares""' ^'^^'"^'" '''' ^^^ ---"' ^^king Come out for mspection." cried a jailer women stoooed talkino- p^ • "P"om ot the stairs the .he, e„.ereX':'^;;;f-eh^?r?vSJ SSfd'SIl^^' ;jfces crherfghT" '"'''"' °"' »°*"- *ey took fhetr" tholeTer'vfngXIr teTn! .'nM?'" '^"""""f '» banishment, I50 Resurrection ing, blowing of noses, the crying of babies, and now and then the rattling of chains, was heard. But at last the convicts that stood in the middle moved, pressed against each other, leaving a passage in the centre of the church, down which the prison inspector passed to take his place in front of every one in the nave. V and then e convicts ach other, wn \vhich it of every Resurrection Si CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PRISON CHURCH-BLIND LEADERS OP THE BLIND. The service began in L"a±ld?;v i°„"''"'"^- '^''^ P"^^'' "^-"'S -Iressed cut and a??a„ged Sirbr^rbl^f n'' """' °' 8°" '-■'°">. put them into a cut. with lf„ ■" ^ ^'""""'' '""^ *''™ differept names 3 Zr, ""'""■ '^P^='''"e at the same tfme read Slavon" nraTers'^Sfficui, ,^''r'''i' 'he deacon first .nd rendpr»rl ...IT ' °™eult to understand n themselves ^^ilnfl^e^^^^^^^ ^y being readt^y' victs. The conteifts of fh.^ *"'" ^b°"* ^^^^ the con- titions were reoeated m.T,^° "^ '''' ^^"^'^y- These pe- with other Drapers the oeo^nleTn'' v'^^'^'^^^ ^"^ ^^^^ther eral verses from the Actf of the An;:'^- ^"^'^^^ ^^is, sev- deacon in a pecul arlv strnwIpH ^P^^^^^s were read by the sible to undeST^at h^taTl'nd^'^^ T.'^' '■' ^"P°- very distinctly a parr"? the Gn.li 1- ^^^ P^^st read in which it said that Chri.f l.. "^ according to St. Mark, fore flying urto heaven .'' .^>T^ "sen fro:n the dead be- hand, first showed Self to M^^^^ ^^'^'''' ''S^' He had driven seven d^v Is an^^ ^f^^f ^'""' ^"^ ^^ ^^^"^ pies, and orderedTlLni to teach the r° ' w'"u°^ ^'' ^•«^'- ation, and the priest added tStrf.n ^°'P!,l V *^^ ^^^^^ cre- he would perish butTthp/hlr^ 5"^"^'^"°^ believe this should be saved and should t^"^/- ^"^ ^^^ baptised cure people bviav?np-hr"l f '"^^ 1"^^ O"' devils and strangle f gut,'Sdtke\tseTpen^^^^^^^^^ 'f V" po^on should not die, but remafn well ' ^ '^ ^' ^'""^ that tL^b^c^t U%T; pH::t"Sd 'n^" ,^^^, -P.Po--tion wine, when manipulated - nrl nil . P"*- ^^ ^im into the turned into the fle'sl!t d UooSTcor" " ' "'■*^'" -^' I.'ft n^'nnTl"f r'^*'°"' "°"«'«ted in the priest's r-uS-I I'ftmg and holding up his arms, though ^hampered^f;^,!^' B liB II ^52 Resurrection kissmg the able and all that was on it, but chiefly in his taking a cloth by two of its corners and having it regu arW and softly over the silver saucer and golden cup ft was fntKh "^ hM' ')'' r"^' '^' b'-^^^l ^"d the\v?ne urned into flesh and blood; therefore, this part of the service vva^ performed with the greatest solemnity. ^^^ of rn^"^''/.? *^^.bJf sed, most pure, and most holy Mother of God, the priest cried from the golden partition which divided part of the church from the rest, and e cho7r be gan solemnly to sing that it was very right to glorify the Virgin Mary, who had borne Christ without losing her vir^ sC^kind nfTh' *^r^°'''.^^°^^^>^ °^ ^'^^''^ hon^our thin ser^oh^-m If^?v "lu^"^ ^'f'^' ^^°'y th^" some kind of seraphim After this the transformation was considered ac- complished, and the priest having taken the naok n off the saucer, cut the middle bit of brefd in fou" and put't iJ^ a era"bit"f God";7H" T"^'",, ^^ ^^^ -ppos'edto hat eaten a bit of God s flesh and swallowed a little of His blood Then tl.e priest drew a curtain, opened the middle door in the partition, and, taking the gold cup in his hands, c^me out of the door, mviting those who wished to do so also to cor^e the^^c'tfo Ti°^ ^wu ^''^ ""^ ^'°°^ '^'' ^-« conta?nS b the cup. A few children appeared to wish to do so After having asked the children their names the Driest carefully took out of the cup, with a spoon, a^d shoved^a b in turn 'and'^th" T' ^'^^ 'i^? ^^^ "^^^^^ ^' ^^^^ 'hi/d mouths ..n^ ^^ '^'^'°"' "^^'^^ ^^P'"^ th^ children's S?W Vt, Tu'"^"'f'.''y ^°'^^' that the children were eating the flesh and drinking the blood of God After his the priest carried the cup back behind the partl- T;y.^''t!^'7 ?\"^ ^" '^^ remaining blood and aL up all the bits of flesh, and after havin| carefully sucked his moustaches and wiped his mouth, he stepped brisWv rkinl'^Th*'" ^''^''T' '""'r'^' °f ^^^ calfskin boot^ nrS fi ^V I^u P""^'Pa part of this Christian service was now finished, but the priest, wishing to comfort the un^r tunate prisoners, added to the ordinary servce another This consisted of his going up to the |ilt hammered out mage (with black face and hinds) supposed to renresen l^v^^Ht^^^ ^' ^"^ ^f" eating, illuminated by a do'en wax candles, and proceeding, in a strange, discordant vofce to hum or smg the following words : "'''^oraant voice, 5 knees and iefly in his it regularly p. It was fine turned service was )ly Mother tion which i choir be- ?lorify the ig her vir- 'nour than ne kind of >idered ac- fin off the put it into ed to have His blood, loor in the came out !o to come ntained in ). the priest 3ved a bit ;ach child children's Iren were d. After he parti- id ate up ^ sucked i briskly :in boots vice was le unfor- another. lered-out epresent a dozen nt voice. Resurrection j tH:/narVrnL^.:iX^^^^^^^^^^^^ J- lauded by Jesu, most beautiful JiivenieJcVo J h'"'' \'''' "'>' ^aviour^ Saviour Jesu. Born of LT ^t " ^'"^ '^'^o ^ries to Thee Prophets^ave ami find tEwo!thv 1\l'''- ^^""^^' ^^ 'hy Jesit, lover of men " °'*^'-^ °^ ^^^ joys of heaven ti^e fo^n^^^^^^^^^^^^ himself, bowed to warders, the prisoners and f-- f"'^~the inspector, the chams sounde^d morTun "t'ernTi^emirT^ ^'""''"^ °^ ''^^ Of angels the Creator and T 1 i ' r ''^" ^'^ continued: wonderful, the angels' ania"emen5^°^ P°^ers, Jesu most our forefathers the Redeemer pI' ^'"'' '"^^^ Powerful, of the praise. Jesu most glorious oft^'T'' °^ Patriarchs njost good, of prophets the fufilmem^V''" ''''''^'^- J^«" ?i martyrs the strength. Jesu mn^ ' ^'u^ "'?'* amazing, joy. Jesu most mefciful of Ji , l\ ' °^ '"°"^'' ^'^^ most charitable, of the fasf^n/f ^' *''.^ sweetness. Jesu fweet of the ju;t the joy tfu mos?"""'"^?' >^" -^o7t the chastity. Jesu before all aLTof ^■''''' °^^^^ ^^''^ates Jesu, son of God, have me?cyo^nnie '''""'" ' '''""''■°"- came^Sor^a^d'Vor:^^^^^^^^^^^ X^' J- " his voice be- and holding up his silk S* ^ ^^^^ ^^^ <^ame to a stoo on one knef, h'e st^pfd do vn To ^e"' '"' |<"-""/clow'n began to sing, repeating t^^ords ^'r""'^ "c"^ '^^ ^^oir have mercy on me" and Ihl • ' /^^"' Son of God again, shaking bTck the hiir tha^w '' f ^°^^" '^^ ^o'e and rattling with the <^^ Z :-'^^Z!r?^ }l^^^s'::^JZi^^:^^^ ^/- -- the giorifica. each sentence, then If f evLv two ''' ."" 1, *'°^^^' ^^^^t and al were very glad whenTheTi.^"^^ ''?"" after three, the pnest shut the book wkh a silh''^^'^'!^'? ""^^^' and behmd the partition. Onriast .^.^ '^''^^ ^"^ '"^tired took a large, gilt cross, w?th ename L"T\v'^- ^^' P^^st from a table, and came o" into fi '"^^allions at the ends, with ,t First the inspector cTmenn '^T^ °^ '^^ ^^"^ch then the jailers, then the cornets Pn!"t''"'"^i^^ ''^''' ^ach other in whispers. The priest ;.ll"'^'^ ?"^ ^^"^'"^ ne priest, talking to the inspecto^ i.|fi ^.1 1 54 Resurrection pushed the cross and his hand now against the mouths and now against the noses of the convicts, who were ty! SI r^ ^Jt^^^^^.^^'P'' ^"d tl^e hand of the priest. .And thus ended the Christian service, intended for the comfort and the teachmg of these strayed brothers ^omiort the mouths lo wtre try- driest. And the comfort Resurrection 55 CHAPTER XL. THE HUSKS OF RELIGION. bidden men to call otl er nien 'tl " *''" '^'^'^'^ words for! temples; and had ordered tTa'"" '^^''''' ^"^ to prky in solitude, had forbidden to ererff ""V °"^ should pray n come to destroy them ^n^ .1^ temples, saying that hXI^ f temple, but in spir^ a?,"/>f ^ °"e should wishio not In l^ad forbidden not onlv to ; "^ "^^ '.^"^' ^^ove all^that H^ any one present. ^ ""'"^ "^^ enter mto the mind of 156 Resurrection The priest did h,s part with a quiet conscience, because rnlT- r°"^'\V'^^/'T" childliood to consider tha the oi y mie faith was the faith which, had been held bv all the holy men of olden times and was still held by the" Church and deinanded by the State authorities. He (lid not believe t1 at the bread turned into flesh, that it was useful for the soul to h?S r^"'^lV' '''^'■^''' °'' ^'^''^^ ''^' ^'^^'^ ^'-'^"allv swallowed a bit of God. No one could believe this, but he' believed that one oug!,t to hold this faith. What st;engthened Im n os Ihi tithllT' 1'7 ^? '''.''' '""I ^"^^"'"^ ^^- denlancro this faith, he had for the last i8 years been able to draw an income, which enabled him to keep his familv. send hil son to a gymnasium and his daughter to a school for the daughters o the clergy. The deacon believed in the sa e manner, and even more firmly than the priest, for he 1 ad forgotten the substance of the dogmas of this fait ! and knew only hat the prayers for the dead, the masses. wUh and without the acathistus, all had a definite price, wWch real Christians readily paid, and. therefore, he called out Ss have mercy, have mercy." very willingly, and read and said what was appointed, with the same quiet certainty of IL S^ necessary to do so with which other men sell fag- T.'' Ji?"'' u' Potatoes. The prison inspector and the wa?- ders, though they had never understood or gone into the meaning of these dogmas and of all that went on in church ties'a'nd th'^T '^ T'' ^fl'\^ ^T'''' '^' ^^'^^her authori^ aintfv InH I 'r'"^^ ^ u!'^'^ ^" '^- ^^^>^^«' though taintly (and themselves unable to explain whv) thev felf that this faith defended their cruel occupation^ If this fa^^^h did no exist It would have been more difficult, perhaps impossible, for them to use all their powers to tormeS people, as they were now doing, with a quiet conscience The inspector was such a kind-hearted man that he could fakh ThiTf ^',''' was now living unsupported by his faith. Therefore, he stood motionless, bowed and crossed himself zealously, tried to feel touched when the song about the cherubims was being sung, and when the children re- toX nTr^T^-^'" ^'^''l^ °^'" °^ '^^"'' ^"d held him up to the priest with his own hands. ^ The great majority of the prisoners believed that there lay a mystic power in these gilt images, these vestments candles, cups crosses, and this repetition of incompre-' hensible words, " Jesu sweetest " and " have mercv '^-la cc, because lat tlic only ill the holy hurch, and jclicve that the soul to ^■allowed a 'licvcd that I him most Icmands of le to draw V, send his jol for the I the same "or he had faith, and isses. with ice, which led out his read and jrtainty of n sell fag- l the war- e into the in church, r authori- s, though they felt this faith , perhaps I torment )nscience. he could ?d by his i crossed 'ng about ildren re- :1 him up bat there sstments, rjcompre- »rcv " — a Resurrection ;;y. leaving made fern- 'la tern H "Tl ^'''' ^''^' '"'''i"'- tl^ey desired, bv nu-ans f pra^^^^^^^^^^ ^'' the conveniences not having g.^'them (tl ei pri ^Vs r"'''''-"^ ^^^'"'"^^- ^"<1 were each of them co nince ^ '. 'l' "'"^ ""answered), acculental. and that this om.ni ^ • ' ''^''^ ''^ ^"^^^^^s was cated and by archbisl 1 fs " ', imi ''T'''''^ '^-^ '^'^ ^^l"' Maslova also believorl in ti,;J i . ' a mixe " asked M.M i - , .. be 2:^^^^ '^ ^-^ on. When tht^^^^^^Jrvryou'll -nt'';^t°ered^rtt1^^^^^^^ /'^ --^-^ crowd. A '•ed stripes all over his face dlt 'j'^A V^ ^^'^ ^^^t and crowd n,,^„^^^^^s;^cedet^^^^^^^ h.mself from the tin/vTh tt"guf -^ -^ -"K" shouted the sen- thele^aVZ S^^^::^ ^^^-"^P. not i„ Well, If you'll not let nie n tmt ^•^' ^"^ ^"'■"etl back .he ^re^LTp'a f ^t-d^etir- .^"^ -"^ -.e, for but there were atn c^ People; some were ra^Un women. Next to NekhS^/^fP^^-^^^'T'^^^'"^ "^en^and' and red-cheeked man hofd'ng^;°^„^\clean-shaven, stout tammg under-garments Th.? ""^^e* apparently con- bank; he had cSme to see his irn^^f' '^l ^^^'^^^P^r o? a forgery. The good nature 1 tu^^'' V^° ^^^ ^'''-ested fo? whole story of L life ",5'^ fellow told NekhludofT the turn, when their attemiont "^^^ ^°'"8^ ^o question him in veiled lady, .vh^lrrup't^aTan' ^l^^\^-^ "^ "P in a trap, with rubber tyres, i6o Resurrection drawn by a large thoroughbred horse. The student was holding a large bundle. He came up to Nekhludoflf, and asked if and how he could give the rolls he had brought in alms to the prisoners. His iiancee wished it (this lady was his iiancee), and her parents had advised them to take some rolls to the prisoners. ^^ " I myself am here for the first time," said Nekhludoflf, and don't know ; but I think you had better ask this man," and he pointed to the warder with the gold cords and the book, sitting on the right. As they were speaking, the large iron door with a win- dow in it opened, and an officer in uniform, followed by an- other warder, stepped out. The warder with the notebook proclaimed that the admittance of visitors would now com- mence. The sentinel stepped asiHe, and all the visitors rushed to the door as if afraid of being too late ; some even ran. At the door there stood a warder who 'counted the visitors as they came in, saying aloud, i6, 17, and so on. Another warder stood inside the building and also counted the visitors as they entered a second door, touching each one with his hand, so that when they went away again not one visitor should be able to remain inside the prison and not one prisoner might get out. The warder, without look- ing at whom he was touching, slapped Nekhludoflf on the back, and Nekhludoflf felt hurt by the touch of the warder's hand ; but, remembering what he had come about, he felt ashamed of feeling dissatisfied and talking oflfence. The first apartment behind the entrance doors was a krge vaulted room with iron bars to the small windows. In this room, which was called the meeting-room, Nekhludoflf was startled by the sight of a large picture of the Cruci- fixion. " What's that for ? " he thought, his mind involuntarily connecting the subject of the picture with liberation and not with imprisonment. He went on, slowly letting the hurrying visitors pass be- fore, and experiencing a mingled feeling of horror at the evil-doers locked up in this building, compassion for those who, like Katusha and the boy they tried the day before, must be here though guiltless, and shyness and tender emo- tion at the thought of the interview before him. The war- der at the other end of the meeting-room said something as they passed, but Nekhludoff, absorbed by his own tudent was ludoflf, and brought in (this lady em to take lekhludoff, this man," ds and the 'ith a win- ved by an- notebook now com- le visitors some even mnted the md so on, o counted hing each again not )rison and lout look- 3ff on the ; warder's ut, he felt »rs was a dows. In ekhludoflf he Cruci- oluntarily ation and > pass be- or at the for those ly before, ider emo- The war- omething his own Resurrection tt"r?j^ri?y"^fThe S^^^ ^d^^' -^ -"tinued to foLw of the ^riso^ instSd S the .omenV^' '"'" ^'^ "^"'^ P^^* ^^P^t^'^'llS:^^^^^^^^^ He u^ the ludoff opened the door of th^^s mom h. '°?" ^.' ^^^H' deafening roar of a hundred vo^ce^'shn,^^' '^'■"'^' ^>^ '^^ reason of which he did not at IIT ''^°"*'"g^ at once, the he came nearer to the peop e he « '[^'""1: ^"^ ''^^^ pressing against a net tha? di^idenT *^^* *^.">' "^^'^ a" flies settling on suear ami hL ^ *^^ ''''^"^ '" two, like The two hflves of^the room th?'^''"'^^^^ ^'^^^ ^' '"^ant opposite the door he had come in r""^"^"^' ""^ ^'^'^^ ^e'-e by one, but by two nets reacHno- f ^' Z^'^ separated, not ing. The Jre n^tTTer:''^^^^^^^ soldiers were walking up and down tl^ ^ H^ ^^"'"t' ^nd On the further side^of ?he nets we e tK' ^''^ '' '^'''^' nearer, the visitors. Between thlm, Pnsoners, on the nets and a space of 7 feet wide n .T Tfu ^ "^^"^^^ '''''^ of anything to one another and ^nv ^* *u'>^ ^°"^^ "^^ hand very good could no° even dtt?n/ursh^h '^^'^ ''^^' '''' "°t side. It was also difficult to JaTn^'J^S^ ^" ^'^^ °ther order to be heard ^'''' °"^ ^^^ to scream in of wLttlt^^^^^^^^^^ close t, the nets, faces each other's features knd to sTwh.; ^ '''^"' ''^''"^ to see a way as to be understood ^ ^ "^^^ necessary in such tal4to;a^\rnJSlurtHe5T^ -^ ^e was their best to drown Sothrr'c ■ ^"^ ^^^ '^'"^' they did cause of the din and shoudnL Ji?/'.''' ^^ '^^' ^^^ the when he first came in ifwa^s Tmnn "m""^ NekhludoflP what was being said and w W ''"POfible to understand the dififerent people Next nIm '7 ?' '"'^^'^"^ between a kerchief on^iefhead stLd treSf- '"if^^ T""'^ "^^'^ close to the net. and shouting somTtht'^V^"' "'''" ^'^''^^ half of whose head was shf vpH i», ^r*'' ^ ^°""^? ^^"ow, with raised brows. By the s^e'o7t? ^'ff""^ attentively young man in a peasant^ coir ^1^ ^r "'"^ ^°"^^" ^as a head, to a boy verVlike him^^lf ' m^° ^''*'"^^' ^'^aking his who shoutedf Sg hisTrm Li^r* 1'?°^ ^ "'^^ ^"^ag ! a woman, with a good woo^n'lw."^''';-^- ?"'^^ ^^ ^^^ ' on the floor holding a babv in SrT °" ^^^ sJ^o^Iders. sat g a Daby m her lap and crying bitterly. 1 k: l62 Resurrection This was apparently the first time she saw the erevheaded man on the other side in prison clothes, and wiKis head to Npli^fT^ ^^: ^l^ '^' doorkeeper, who had spoken to Nekhludoff outside; he was shouting with all his S" ''.iF^^'tf ^^^ ^°"^^^t on the other side. ^ . When Nekhludoff found that he would have to speak in similar conditions, a feeling of indignation agdnst tho e who were able to make and enforce these conditions aro e in him ; he was surprised that, placed in such a dreadful leelmgs. Ihe soldiers, the inspector, the prisoners them- Nekh'l^doV' '^ ^F^"P-^-??-g all this to'le Necessary Nekhludoff remained in this room for about five minutes feeling strangely depressed, conscious of how poweTss he was, and at variance with all the world. He was sdzed with a curious moral sensation like seasickness greyheaded ith his head had spoken 11 his might to speak in jainst those itions arose a dreadful J on human mers them- lecessary. ve minutes, owerless he seized with Resurrection 163 I CHAPTER XLII. VISITING DAY— THE WOMEN's WARD. " Well, but I must do what I came herp fr,^ » u • t S'?otl r '~"«^- • '; What isTo b'rL'rn'oJ^.nt where one is anord",;oi„T'r::i:w'''.Lr"™ "" ''^'' '"" ^^ No, she is simply ..." " ^^^^ •' ^^ she sentenced ? " ■"?. ^e^Tr"'^'"^^ ^°^P°-' with "edaTs"'' h.-A'^t'""- from sot reTaV'JSt/r''"^ ^""^ "^^^ "-''' -"""^ stra„'|St"^fan'was ftThe f Tft '° N*hIudoff; but do7eir"hist„°,re"' P"'"™'"^ '"^ ""^' d^'O' 'haTw*: ou?"ofthe''SU„'.oThl '''""';''?'' "'™^'' 'he corridor, tne men s mto the women's interviewing-room. 164 Thi Resurrection The whoIe"en°th o^t r„. I ?'''" ™'°'"'«' '•■•'=^^<'=- standing dose , i, Vo^. """ ^^'" "P ''>' "« P^Ple .he heafea^; ; s^TsraSn^-^r t^ ^fl^if^^ =""- a younrpeas-int wfth . f"''/''"i"^ ','°^^ *° ^^e net, stood « ^uuiig ptasant, with a fair beard and a f ii<;hpri fo,.J 1 mg back his tears with difficulty A nr.^/ ?• u • ',^^^P" Drisoner lif^^f '^'"" '' ™""'"' ^"^ '" f^-ont of each a " How ^°shall'lcal'rS"'n" 1," ^ ''™''<^''," he thought, snail X call her? Or will she come herself ? " 1 by two wire fewer visitors )uting than in 3ing on here, was a woman et, with gold Iso, as in the the wire net- wnspeople in ers, some in Lired dresses, y the people heard across lor. 3y her pierc- , dishevelled lair, and she ;r's division, 'stures, to a -v the waist, d talking to le net, stood 1 face, keep- haired pris- These two hem was a wo women, of each a t some one Nekhliidoff er, and his pproaching. uld see the behind the i'hat Theo- cloak now, : by a belt, erchief ap- same as in Resurrection 65 " Ka erlna utr'" '^^'<""''°« """«'• -i'h difficulty warden ^'"'°™' '"'"^ °"' '» »<^^ J">u." cried the e thought. 1 66 li Resurrection CHAPTER XLIIL NEKHLUDOFF VISITS MASLOVA. ex^nSH'';^hi''c?^''' '■''""'^' ^"? '^'^^ ^^^^ thrown back and expanded chest, came up to the net with that exoression of readmess which he well knew, pushed in between two p^^^^^^ oners, and gazed at Nekhludo/with a surprised and ques- rlch'Khe s'm^r^"^^"^ '^^ ^'' ^^'^^^"^ ^" -^ "Is It me you want?" she asked, bringinff her smilintr face with the slightly squinting eyes,' nearfr the net ^ to addr^s hTr " I'' 'TTT" ^^'^hludoflF did not know how lo aciaress her. I wished to see vou I " Fr<» «7oc ««♦ speaking loader than usual. ^ He was not stood^ne'xtT hir' "V'" ^°"-", ^^°"^^^ '^' ^ramp who stood next to him. Have you taken it or not ? " Uying, I tel you ; what more do you want? " some one else was screaming at his other side. Maslova could not hear what NekhludoflF was saying but " I cannot hear what you are -^ayinff." she callpH ni,f wrinkling her brow and frowning mo/e and more ' I have come." said NekhludoflF. " Yes I am doinr'Thl""^\'"' '?"^^ ^^°- andlollLel It^nd^tt^llL I I P'^^ ^^' P^'"' ^"^' nnable to under- stand It, she did what she was always in the habit of doin^ of X^ay^ed^'r "fnT' fi^ 'l ^"^^^^^^"^ ^^^^ ^" ^he ml' oi d aeprayea lite. In the first moment she as«;npiaf#:>ri tu^ man now sitting beside her with the lad she had S but Now ^hif '' t r^ ""r P^^"' ^^^ dissocLd the^lga'in' Now, this wel -dressed, carefully-got-up gentleman S creatures Hke herself wL°„M,t S^,, te^rd Xm m Resurrection ay from him Nekhludoff on the jury 1 not recog- gnitions. I :d. ;d, abruptly in the same i and could ey sent me this? I re- ;in." IS been and )ected, she ng, yet pit- d certainly recognised which she he remem- ng and of charming , and then string of d followed to under- : of doing, in the mist )ciated the loved ; but lem again, man with ^hom she de use of nd whom 169 rrSyas'th'ercoi,Sn„'H°£' "'^ oHn .heir .urn a. That's all at an end " shp caJH « xt t» to Siberia," and her li^ trpmhi h u"^ ^ "" condemned dreadful word ^ '""^^'^ ^' '^^ ^^« ^ayi"g this ludoff^""'"' ^ """' '''■'^^" >'°" ^^'•^ "ot &"ilty," said Nekh- one.^sheTid'' ""«'" '° ""^ 'P"'"' " ^hou.d be a good "I shall do all that is possible." ^^They were silent, and then she smiled again in the same " And I should like to ask you o ]u,u i^'Z saM-, .ddr-r"-- -^'- ' ^"- s and feuffi;: ^ute"""" "''' -■'" ^ ""« °' »"'--„, take it away " "°" ' «'™ " "" <'°"t °f him ; he'd _^e.„.ei.pe^-,:^---o^-e .h;sli^r:.!-;d^^^-:,^etrpf^^^^^^^^^^ evil glitter in the black, squintin/ eves whirl ,^ ^^ ^'^ hesitated. T^mMer thltTd K ^"^ '"', ? '"<'"'™t he. '™". .he ,ue^ti;n?x t':::x it r^SoTs I 170 Resurrection what the consequences would be. and what would be practical. .. " You can do nothing with this woman," said the voice- you will only tie a stone round your neck, which will help to drown you, and hinder you from being useful to others »t not better to give her all the money that is here sav good-bye, and finish with her forever ?" whispered the But here he felt that now, at this very moment, some- thing most important was taking place in his soul— that his inner life was, as it were, wavering in the balance sc that the slightest effort would make it sink to this side or the other. And he made this effort by calling to his assist- ance that God whom he had felt in his soul the day bXe and that God instantly responded. He resolved to tell her everything now— at once. " Katusha, I have come to ask you to forgive me, and you have given me no answer. Have you forgiven me? Will you ever forgive me ? " he asked She did not listen to him, but looked at his hand and at the inspector, and when the latter turned she hastilv her belt °"^ ' ^^'P^^^ *^^ "^t^' ^nd hid it under ''That's odd, what you are saying there," she said, with a smile of contempt, as it seemed to him. NekhludofT felt that there was in her soul one who was his enemy and who was protecting her, such as she was now, and preventing him from getting at her heart But strange to say, this did not repel him, but drew him nearei^ to her by some fresh, peculiar power. He knew that he must waken her soul, that this was terribly difficult, but the very difficulty attracted him. He now felt towards her as he had never felt towards her or any one else before. There j;^oL"wT^ E-^'T^'" *^^^ ^"^""^= ^^ ^^"ted nothing from her for himself, but only wished that she might not remain as she now was, that she might awaken and be- come again what she had been. " Katusha, why do you speak like that? I know vou- I remember you— and the old days in Papovo " ' dril ^^^^'^ *^^ "^^ °^ recalling what's past? '"' she remarked, „ '' L'' V -^"'"'^ '^ i":,""^^' *° P"^ •* "^^-t- to atone for my sin, Kaiusna, and he was going to say that he would t would be d the voice ; ich will help ul to others, is here, say liispered the nent, some- 5 soul — that balance, so this side or his assist- day before, 1 tq tell her ve me, and rgiven me? s hand and she hastily lid it under said, with a le who was as she was leart. But, him nearer ew that he ult, but the irds her as ore. There id nothing might not !n and be- ow you ; I remarked, atone for he would Resurrection lyj II!fn!7.^!I' ^!i^ ,"'^^t'"& her eyes, he read in them some- go on '° '°^"'' '° ''"P^"^"^' that he could not At this moment the visitors began to go. The insoector came up to Nekhludoff and said that thefime was up^ Good-bye ; I have still much to say to you, but vou see " I think you have said all." She took his hand but did not press it. No ; I shall try to see you again, somewhere where we can talk, and then I shall tell you what I have to say-some! thing very important." ^ '"^ withThf; I^k"; 'r'' y'^y "°^- " «he answered, and smiled eave tofhe^r'V""''!."^' ?"u^ promising smile which she gave to the men whom she wished to please " Tho.''*'^T'^ ^u^"" ?/*'*^'' t° "^^'" said Nekhludoflf. I hat s odd, she said again, and went behind the grat- 172 Resu tion CHAPTER XLIV. maslova's view of life. Before the first interview, Nekhludofif thoufrht that wh^^n but, to his horror, he found that K^h^IL .}t ^^'" ' SH^rHr ^^^'°™ '" "* p'- ^^^^^ ashYm^Jl ^''°'"'^^'l h'"^ "lost was that Katusha was not LS^^;!;^srJ:fo2rt^t& view of the life of me'n in gen;ral whS , °ake his o'ccu' pation seem important and good. It IS usually imagined that a thief, a murderer a snv p prost,tue, acknowledging his or her profession as evif' is ashamed of it. But the contrary is true People whom f. . e\"eV?aTse thTno r" '^^^ l'4' ^" ^ -rtrrposiHorhow! wWi7 1 .?°''^'°" ""^y ^^' ^^'•m a view of life in general which makes their position seem good and admiss"bfe Tn kSVo°th"?irr'7.""^' '' '1''''''' peopleTstinctive ; Keep to the circle of those people who share their views nf hfe and their own place in it. This surprise. usWherrth. persons concerned are thieves, bra^^ine- rbout tSr !i boaS-' '''fT' ^"'"^'"^ ^^-- /e^a^itt o murder'ers' boasting of their cruelty. This surprises 'us only because the circle, the atmosphere in which these people li^e is Im ited, and we are oitt..ide it. But can we not observe the same' phenomenon whe. the rich boa.st of their weal h / rob bery : the nomm.nc, h he ormv pride themselves on their victories, i.e., murder -.nd ^V-sem hip-h nuZ ? ! • power ie vinlpn.- ? • ' '^^ '" mgn places vaunt their power, t.e., violem..: ; t uo not sec the perversion in the Resurrection 173 t that when er, Katusha usha again ; 'd no more, mishecl and 1 was not isoner (she :itute. She could it be act, has to lerefore, in )rm such a e his occu- r, a spy, a as evil, is whom fate ition, how- in general ssible. In stinctively ' views of where the heir dex- nurderers y because /e, is lim- ■ the same i.e., rob- s on their lunt their on in the 'i former hv'^fi ^'^'' ^^ '•'''" P'°P'"' °"1>' ^^^^"^^ the circle formed by hem is more extensive, and we ourselves are movmg mside of it. >><- aic And in this manner iMaslova had formed her views of life and of her own position. She was a prostitute condemned to Siberia, and yet she had a conception of life which made it possiWe for her to be satisfied with herself, and even to pride herself on her |)0:,itioii I^fore others. ' According to thi^ conception, the highest good for all men without exception---old, young, schoolboys!' generals, edu" cated and iMieducated. was connected with the relation of the sexes; therefore, all men, even when they pretended to be occupied with other things, in realitv took this view She was an attractive woman, and therefore she was an im- portant and necessary person. The whole of her former and ^e'^tSIi '"^^ "^ confirmation of the correctness of this con- With such a view of life, she was bv no means the lowest but a very important person. And Maslova prized this view of life more than anything; she could not but prize it, for if she lost the impoitance that such a view of life gave her among men, she would lose the meaning of her life And in order not to lose the meaning of her life, she instinctively clung to the set that looked at life in the sanie way as she did Feeling that Nekhludoff wanted to lead her out fnto anothe; world, she resisted him, foreseeing that she would have to lose her place in life, with the self-possession and self-re- spect It gave her. For this reason she drove from her the Nekhludoff. These recollections did not correspond with her present conception of the world, and were therefore quite rubbed out of her mind, or, rather, lay somewhere buried and untouched, closed up and plastered over so that thev should rot .^icape, as when bees, in order to protect the result of their labour, will sometimes plaster a nest of worms Therefore the present Nekhludoff was not the man she Sd once loved with a pure love, but only a rich gentleman whom she could, and must, make use of, and with whom she could only have the same relations as with m.n in general hiHoff 'n?n' • ."°' ^f H'' 9^ ""^'^^ t'^'"^'" thought Nekh- ludoff, moving towards the front doors with the rest of the people " I did not tell her that I would marry her; I did not tell her so, but I will," he thought. ^ ^'^' ^ a»a 174 Resurrection The two warders at the door let out the visitors, counting them again, and touching each one with their hands, so that no extra person should go out, and none remain within. The slap on his shoulder did not offend Nekhludoff this time • he did not even notice it. ' u' IHf Resurrection ^7S 3rs, counting ands, so that within. The this time; he CHAPTER XLV. FANARIN, THE ADVOCATE — THE PETITION. naMife"tn Z^i ^T^ to rearrange the whole of his exter- nal hfe to let his large house and move to an hotel, but Agraphena Petrovna pointed out that it was useless to change anythmg before the winter. No one would rent a town house for the summer; anyhow, he would have to live and keep his thmgs somewhere. And so all his efforts to the studen s live) led to nothing. Not only did everything SV'AirtS^^"' ^'^ 'ri -^^^"ddenl^ filled wit'h ne^ activity. All that was made of wool or fur was taken out to be aired and beaten. The gate-keeper, the boy, the cook, and Corney himself took part in this activity All sorts of wrrefaken'onr^.^"" ""' 'T "^^^' ^"^ '^^'°"« ""'^--^ were taken out and hung on a line, then the carpets and fur- ^TLr'' ^°"^^' °"^' ^"^ '^' gate-keeper and the boy h se thin^'r' • "P '^^'' "^"^^"^^^ ^^"^^ ^"d stood beating wUrtfe^;iroTn?pSnr • ^''' ''' ^°°"^^ '^-^ «"^' When Nekhludoff crossed the vard or looked out of the JreatTumtr'T.V ''"r?""^ °"' ""' "^ ^^P-'d at Z great number of things there were, all quite useless THpiV on y use, Nekhlu^doff thought, was the providing of exerde andfhrcSok" ''"'"'' ^""'^' ^'^ gate-keener, the boy! " But it's not worth while altering my manner of life now/' he thought " while Maslova'f case Tnot decided Besides, it is too difficult. It will alter of itself when she will be set free or exiled, and I follow her " Fanrr[n'?PP°'"*'? day Nekhludoff drove up to the advocate ^anarin s own splendid house, which was decorated with witn all the evnpncive liiv.irv ••■•*) 1 -> u - , much irilp rr,,^„~l'"" "• •"'^"^> >-'^nc=si"g lo ihe possession of whirh ini T^^' '■'■' "'?"^y acquired without labour, which only those possess who grow rich suddenly. In the Jy6 Resurrection k waiting-room, just as in a doctor's waiting-room, he found many dejected-looking people sitting round several tables, •on which lay illustrated papers meant to amuse them, await- ang their turns to be admitted to the advocate. The advo- cate s assistant sat in the room at a high desk, and having recognised NekhludoflF, he came up to him and said he would go and announce him at once. But the assistant had not reached the door before it opened md the sounds of loud, animated voices were heard; the voice of a middle- aged sturdy merchant, with a red face and thick moustaches, and the voice of Fanarin himself. Fanarin was also a mid- dle-aged man of medium height, with a worn look on his lace. Both faces bore the expression which you see on the taces of those who have just concluded a profitable but not ■quite honest transaction. "Your own fault, you know, my dear sir," Fanarin said smiling. ' [] }^e'd all be in 'eaven were it not for hour sins " Oh yes, yes ; we all know that," and both laughed un- naturally. ^ ^ "Oh." Prince Nekhludoflf! Please to step in." said Fan- Z'l' m''^^J''T'I'^^' "?^^i"g^ once more to the merchant, he led NekhludoflF into his business cabinet, furnished in a severely correct style. '•}^x"'! ^?"/S°^^^ " ^^'^ *^^ advocate, sitting down op- posite Nekhludoff and trying to conceal a smile, apparently still excited by the success of the accomplished transaction. ^^ 1 hanks ; I have come about Maslova's case " Yes yes; directly! But oh, what rogues these fat money bags are!" he said. "You saw this here fellow. Why, he has about twelve million roubles, and he cannot speak correctly ; and if he can get a twenty-five rouble note teeth°" ^''" '*' ^'^'' ^"^ "^^^"^^ '^ °"* ^'*^ ^>s i«"R'^xtTu,V5T" ^"'^^°"'''' and you say 'this here fel- low, NekhludoflF thought, with an insurmountable feeline of aversion towards this man who wished to show bv his free and easy manner that he and NekhludoflF belonged to one and the same camp, while his other clients belonged to another He has worried me to death— a fearful scoundrel I felt I must relieve my feelings." said the advocate, as if to excuse his speaking about things that had no reference to business. Well, how about your case? I have read it attentively but / n, he found 'eral tables, hem, await- The advo- and having id he would int had not ds of loud, a middle- noustaches, also a mid- ook on his see on the ble but not inarin said, lughed un- said Fan- merchant, n'shed in a ;■ down op- apparently nsaction. these fat ;re fellow. he cannot ouble note t with his s here fel- t)le feeling by his free to one and another, rel. I felt to excuse > business, tively, but Resurrection ^77 ^^ Well, then, what have you decided > " "d f 1^ ^ , ' " "o^- no matter." tJut he won t agree " " t£!;"1"""":;' ?"fj„ ^"^ ""^"^ ''°""'-" He the Court of AoDeal rHmtn.fi . '"""^ sentences. " To ,-«,v + *u J ^PPeai> crimmal department etc etc Ar^-nrri ing to the decisions, etc., the verdict e\c c;" o"i5 at^ ?^^" pronounced f^nilfv ' r ' .*^ ^^'^*^'"' ^tc-» iso-and-so Maslova ^ison of the merchant SmeZff '"'S^. '^' ^^^^^ '^'^^^"^ iifp ^^rA ^V *u , ^"le'^^off* and has, according- to Stat- e^^ ttt^nl^S^^^^Z^r^ !? Sibefia/ 'e^cl it, he still felt DleaSire in H^tl ■ ^ ! \ •'"' '"''"? ^° "^'^'l to ^^rf^^,t^^:^J^^ •'--oed .«s that," • "' '""' '^°'"'' '■"^ l'"" "^ ^'on whatever tor on'dTv '"l,! *'''°';"'' '°'' ^PP="'' though. To continue- ' Sec Ws s^Deech^^r'.r ?1*"»' ' ^henMaslova's advocate fn speech tor the detence, wishing to characterise Mas- .78 Resurrection leva's personality, referred to the causes of her fall, he was interrupted by the president calling him to order for the alleged deviation from the direct subject. Yet, as has been repeatedly pointed out by the Senate, the elucidation of the criminal's characteristics and his or her moral standpoint in general has a significance of the first importance in crim- inal cases, even if only as a guide in the settling of the question of imputation.' That's point two," he said, with a look at Nekhludoflf. " But he spoke so badly that no one could make anything of it," Nekhludoflf said, still more astonished. " The fellow's quite a fool, and of course could not be expected to say anything sensible," Fanarin said, laughing ; " but, all the same, it will do as a reason for appeal. Thirdly : ' The president, in his summing up, con- trary to the direct decree of section i, statute 8oi, of the criminal code, omitted to inform the jury what the judicial points are that constitute guilt; and did not mention that having admitted the fac*^ of Maslova having administered the poison to Smelkoflf, the jury had a right not to impute the guilt of murder to her, since the proofs of wilful intent to deprive Smelkoflf of life were absent, and only to pro- nounce her guilty of carelessness resulting in the death of the merchant, which she did not desire.' This is the chief point." " Yes ; but we ought to have known that ourselves. It was our mistake." " And now the fourth point," the advocate continued. " The form of the answer given by the jury contained an evident contradiction. Maslova is accused of wilfully poisoning Smelkoflf, her one object being that of cupidity, the only motive to commit murder she could have had. The jury in their verdict acquit her of the intent to rob, or par- ticipation in the stealing of valuables, from which it follows that they intended also to acquit her of the intent to murder, and only through a misunderstanding, which arose from the incompleteness of the president's summing up, omitted to express it in due form in their answer. Therefore an answer of this kind by the jury absolutely demanded the applica- tion of statutes 8i6 and 808 of the criminal code of pro- cedure, i.e., an exnlanation bv the nresident to the iiirv of the mistake made by them, and another debate on the ques- tion of the prisoner's guilt." II, he was er for the has been on of the tandpoint ; in crim- ig of the id, with a anything :ould not rin said, eason for ■ up, con- )i, of the e judicial ition that ninistered .o impute ful intent y to pro- death of the chief elves. It ontinued. tained an wilfully cupidity, had. The b, or par- it follows 3 murder, : from the mitted to m answer i applica- e of pro- le jury of the ques- n Resurrection i jg '' Then why did the president not do it> " .^^ I, too, should like to know why," Fanarin said, laugh- ;; Then the Senate will, of course, correct this error ? " * ihat will all depend on who will preside there at the time. Well, now, there it is. I have further sad^' he rnn tmued, rapidly, " a verdict of this kind gave the' Courrno right to condemn Maslova to be punished as a crimina" anS to apply section 3, statute 771 of the penal code o her case This IS a decided and gro.. violation of the basic principles of our criminal law. In view of the reasons sta'ed I have depends on what members will be present at the Senate If you have any influence there you c^n but try " 1 do know some." fnr'Ah "^''^ ' ?"• ^ ^u '5"'''^ ^^°"t ^*- Else they'll all go off before thTretuTn' ' tII ^°" ""'' ^^7 *° ^^'^ '^'^^ ^ol^^ Deiore they return. Then, in case of failure, we have still the possibility o appealing to His Majesty. This too de- ffi". .'.''" l^' Pt"^^'^ ^"^"^"^^ >'«» ^^" bH"& to work In InlTfU °°;- -^"^ "' ^°t'' '"'•^^^^: I '"^^^ ^s to the work" mg of the petition, not the influence." " ij^ ^°"* ^^^ ^^ to your fees ? " My assistant will hand you the petition and tell you » , One thing more. The Procurcur gave me a pass 'for visiting this person in prison, but they tell me I must a ^o get a permission from the governor in order To get an nSr- ;SelT!;Ts res^a-rt- J" ^"°^^- ''''' ''^^-^- penetrable fool that you'll Lrcely be aWe I X anything "Is it Maslennikoff?" " Yes." " I know him," said xNekhludofT, and got up to so At low frn'"' ' ^T^^^ "^'>'' ""^^' bony^nub-nosfd,' yd- low-faced woman flew into the room. It was the advocate's fi ! n i8o Resurrection wife, who did not seem to be in the least bit troubkd by her ugHness. She was attired in the most original manner ; she ■ seemed enveloped in something made of velvet and silk, something yellow and green, and her thin hair was crimped. She stepped out triumphantly into the ante-room, followed by a tall, smiling man, with a greenish complexion, dressed in a coat with silk facings, and a white tie. This was an author. Nekhludoff knew him by sight. She opened the cabinet door and said, " Anatole, you must come tb me. Here is Simeon Ivanovitch, who will read his poems, and you must absolutely come and read about Garshin." Nekhludoff noticed that she whispered something to her husband, and, thinking it was something concerning him, wished to go away, but she caught him up and said : " I beg your pardon. Prince, I know you, and, thinking an in- troduction superfluous, I beg you to stay and take part in our literary matinee. It will be most interesting. M. Fana- rin will read." ' " You see what a lot I have to do," said Fanarin, spread- ing out his hands and smilingly pointing to his wife, as if to show hovy impossible it was to resist so charming a creature. Nekhludoff thanked the advocate's wife with extreme politeness for the honour she did him in inviting him, but refused the invitation with a sad and solemn look, and left the room. " What an affected fellow ! " said the advocate's wife, when he had gone out. In the ante-room the assistant handed him a ready-writ- ten petition, and said that the fees, including the business with the Senate and the commission, would come to i,ooo roubles, and explained that M. Fanarin did not usually undertake this kind of business, but did it onlv to obliee Nekhludoff. ^ " And about this petition. Who is to sign it ? " " The prisoner may do it herself, or if this is inconvenient, M. Fanarin can, if he gets a power of attorney from her." " Oh, no. I shall take the petition to her and get her to sign it," said Nekhludoff, glad of the opportunity of seeing her before the appointed day. »; Resurrection l8i €d by her liner ; she and silk, ; crimped. , followed 1, dressed is was an itole, you who will and read ng to her ling him, said: "I ng an in- :e part in M. Fana- 1, spread- e, as if to creature, extreme him, but , and left te's wife, ady-writ- business to I, GOO t usually to oblige nvenient, ti her." et her to of seeing »; CHAPTER XLVI. A PRISON FLOGGING. riHnJ.*nf%f "^'-^'""^ ^,^' ^^^^''' ^^histle sounded in the cor- ridors of the prison, the iron doors of the cells rattled bare eet pattered, heels clattered, and the prisone who acied as dtgvis^n'" sS 'th^ '"• ^°^^'^°'^' filing the° at with uisgustmg smells. The prisoners washed dresser! anri theTt^a"' '°' ""^""' ^'^" ^^^"^ '- ^^' boilinrwat;rTor The conversation at breakfast in all the cells was very hat^dav One V^°r' '^'° ^"^""^'"^ ^^^^ ^^^'"^ ^o be flogged tion a c^erk who hf 'K,•,7^^ ^°""^ "^^" ^^ ^°"ie ^^"^'^a- tion, a clerk, who had killed his mistress in a fit of iealouw His fellow-prisoners liked him because he was nierrv and i:rTe knevv thVla'"' ''""r^^' f"^ ti;;?fso7amhor' nnf t1 f ^ ^^^^ ^"'' '"S'sted on their being carried out Therefore he was disliked by the authorities. ^ whn r/i "^^t' ''^^°'^ ^ J^'^^'" '^'""^^ one of the scavengers took h 'P" TT '°"P °^^'- h'^ "^^^ ""'form. \ a"ufev lu?'to sXlfritir"^^'-' ^^^^"^ ^'^^^ '^ -- -^ ^-- " I'll teach you the law," said the jailer, and gave \'asi- hev a scolding. Vasiliev replied in like mannef and ^he jailer was going to hit him, but Vasiliev seized t'W jailer's hands, held them fast for about three minutes and after givmg the hands a twist, pushed the jailer out of the door The jader complained to the inspector, who ordered Vasi- liev to be put into a solitary cell. "raerea v asi The solitary cells were a row of dark closets Inrkerl fm^ outside, and there were neither beds! nor cSsno^ floo^'^ir .V^"' '^'' '""^^^^^ ^'^ to ^'t or ife on the cHrty fbor, while the rats, of which there were a great man v in those cells ran across them. The rats were^ so bold thl" he^'i^ ; v' ^^^^^'•^•^.the prisoners, and even attactd tnem If they stopped moving. \'asiliev said he would not go into the solitary cell, because he had not done anylng 1 l82 Resurrection wrong ; but they used force. Then he began struggHng, and two other prisoners helped him to free himself from the jailers. All the jailers assemuled, and among them was Petrov, who was distinguished for his strength. The pris- oners got thrown down and pushed into the solitary cells. The governor was immediately informed that something very like a rebellion had taken place. And he sent back an order to flog the two chief offenders, Vasiliev and the tramp, Nepomnishy, giving each thirty strokes with a birch rod. The flogging was appointed to take place in the women's in- terviewing-room. All this was known in the prison since the evening, and it was being talked about with animation in all the cells. Korableva, Khoroshavka, Theodosia, and Maslova sat together in their corner, drinking tea, all of them flushed and animated by the vodka they had drunk, for Maslova, who now had a constant supply of vodka, freely treated her com- panions to it. " He's not 'been a-rioting, or anything," Korableva said, referring to Vasiliev, as she bit tiny pieces off a lump of sugar with her strong teeth, " He only stuck up for a chum, 'cause it's not lawful to strike prisoners nowadays." " And he's a fine fellow, I've heard say," said Theodosia, who sat bareheaded, with her long plaits round her head, on a log of wood opposite the shelf bedstead on which the tea- pot stood. " There, now, if you were to ask him," the watchman's wife said to Maslova (by him she meant Nekhludoff). " I shall tell him. He'll do anything for me," Maslova said, tossing her head, and smiling. " Yes, but when is he coming ? and they've already gone to fetch them," said Theodosia. " It is terrible," she added, with a sigh. " I once did see how they flogged a peasant in the village. Father-in-law, he sent me once to the village elder. Well, I went, and there "... The watchman's wife began her long story, which was interrupted by the sound of voices and steps in the corridor above them. The women were silent, and sat listening. " There they are, hauling him along, the devils ! " Kho- roshavka said. " They'll do him to death, they will. The jailers are so enraged with him because he never would give in to them." ■gling, and from the them was The pris- itary cells, something It back an the tramp, birch rod. omen's in- ing, and it ;lls. aslova sat ushed and lova, who 1 her com- )leva said, a lump of 3r a chum, rheodosia, r head, on :h the tea- atchman's ff).^ ' Maslova ly gone to he added, he village. er. Well, began her of voices Resurrection ^83 finUh At^ *'"J^* ^^^i" upstairs, and the watchman's wife finished her story of how she was that frightened when si e ^de turtd'lt' th" '"'.f " ^^" «°^^^"^ ^ Peasanrher in! SKle turned at the sight, and so on. Khoroshavka related Thl Th'^^°^-^^^ ''''" ^""SSed, and never uttered a sound Then Theodosia put away the tea things, and Korableva and the watchman's wife took up their sewing. Mdsova sat down on the bedstead, with her arms round^her kneeldul and depressed. She was about to lie down and tiVto lleeo when^the woman warder called her into the offiS to see^a '' Now, mind, and don't forget to tell him about us " the old woman (Menshova) said, while Maslova was arraiiffine the kerchief on her head before the dim looking-glass "^wf did not set fire to the house, but he himself, the lend did i^ 5envZ^'"v "^ ^'"; "^V"' ""^ ^"^ "°t ^^"^« h^ soil by' •n^ ,?u- X,°" J"st tell to ask to see my Mitri Mitri will tell him all about it, as plain as can be.^ Ju t ihink o Srwhll^he^'the r !r ^"^°" "^^" -^ --^ dS^fany It'her man's ^if;;"' " '"^°^"^ ''"^^^' ^' *^^ P"^' ^^'^ " Pn^^'nT ^^^}^<' remarked Korableva. nose ht ""7.^ " *?" ^''"'" answered Maslova. " Sup- f^f ^ • u^ ^"P^^^'' ^'■OP' "St to keep up courage "she added, with a wink ; and Korableva poured out half f ^uo of vodka which Maslova drank. Then, havhig wiped ^her rnouth and repeating the words "Just io keep ^up courage"' arg"1he"co'r:lr';""'^^ ^^^ folIow'ed'theTafd^er T1 f! s!" Kho- ivill. The /ould give Mil! 1 1 -■ i r ■^■ > :! 1 .1: 184 Resurrection CHAPTER XLVII. NEKHLUDOFF AGAIN VISITS MASLOVA. NEKHLtJDOFF had to wait in the hall for a long time. When he had arrived at the prison and rung at the entrance door^ he handed the permission of the Procureur to the jailer on duty who met him. " No, no," the jailer on duty said hurriedly, " the inspec- tor is engaged." " In the office?" asked Nekhludoflf. " No, here in the interviewing-room." " Why, is it a visiting day to-day? " " No ; it's special business." "I should like to see him. What am I to do?" said Nekhludoflf. " When the inspector comes out you'll tell him wait a bit," said the jailer. At this moment a sergeant-major, with a smooth, shiny face and moustaches impregnated with tobacco smoke, came out of a side door, with the gold cords of his uniform glis- tening, and addressed the jailer in a severe tone. " What do you mean by letting any one in here ? The office. . . ." " I was told the inspector was here," said Nekhludoflf, sur- prised at the agitation he noticed in the sergeant-major's manner. At this moment the inner door opened, and Petrov came out, heated and perspiring. " He'll remember it," he muttered, turning to the sergeant- major. The latter pointed at Nekhludoflf by a look, and Petrov knitted his brows and went out through a door at the back. " Who will remember it? Why do they all seem so con- fused ? Why did the sergeant-major make a sign to him ? " Nekhludoflf thought. The sergeant-major, again addressing Nekhludoflf, said: ne. When nee door^ jailer on le inspec- 0?" said I wait ith, shiny )ke, came orm glis- re ? The doflf, sur- t-major's rov came sergeant- ook, and I door at ti so con- :o him?" dAF, said : Resurrection (( 185 aJ? M Tm^^ "2^^^ ^^^^' P'^^'^ ^teP across to the office" And Nekhludoff was about to comply when the insoector came out of the door at the back, looking even more con' he'siv n"lm''?'?'?'""^^^' ^"^ ^•^'^'■"■^ continually men he saw Nek-hludoff he turned to the jailer. the office/' ' ^^"^^ ^''^°^^' "'" 5, women's ward, taken to Nekhhidor" T^' '^'' Y7' P'"^'^'" ^^ ^^'d' turning to Tlittle rnl >h^ ^'''"^'? ^ '^""P ''^^'''^'^ ^"^ entered chairi inT-S •''"' ^'"do^' a writing-table, and a few ^ AT- inspector sat down. dres^neVJkhh^Hnff ^'!,7 t'^'^'" ^^ ^^'"^''J^^^' ^^^i" «d- aressing iSekhludoff, and took out a cigarette " You are tired, evidently," said Nekhludoff. trvJnl' n° *?• whole of the service-the duties are verv trymg. One tries to lighten their lot, and only makes i? worse; my only thought is how to get away. Sv^heavy Nekhludoff did not know what the inspector's oarticular difficulties were, but he saw that to-day he was in a Decuharlv dejected and hopeless condition, calling for pky ^ '' Yes ^ h'Ta fd * •• wt H "''^ ^''' '^•^^Y. ^°^ ^ '<-d-hearted man.'' ne said. Why do you serve in this capacity ? " ^^ I have a family." *^ ^ ' " But, if it is so hard " mels^r'"' fLltZ d"°'' 'M%P°^«ible to be of use in some measure, i soften down all I can. Another in mv olare would conduct the affairs quite differently. Why, 7e have more than 2.000 persons here. And what personsT One ^ou 'kno7 Titer TT ''^"^- /^ '' '''''' '^^^ ^^an done ^Uvinrth;^ " T», • *^^^ ^'1^^'° "^^"' 0"e cannot help a fieMthat^ad lllV."?''*T ^'^"" '^'""^ Nekhludoff of a ngnt Jhat had lately taken place among the convicts which had ended by one man being killed convicts, wnich The story was interrupted by the entrance of Maslova who was accompanied by a jailer Masiova, Nekhludoff saw her through the doorway before she had noticed the inspector. She was following the warder brisklv smiling and tossing her head. When she sa J the inspecto; lonk'^^'^f"^^ -^i'l"^'^' ^"^ ^^^^^ ^' ^^^ with a frrghtened bold^and'gTnt' ~-^' ^'^-ddrcssed Nek'hlS " How d'you do? " she said, drawling out her words, and ill Im 1 86 Resurrection i smilingly took his hand and shook it vigorously, not like the first time. " Here, I've !>' ought you a petition to sign," said Nekhlu- doff, rather surprised by the boldness with which she greeted him to-day. " The advocate has written out a petition which you will have to sign, and then we shall send it to Petersburg." " All right I That can be done. Anything you like," she said, with a wink and a smile. And Nekhludoft drew a folded paper from his pocket and went up to the table. "May she sign it here?" asked Nekhludoflf, turning to the inspector. " It's all right, it's all right ! Sit down. Here's a pen ; you can write ? " said the inspector. " I could at one time," she said ; and, after arranging her skirt and the sleeves of her jacket, she sat down at the table, smiled awkwardly, took the pen with her small, energetic hand, and glahced at Nekhludoflf with a laugh. Nekhludoflf told her what to write and pointed out the place where to sign. Sighing deeply as she dipped her pen into the ink, and carefully shaking some drops oflf the pen, she wrote her name. " Is it all ? " she asked, looking from Nekhludoflf to the inspector, and putting the pen now on the inkstand, now on the papers. " I have a few words to tell you," Nekhludoflf said, taking the pen from her. " All right ; tell me," she said. And suddenly, as if re- membering something, or feeling sleepy, she grew serious. The inspector rose and left the room, and Nekhludoflf re- mained with her. ; ii Resurrection it like the 1 Nekhlu- le greeted you will like," she Dcket and jrning to pen ; you iging her the table, energetic 1 out the ink, and i^rote her )ff to the I, now on id, taking as if re- ierious. ludoff re- 187 CHAPTER XLVIII. MASLOVA REFUSES TO MARRY. The decisive moment had come for Nekhludnff R« u. i ing over theTab e so a" no, o be heZVv Z -^'r" ''^""■ "ugh^d -mfhari ^r^™' compliments," s2e said, and i88 Resurrection " Theirname's Menshoff. Well, will you do it? Such a fine old thing, you know ; you can see at once she's innocent. You'll do it, there's a dear," and she smiled, glanced up at him, and then cast down her eves. " All right. I'll find out about them," Nekhludoff said, more and more astonished by her free-and-easy manner. " But I was going to speak to you about myself. Do you re- member what I told you last time? " " You said a lot last time. What was it you told me ? " she said, continuing to smile and to turn her head from side to side. " I said I had come to ask you to forgive me," he began. "What's the use of that? Forgive, forgive, where's the good of " " To atone for my sin, not by mere words, but in deed. I have made up my mind to marry you." An expression of fear suddenly came over her face. Her squinting eyes> remained fixed on him, and yet seemed not to be looking at him. " What's that for? " she said, with an angry frown. " I feel that it is my duty before God to do it." " What God have you found now ? You are not saying what you ought to. God, indeed ! What God ? You ought to have remembered God then," she said, and stopped with her mouth open. It was only now that Nekhludoff noticed that her breath smelled of spirits, and that he understood the cause of her excitement. " Try and be calm," he said. " Why should I be calm ? " she began, quickly, flushing scarlet. " I am a convict, and you are a gentleman and a prince. There's no need for you to soil yourself by touching me. You go to your princesses ; my price is a ten-rouble note." " However cruelly you may speak, you cannot express what I myself am feeling," he said, trembling all over ; " you cannot imagine to what extent I feel mvself guiltv towards you." " Feel yourself guilty? " she said, angrily mimicking him. " You did not feel so then, but threw me lOO roubles. That's your price." " I know, I knov>' ; but what is to be done now ? " said Nekhludoff. " I have decided not to leave you, and what I have said I shall do." Resurrection Licli a fine innocent. ;ed up at doff said, manner. •o you re- me? " she m side to began, lere's the 1 deed. I ace. Her led not to 'n. ot saying ""ou ought jped with ff noticed -stood the , flushing lan and a touching :en-rouble t express ;er ; " you Y towards king him. s. That's w?" said id what I 189 ^^ Katusha, he said, touching her hand v^„' " ^? ''•'■''^'- I am a convict and you a prince and J he jailer came up to them. wonW"^'" ^°" '^'"'^''"^ "P this row for? That ;; Let her alone, please," said Nekhludoff. ^^ bhe must not forget herself," said the jailer turnrd'o thTwii^dof '' "'' ^^'^^^"^°^' ^^' ''^^ i^^- - Maslova sat down again, dropping her eves and firmlv clasping her small hands. t;>es ana nrmly Nekhludoff stooped over her, not knowing what to do ^^ You do not believe me ? " he said. Ihat you mean to marrv me? It will never he I'll rather hang myself. So there! " " ;; Well, still I shall go on serving you." T .m Sr' ^°"'' ^u^''\ ^"'y ^ ^°"'t want anything from vou Lulie fe/''"he act"? ^"'/f ^'^ ''''' ^^X^ ir \u\' ! rr ^"^ added, and began to cry oiteouslv tim^tVpar" '""' "^ '^''" ""'' ■■'''"'"''^'' 'hem that it was Maslova rose. „, ^?": \3SS' you'll have rare times now," Korableva said when Maslova returned to the cell. '< Seems he's ^iS svveet on you ; make the most of it while he'Hfter voi^ H?il help vou out. Rich people can do anything " ^ ^' " muskaf'voic'e' '°'wT''^''^ '^'' watchman's wife, with her musical vo ce. When a poor man thinks of getting mar- ried, there s many a slip 'twixt the cup and tlfelip f but a 190 Resurrection rich man need only make up his mind and it's done. We knew a toff like that duckie. What d'you think he did? " " Well, have you spoken about my affairs ? " the old woman asked. But Maslova gave her fellow-prisoners no answer ; she lay down on the shelf bedstead, her squinting eyes fixed on a corner of the room, and lay there until the evening. A painful struggle went on in her soul. What Nekhludoff had told her called up the memory of that world in which she had suffered and which she had left without having understood, hating it. She now feared to wake from the trance in which she was living. Not having arrived at any conclusion when evening came, she again bought some vodka and drank with her companions. you and Resurrection 191 Dne. did?' the old r ; she lay xed on a ekhliidoff in which it having from the ed at any jht some CHAPTER XLIX. • VERA DOUKHOVA. btel-Z ^"hTr He" f' *^ whole horro? of whit' had plaved with a sensation nf ^1/° Z^-" ^i'"" Nekhludoff had breast, ca^e up and handed h,;;, aTole wf.h^^'at oTn^f. m an unnatural manner. """^""^ The jailer spoke Nekhludoff was surprised that a iaJl^r r.( *u j , political prisoners wer^ Snf ct! 1^? °* *^^ ^^''^ ^^ere Howeve. he .00. .he note^L^^ dTon^ 4t i;,^ t ^.^e arose m me. Ask for a nermJccTon ^ se n T "^ ^°" fi'ii ^^ I 19^ Resurrection I ,11 Vera Doukhova had been a school-teacher in an out-of- the-way village of the Novgorod Government, where Nekh- ludoff and some friends of his had once put up while bear huntingi Nekhludoflf gladly and vividly recalled those old days, and his acquaintance with Doukhova. It was just be- fore Lent, in an isolated spot, 40 miles from the railway. The hunt had been successful; two bears had been killed; and the company were having dinner before starting on their return journey, when the master of the hut where they were putting up came in to say that the deacon's daughter wanted to speak to Prince Nekhludoflf. " Is she pretty ? " some one asked. " None of that, please," Nekhludoflf said, and rose with a serious look on his face. Wiping his mouth, and wondering what the deacon's daughter might want of him, he went into the host's private hut. There he found a girl with a felt hat and a warm cloak on • — a sinewy, ugly girl ; only her eyes with their arched brows were beautiful. " Here^ miss, speak to him," said the old housewife ; " this is the prince himself. I shall go out meanwhile."^ " In what way can I be of service to you ? " Nekhludoflf asked. " J — X — I see you are throwing away your money on stich nonsense — on hunting," began the girl, in great con- fusi.^n. " I know — I only want one thing — to be of use to the people, and I can do nothing because I know nothing." Her eyes were so truthful, so kind, and her expression of resoluteness and yet bashfulness was so touching, that Nekhludoflf, as it often happened to him, suddenly felt as if he were in her position, understood, and sympathised. "What can I do, then?" " I am a teacher, but should like to follow a course of study ; and I am not allowed to do so. That is, not that I am not allowed to ; they'd allow me to, but I have not got the means. Give them to me, and when I have finished the course I shall repay you. I am thinking the rich kill bears and give the peasants drink ; all this is bad. Why should they not do good ? I only want 80 roubles. But if you don't wish to, never mind," she added, gravely. "On the contrary, I am very grateful to you for this opportunitv. ... I will bring it at once," said Nekh- ludoflf. He went out into the passage, and there met one of his in an out-of- tvhere Nekh- p while bear ed those old was just be- the railway. been killed; ting on their !re they were I's daughter 5he pretty ? " hliidoff said, Wiping his ighter might t. arm cloak on irched brows 1 housewife; mwhile." ' Nekhludoflf ir money on in great con- be of use to ow nothing." expression of uching, that enly felt as if ithised. f a course of is, not that I have not got e finished the ich kill bears Why should It if you don't you for this ' said Nekh- l Resurrection j g ^ comrades, who had been overhearing his conversation ^7o"A"°K^''^ !? ^'\ "^^«^"&' Nekhlfdoff got tirmone; out of his bag and took it to her money you,?heS'' ^"^ "°' '^'"'^ "'"' '' '' ^ ^^^° should than- It was pleasant to remember all this now; pleasant to re member that he had nearly had a quarrel w^^ran officer" who tried to make an objectionable joke of it, and how an other of his comrades had taken his part, which led to a closer friendship between them. How succersfil the whole of that hunting expedition had been, and Tovv han^^^^^^^ The Hn/n^f'"l '.''"'"'".^ 'Z ^^^ ^^"^^^ station tKight .tJ^t ^^^^^^^' ^^'^ ^^'■^^^ i" tandem, glide qu^cklv along the narrow road that lies through the forest now between high trees, now between low fir! weighed down bv li/ht K /'•'''i'^^l"^ ^""^P^ °" their braShes Tred light flashes in the dark, some one lights an aromatic ci/ar skdge-^uo'to'hls'k" '"^^^' '^^P^ ^"""-^ fromlVgfto Sledge, up to his knees in snow, and while putting- thinls fn rights he speaks about the elk which are novv gfin^ "bou^ on the deep snow and gnawing the bark off theTspen trees o. the bears that are lying asleep in their deep hidden dens and his breath comes v.arm through the openinJin Vh^ but fho^^'n .t^^- ''''' '^""^ ^''^ ?° NekhCff^ minS but, above all, the joyous sense of health, strength and^free' ?ha"'trfu; Ho.'k ^""f '"^^'^"u^ ^" *h^ frostf^so deeply tnat the fur cloak is drawn tightly on his chest the fine snow drops off the low branches on to his face his bodv^s warm, his face feels fresh, and his soul is fS from carL nowTcnl',' 'T: ?' ^^^^^^- How beautiful ft C And now, O God ! what torment, what trouble ! prifo^fedt'^sucr 5°"'^?' T^ ^ revolutionist and im- pnsonea as such. He must see her, especially as she orom- ised to advise him how to lighten Masbva's lot ^ let one of his a'* I ! I Hi: 194 Resurrection CHAPTER L. THE VICE-GOVERNOR OF THE PRISON. Awaking early the next morning, Nekhludoff remem- bered what he had done the day before, and was seized with fear. But in spite of this fear, he was more determined than ever to continue what he had begun. Conscious of a sense of duty, he left the house and went to see Maslennikoflf in order to obtain from him a permis- sion to visit Maslova in prison, and also the Menshofifs — mother arid son — about whom Maslova had spoken to him. Nekhludoff had known this Maslennikoflf a long time; they had been in the regiment together. At that time Maslennikoflf was treasurer to the regiment. He was a kind-hearted and zealous oflficer, knowing and wishing to know nothing beyond the regiment and the Imperial fam- ily. Now Nekhludoflf saw him as an administrator, who had exchanged the regiment for an administrative oflfice in the government where he lived. He was married to a rich and energetic woman, who had forced him to exchange mili- tary for civil service. She laughed at him, and caressed him, as if he were her own pet animal. Nekhludbflf had been to see them once during the winter, but the couple were so uninteresting to him that he had not gone again. At the sight of Nekhludoflf Maslennikoflf's face beamed all over. He had the same fat red face, and was as corpu- lent and as well dressed as in his military days. Then, he used to be always dressed in a well-brushed uniform, made according to the latest fashion, tightly fitting his chest and shoulders ; now, it was a civil service uniform he wore, and that, too, tightly fitted his well-fed body and showed oflf his broad chest, and was cut according to the latest fashion. In spite of the diflFerence in age (Maslennikoflf was 40), the two men were very familiar with one another. " Halloo, old fellow ! How good of you to come ! Let Resurrection 195 rmined than ise and went come ! Let us go and see my wife. I have just ten minutes to spare th Tead o^the "r^n ""^ ^'"' ^1 ^"^^' y°" '^"-- I --at luu^i- he Government administration," he said un- able to disguise his satisfaction. ' I have come on business." "What is it?" said MaslennikofY, in an anxious and severe tone, putting himself at once . A his guard in in nrTson " F.VT' ''^°"?. ^ -^"^ l^'^ '""^h interested Sews?emV''inrT\'^'!!:,^ P"'^" Maslennikoflf's face office and nof In tf ""'"^ ''^' *° ^?^^^ ^'^ '"^^'"^i^^^' '" the fr^M^; 5 ?^ *^'^ common visiting-room. I have been told it depended on you " hour/' remember, I am monarch only for an to lecher V'" ^""^ ^'""^ "'^ ^" ""'^^^ that will enable me " It's a woman ? " ;; Yes." " What is she there for ? " ;; Poisoning, but she has been unjustly condemned." iurv ,7c'.l« 7 ^? -^fl^ '^' ^^^^'^ J"^tice administered by but Tt Cn'f h!^ ,' ^ ^ ^"^'^ >^°" ^° "°t agree with me, added, giving utterance to an opinion he had for the last tiTe p'anTr^" '' T w''" '^^'^"^ '"/^^ retrograde Conserv"! tive paper. I know you are a Liberal." else" Nekhlu^doff J^'^^'m-^ ^"? ^^l^\her^\ or something else, Wekh udofr said, smiling; it always surprised him to find himself ranked with a political partv and calkd a Liberal when he maintain.n [hat a mln should be heard elZ^l^^^'^}''^^^^' ^^^^ '^^^^'•^ being tried all men were b'u tpectllv t°ho^./' f 7^^ *° '^ "^-^^-^^^ and beat n! ^^ And whom have you for an advocate ? " ^^ 1 have spoken to Fandrin." r.. ?^^.- '"^j: Fanarin! " said Maslennikofif, with a erimace recollecting how this Fandrin had examinid him af a wit-' 196 Resurrection ! J ness at a trial the year before and had, in the politest man- ner, held him up to ridicule for half an hour. "I should not advise you to have anything to do with him. Fanarin est un Itomme tare." " I have one more request to make," said Nekhludofif, without answering him. " There's a girl whom I knew long ago, a teacher ; she is a very pitiable little thing, and is now also imprisoned, and would like to see me. Could you give me a permission to visit her? " MaslennikofT bent his head on one side and considered. " She's a poHtical one? " " Yes, I have been told so." "Well, you see, only relatives get permission to visit political prisoners. Still, I'll give you an open order. Je sais que votis n'ahuseres pas. What's the name of your protegee? Doukhova? Elle est jolie? " " Hideuse." Masleni^ikoflf shook his head disapprovingly, went up to the table, and wrote on a sheet of paper, with a printed heading: "The bearer. Prince Dmitri Ivanovitch Nekh- ludofif, is to be allowed to interview in the prison of!ice the meschdnka Maslova, and also the medical assistant, Dou- khova," and he finished with an elaborate flourish. "Now you'll be able to see what order we have got there. And it IS very difficult to keep order, it is so crowded, es- pecially with people condemned to exile; but I watch strictly, and love the work. You will see they are very comfortable and contented. But one must know how to deal with them. Only a few days ago we had a little trouble —insubordination; another would have called it mutiny, and would have made many miserable, but with us it all passed quietly. We must have solicitude on one hand, firm- ness and power on the other," and he clenched the fat white turquoise-ringed fist, which issued out of the starched cuff of his shirt sleeve, fastened with a gold stud. " Solici- tude and firm power." " Well, I don't know about that," said NekhludofiF. " I went there twice, and felt very much depressed." " Do you know, you ought to get acquainted with the Countess Passek," continued MaslennikofT, growing talka- tive. "She has given herself up entirelv to this sort of work. Elle fait beauconp de bien. Thanks to her— and perhaps I may add without false modesty, to me— every- Resurrection ^97 thing has been changed, changed in such a .vay that the former horrors no longer exist, and they are really quite comfortable there. Weh, you'll see. There's Fan/rin I do not know him personally ; besides, my social position keeps our ways apart; but he is positively a bad man and " Well, thank you," NekhludofT said, taking the oaoer comrTde^"^ '"'"^ ^"'*^"' ^' ^^"^^ ^^^^'^^^ '° ^'' ^^''"^^'^ '!. ^^^ ^°"'* y°" S° ^" to see my wife? " ^^ No, pray excuse me ; I have no time now " Dear me, why she will never forgive me," said Mas- lennikoff, accompanying his old acquaintance down to the first landing, as he was in the habit of doing to persons of not the greatest but the second greatest importance? with morem/' ''' Nekhludofif ; " now do go in, if only for a and "JL^frli^f °^ remained firm ; and while the footman and the door-keeper rushed to give him his stick and over- coat, and opened the door, outside of which there stood a policeman, Nekhludofif repeated that he really couMno^ come in. ■' ^'-'""^ '"-"• I wXl l^'"' """ Thursday please. It is her 'at-home: thrstai?" ^""^ ''°"'^' ""^^"^ Maslennikoflf from 198 Resurrection CHAPTER LI. THE CELLS. Nekhludoff drove that day straight from Maslennikoff's to the prison, and went to the inspector's lodging, which he now knew. He was again struck by the sounds of the same piano of inferior quality ; but this time it was not a rhap- sody that was being played, but exercises by Clementi, again with the same vigour, distinctness, and quickness. The ser- vant with the bandaged eye said the inspector was in, and showed Nekhludoff to a small drawing-room, in which there stood a soft and, in front of it, a table, with a large lamp, which stood on a piece of crochet work, and the paper shade of which was burnt on one side. The chief inspector en- tered, with his usual sad and weary look. " Take a seat, please. What is it you want ? " he said, buttoning up the middle button of his uniform. " I have just been to the vice-governor's, and got this order from him. I should like to see the prisoner Maslova." Markova ? " asked the inspector, unable to hear dis- tinctly because of the music. ''Maslova!" " Well, yes." The inspector got up and went to the door whence proceeded dementi's roulades. " Mary, can't you stop just a minute ? " he said, in a voice that showed that this music was the bane of his life. " One can't hear a word." The piano was silent, but one could hear the sound of reluctant steps, and some one looked in at the door. The inspector seemed to feel eased by the interval of si- lence, lit a thick cigarette of weak tobacco, and offered one to Nekhludoflf. NekhludoflF refused. " What I want is to see Maslova." " Oh, yes, that can be managed. Now, then, what do you want ? " he said, addressing a little girl of five or six, who came into the room and walked up to her father with her head turned towards Nekhludoflf, and her eyes fixed on him. •It Resurrection 199 There, now, you'll fall down," said the inspector, smil- ing, as the httle girl ran up to him, and, not looking where she was gomg, caught her foot in a little rug. 'I Well, then, if I may, I shall go." " It's not very convenient to see Maslova to-dav," said the mspector. "How's that?" " Well, you know, it's all your own fault," said the in- spector, with a slight smile. " Prince, give her no money into her hands. If you like, give it me. I will keep it for ner. You see, you gave her some money yesterday; she got some spirits (it's an evil we cannot manage to root out) and to-day she is' quite tipsy, even violent " 'I Can this be true?" " Oh, yes, it is. I have even been obliged to have recourse to severe measures, and to put her into a separate cell She is a quiet woman in an ordinary way. But please do not give her any money. These people are so " M Y^^^^\ ^i? happened the day before came vividly back to JNekhludoif s mind, and again he was seized with fear. And Doukhova, a political prisoner; might I see her?" r.., -'t ^°" ^^^^'" ^^^*^ *^^^' inspector. He embraced the httle girl, who was still looking at Nekhludoff, got up, and tenderly motioning her aside, went into the ante-room. Hardly had he got into the overcoat which the maid helped him to put on, and before he had reached the door, the dis- tinct sounds of dementi's roulades again began. She entered the Conservatoire, but there is such disorder there. She has a great gift," said the inspector, as they went down the stairs. " She means to play at concerts " The inspector and Nekhludoff arrived at the prison The gates were instantly opened as they appeared. The i'ailers with their fingers lifted to their caps, followed the inspector with their eyes. Four men, with their heads half shaved who were carrying tubs filled with something, cringed when they saw the inspector. One of them frowned angrily, his black eyes glaring. " Of course a talent like that must be developed ; it would ro°i J'^j'^'^a^u' ^"^ '" ^ '"^^^ ^°^g'"^' yo» J<"ow, it is rather hard. The inspector went on with the conversation, taking no notice of the prisoners. " Who is it you want to see ? " " Doukhova." 200 Resurrection It I " Oh, she's in the tower. You'll have to wait a little," he said. " Might I not meanwhile see the prisoners Menshoff. mother and son, who are accused of incendiarism? " " Oh, yes. Cell No. 21. Yes, they can be sent for." *^ But might I not see Menshoff in his cell ? " *' Oh, you'll find the waiting-room more pleasant." *| No. I should prefer the cell. It is more interesting." " Well, you have found something to be interested in !" Here the assistant, a smartly-dressed officer, entered the side door. " Here, see the Prince into Menshoff's cell, No. 21," said the inspector to his assistant, " and then take him to the office. And I'll go and call What's her name? " " Vera Doukhova." The inspector's assistant was young, with dyed mous- taches, and diflfusing the smell of eau-de-cologne. " This way, please," he said to Nekhludoff, with a pleasant smile. ■" Our establishment interests you ? " " Yes, it does interest me ; and, besides, I look upon it as a duty to help a man who I heard was confined here, though innocent." The assistant shrugged his shoulders. " Yes, that may happen," he said quietly, politely stepping aside to let the visitor enter the stinking corridor first. " But it also happens that they lie. Here we are." The doors of the cells were open, and some of the pris- oners were in the corridor. The assistant nodded slightly to the jailers, and cast a side glance at the prisoners, who, keep- mg close to the wall, crept back to their cells, or stood like soldiers, with their arms at their sides, following the official with their eyes. After passing through one corridor, the assistant showed Nekhludoflf intu another to the left, sepa, rated from the first by an iron door. This corridor was darker, and smelt even worse than the first. The corridor had doors on both sides, with little holes in them about an inch in diameter. There was only an old jailer, with an unpleasant face, in this corridor. "Where is Menshoff?" asked the inspector's assistant " The eighth cell to the left." " And these? Are they occupied? " asked Nekhludoff. " Yes, all but one." a little," he Menshoflf, n?" ; for." nt." !resting." sted in !" entered the 3. 21," said him to the e?" yed mous- le. " This isant smile. ipon it as a ire, though ly stepping ridor first. »f the pris- slightly to who, keep- stood like the official rridor, the left, sepa/ ie than the little holes •nly an old issistant. :hludoff. Resurrection 20I CHAPTER LII. NO. 21. ^ May I look in? " asked Nekhludoff. Oh, certamly," answered the assistant, smiling, and turned to the jailer with some question. Nekhludoff looked mto one of the little holes, and saw a tall young man pacing up and dovvn the cell. When the man heard some one at the door he looked up with a frown, but continued walk- mg up and down. Nekhludoff looked into another hole. His eve met another large eye looking out of the hole at him, and he quickly stepped aside. In the third cell he saw a very small man asleep on the bed, covered, head and all, with his prison cloak In the fourth a broad-faced man was sitting with his elbows on his knees and his head low down. At the sound of footsteps this man raised his head and looked up. His face, especially his large eyes, bore the • xpression of hopeless dejection. One could see thn ,i di i not even interest him to know who was looking into his cell Who- hlm '^ S'?n M^'i^' evidently hoped for nothing good from Cn.hnff' u°x^ ''"' '"i"!^ ^^^'^ ^^^^^' ^"^ went to Menshoff s cell. No. 21, without stopping to look through any more holes. The jailer unlocked ihe door and openedit tJn'u^ r^":, T-^\ ^°"^ "^"'^' well-developed muscles, a nmt n!? ' w^ 1 '"? ' '""T^ "y"' '*°°^ by the bed, hastily putting on his cloak and coking at the newcomers with a frightened face. Nekhludoff was specially struck bv the ,W ^i"""" -T' ^^^^ "^^'^ throwing frightened and inquir- ing glances m turns at him, at the jailer, and at the assistant, and back again. ;; Here's a gentleman wants to inquire into your affair." 1 hank you kindly. ft,"^^''i'^^',/°''^ ^b°"t >'0"'" Nekhludoff said, going throi^gh the cell up to the dirty grated window. " ?nH I snouiu like to hear all about it from yourself " Menshoff also came up to the window, and at once started -■202 Resurrection telling his story, at first looking shyly at the inspector's as- sistant, but growing gradually bolder. When the assistant left the cell and went into the corridor to give some order the man grew quite bold. The story was told with the ac- icent and in the manner common to a most ordinary good peasant lad. To hear it told by a prisoner dressed in this degrading clothing, and inside a prison, seemed very strange to Nekhludoflf. NekhludoflF listened, and at the same time kept looking around him — at the low bedstead with its straw mattress, the window and the dirty, damp wall, and the piteous face and form of this unfortunate, dis- figured peasant in his prison cloak and shoes, and he felt sadder and sadder, and would have liked not to believe what this good-natured fellow was saying. It seemed too dread- ful to think that men could do such a thing as to take a man, dress him in convict clothes, and put him in this hor- rible place without any reason only because he himself had been injured. And yet the thought that this seemingly true story, told with such a good-natured expression on the face, might be an invention and a lie was still more dreadful. This was the story: The village public-house keeper had «nticed the young fellow's wife. He tried to get justice by all sorts of means. But everywhere the public-house keeper managed to bribe the officials, and was acquitted. Once Tie took his wife back by force, but she ran away next day. Then he came to demand her back, but, though he saw her when he came in, the public-house keeper told him she was snot there, and ordered him to go away. He would not go, so the public-house keeper and his servant beat him so that they drew blood. The next day a fire broke out in the public-house, and the young man and his mother were ac- cused of having set the house on fire. He had not set it on fire, but was visiting a friend at the time. " And it is true that you did not set it on fire ? " " It never entered my head to do it, sir. It must be my enemy that did it himself. They say he had only just in- sured it. Then they said it was mother and I that did it, and that we had threatened him. It is true I once did go for him, my heart couldn't stand it any longer." "Can this be true?" '' God is my witness it is true. Oh, sir, be so good " and Nekhludoflf had some diflficulty to prevent him from bowing down to the ground. " You see I am perishing Resurrection pector's as- le assistant some order /ith the ac- inary good ised in this :med very and at the w bedstead lirty, damp tunate, dis- and he felt elieve what too dread- s to take a in this hor- limself had seemingly sion on the re dreadful, keeper had t justice by )use keeper ted. Once y next day. he saw her im she was uld not go, him so that out in the er were ac- lot set it on 203 wi?h1re7let^of Kin^'sl -r^" '' '''' ^'P'"^ '^^ *-- ;; Are you ready ? " asked the assistant. and lill do'^wh'at t'can'-" s'^d tl^T^l ' ^^ ^ '^^^y^' mamed lookmg out through the little hole. nust be my nly just in- that did it, e did go for good " t him from 1 perishing 204 Resurrection I? . 11! CHAPTER LIII. VICTIMS OF GOVERNMENT. Passing back along the broad corridor (it was dinner time, and the cell doors were open), among the men dressed in their light yellow cloaks, short, wide trousers, and prison shoes, who were looking eagerly at him, Nekhludoflf felt a strange mixture of sympathy for them, and horror and per- plexity at the conduct of those who put and kept them here, and, besides, he felt, he knew not why, ashamed of himself calmly examining it all. In one iof the corridors, some one ran, clattering with his shoes, in at the door of a cell. Several men came out from here, and stood in NekhludoflF's way, bowing to him. " Please, your honour (we don't know what to call you), get our affair settled somehow." " I am not an official. I know nothing about it." " Well, anyhow, you come from outside ; tell somebody — one of the authorities, if need be," said an indignant voice. " Show some pity on us, as a human being. Here we are suffering the second month for nothing." " What do you mean? Why ? " said Nekhludoff. " Why ? We ourselves don't know why, but are sitting here the second month." " Yes, it's quite true, and it is owing to an accident," said the inspector. " These people were taken up because they had no passports, and ought to have been sent back to their native government ; but the prison there is burnt, and the local authorities have written, asking us not to send them on. So we have sent all the other passportless people to their different governments, but are keeping these." "What! For no other reason than that?" Nekhludoff exclaimed, stopping at the door. A crowd of about forty men, all dressed in prison clothes, surrounded him and the assistant, and several be^an talk- ing at once. The assistant stopped them. " Let some one of you speak." Resurrection 205 A tall, good-looking peasant, a stone-mason, of about fafty, stepped out from the rest. He told NekhludofY that all of them had been ordered back to their homes and were now being kept in prison because they had no passports, yet they had passports which were only a fortnight overdue. The same thing had happened every year ; they had many times omitted to renew their passports till thev were over- due, and nobody had ever said anything; but this year they had been taken up and were being kept in prison the second month, as if they were criminals. " We are all masons, and belong to the same artel. We are told that the prison in our government is burnt, but this IS not our fault. Do help us." Nekhludoflf listened, but ha lly understood what the good-looking old man was saying, because his attention was riveted to a large, dark-grey, many-legged louse that was creeping along the good-looking man's cheek. ,, , 5°^.? t^^t? Is it p :Me for such a reason?" Nekh- ludoft said, turning to 'v.> assistant. " Yes, they should h^ . c been sent ofif and taken back to their homes," calmly said the assistant, " but they seem to have been forgotten or something." Before the assistant had finished, a small, nervous man, also in prison dress, came out of the crowd, and, strangely contorting his mouth, began to say that they were beine ill-used for nothing. " Worse than dogs," he began. " Now, now ; not too much of this. Hold your tong-ue or you know " ' " What do I know ? " screamed the little man, desper- ately. " What is our crime ? " " Silence! " shouted the assistant, and the little man was silent. "But what is the meaning of all this?" Nekhludofif thought to himself as he came out of the cell, while a hun- dred eyes were fixed upon him through the openings of the eel doors and from the prisoners that met him, making him feel as if he were running the gauntlet. " Is it really possible that perfectly innocent people are kept here?" Nekhludofif uttered when thev left the cor- ridor. What would you have us do? They lie so. To hear them talk they are all of them innocent said the inspector's n ii l! I « m 206 Resurrection assistant, " But it does happen that some are really im- prisoned for nothing." " Well, these have done nothing." "Yes, we must ; iniit it. Still, the people are fearfully spoilt. There art such types — desperate fellows, with whom one has to look sharp. To-day two of that sort had to be punished." "Punished? How?" " Flogged with a birch-rod, by order." " But corporal punishment is abolished." " Not for such as are deprived of their rights. They are still liable to it." Nekhliidoff thought of what he had seen the day before while waiting in the hall, and now understood that the pun- ishment was then being inflicted, and the mixed feeling of ■curiosity, depression, perplexity, and moral nausea, that grew into physical sickness, took hold of him more strongly than evei* before. Without listening to the inspector's assistant, or looking round, he hurriedly left the coiridor, and went to the of- fice. The inspector was in the office, occupied with other business, and had forgotten to send for Doukhova. He only remembered his promise to have her called when NekhludoflF entered the office. '• Sit down, please. I'll send for her at once," said the inspector. Resurtection 207 CHAPTER LIV. PRISONERS AND FRIENDS. The office consisted of two rooms. The first room, with a large, dilapidated stove and two dirty windows, had a black hieasure for measuring the prisoners in one corner and m another corner hung a large image of Christ, as is usual m places where they torture people. In this room stood several jailers. In the next room sat about twenty persons, men and women in groups and in pairs, talking in low voices. There was a writing table by the window. Ihe inspector sat down by the table, and offered Nekh- ludoff a chair beside him. Nekhludoff sat down, and looked at the people in the room. The first who drew his attention was a young man with a pleasant face, dressed in a short jacket, standing in front of a middle-aged woman with dark eyebrows, and he was eagerly telling her something and gesticulating with his hands. Beside them sat an old man, with blue spectacles, holding the hand of a young woman in prisoner's clothes, who was te ling him something. A schoolboy, with a fixed, trightened look on his face, was gazing at the old man. In one corner sat a pair of lovers. She was quite young and pretty, and had short, fair hair, looked energetic, and was elegantly dressed; he had fine features, wavy hair and wore a rubber jacket. They sat in their corner and seemed stupefied with love. Nearest to the table sat a grey-haired- woman dressed in black, evidently the mother of a young consumptive-looking fellow, in the same kind cf jacket : her head lay on his shoulder. She was trying to say something but the tears prevented her from speaking; she began sev-' eral times, but had to stop. The young man held a paper in his hand, and, apparently not knowing what to do,' kept folding and pressing it with an angry look on his face Beside them, was a short-haired, stout, rosy girl, with very prominent eyes, dressed in a grev dress and a cape; she sat beside the weeping mother, tenderly stroking her. 2o8 Resurrection St 1 Everything about this girl was beautiful ; her large, white hands, her short, wavv hair, her firm nose and lips, but the chief charm of her face lay in her kind, truthful hazel eyes. The beautiful eyes turned away from the mother for a niioment when Nekhludofif came in, and met his look. But she turned back at once and said something to the mother Not far from the lovers a dark, dishevelled man, with a gloomy face, sat angrily talking to a beardless visitor, who looked as if he belonged to the Scoptsy sect. At the very door stood a young man in a rubber jacket, who seemed more concerned about the impression he pro- duced on the onlooker than about what he was saying. Nekhludoff, sitting by the inspector's side, looked rounJ with strained curiosity. A little boy with closely-cropped f^air came up to him and addressed him in a thin little voice. " And whom are you waiting for ? " Nekhludoff was surprised at the question, but looking at the boy, and seeing the serious little face with its bright, at- tentive eyes fixed on him, answered him seriously that he was waiting for a woman of his acquaintance. '' Is she, then, your sister? " the boy asked. ^' No, not my sister," NekhludoflF answered in surpr.e. ^^ And with whom are you here? " he inquired of the boy. I? With mamma; she is a political one," he replied. Mary Pavlovna, take Kolia!" said the inspector, evi- dently considering Nekhludoff s conversation with the boy illegal. Mary Pavlovna, the beautiful girl who ' ?d attracted Nekhludoflf's attention, rose tall and erect, ana with firm, almost manly steps, approached Nekhludoff and the boy. "What is he asking you? Who you are?" she inquired with a slight smile, and looking straight into his face Ai^ith a trustful look in her kind, prominent eyes, and as simply as if there could be no doubt whatever that she was and must be on sisterly terms with everybody. " He likes to know everything," she said, looking at the boy with so sweet and kind a smile that both the boy and Nekhludoff were obliged to smile back. "^ He was asking me whom I have come to see." " Mary Pavlovna, it is against the rules to speak to strangers. You know it is," said the inspector, " All right, all right," she said, and went back to the con- sumptive lad's mother, holding KoHa's little hand in her Resurrection 209 hrge. white one, while he continued gazing up into her specl^n°'' '' '^"' ""'" ^°>^- " Nekhludoff asked of the in- oriso^''' ^IwT ' • ^ P°"'''^? P"'°"^^' ^"d he was born in prison, said the inspector, in a pleased tone as if ^lad o point out how exceptional his establishment was ^ is It possible? '' Is fui "°''' ^^ '^ ^°'"^ *« Siberia with her." ^^ And that young girl ? " "I cannot answer your question," said the insoerfnr shrugging his shoulders. "Besides, here is DoukK" ' 2IO Resurrection i!? i'^i iii m CHAPTER LV. VERA DOUKHOVA EXPLAINS. Through a door, at the back of the room, entered, with a wriggling gait, the thin, yellow Vera Doukhova, with her large, kind eyes. "Thanks for having come," she said, p-essing Nekh- ludoflf's hand. " Do you remember me ? Let us sit down." " I did not expect to see you like this." " Oh, I am very happy. It is so delightful, so delightful, that I desire nothing better," said Vera Doukhova, with the usual expression of fright in the large, kind, round eyes fixed on NekhludoflF, and twisting the terribly thin, sinewy neck, surrounded by the shabby, crumpled, dirty collar of her bodice. Nekhludoflf asked her how she came to be in prison. In answer she began relating all a' out her affairs with great animation. Her speech was intermingled with a great many long words, such as propaganda, disorganisation, social groups, sections and sub-sections, about which she seemed to think everybody knew, but which Nekhltidof! had never heard of. She told him all the secrets of the Nardovolstvo,* evi- dently convinced that he was pleased to hear them. Nekh- ludoff looked at her miserable little neck, her thin, unkempt hair, and wondered why she had been doing all these strange things, and why she was now telling all this to him. He pitied her, but not as he had pitied Mensh. ff, the peasant, kept for no fault of his own in the stinking prison. She was pitiable bee use of the confusion that filled her mind. It was clear that she considered herself a heroine, and was ready to give her life for a cause, though she could hardly have explained what that cause was and in what its success would lie. ^ The business that Vera Doukhova wanted to see Nekh- ludofT about was the following : A friend of hers, who had not even belonged to their " sub-group," as she expressed * Literally, "People's Freedom," a revolutionary movement. tered, with a, with her ing Nekh- sit down." delightful, a, with the '. eyes fixed lewy neck, )ar of her Drison. flfairs with 'ith a great ganisation, which she NTekhludofT stvo,* evi- n. Nekh- !, unkempt all these all this to nsh 'ff, the ng prison. filled her a heroine, she could n what its see Nekh- , who had expressed irement. Resurrection 2 1 1 it, had been arrested with her about five months before and Zhibrd' book' P^^-P-J°-ky fortress becaursome prohibited books and papers (which she had been asked to keep) had been found in her possession vfra Doukhova felt herself in some measure to blame for he? nend s arrest, and implored Nekhludoff. who liTd connec- snfsTe^dt:." ^''^^ '''''-' '^ '^ ^" ^^ -'^^ - -"- ^ , Besides this, Doukhova asked him to try and get permis- sion for another friend of hers, Gourkevitch (who was X pTmnndTon' Petropavlovsky fortressr^o ^e ts parents and to procure some scientific books which he re- cZflu ^\' ''"^'^'- ^^-^'hludofT promised to do that he could when he went to Petersburg As to her own story, this is what she said: Havine- fin- ished a course of midwifery, she became connected with a group of adherents to the Nardovolstvo, and made im he? m.nd to agitate in the revolutionary movement A? fir^st all JTil?" T""'^'^^'- ^^ ^^°*^ proclamations and occupie herself with propaganda work in the factories • then an im seTzeTanTTll" ^^^•"^, '^-^ -^^ed, thet' papers were seized and all concerned were arrested " I was pkn r,r Teff: tir,iif ^^r'^- ?? r'r '^^^ ^'^^^ ^'d smile ^^^' «-^oncluded her story with a piteous Nekhludoff made some inquiries concerning the drl with he prominent eyes. Vera Doukhova told hinf tKhis drl o the 'rf ?^''' °^ " ^^"^^^'' ^"^ J^^d been long attlch^d hJrS TS'"*'^"^'>^ ^^'^y' ^"d w^s arrested because she had pleaded guilty to having shot a gendarme. She ived in a house with some conspirators, where they had a leered printing press. One night, when the police came to search this house, the occupiers resolved to defend themselves out put the light and began destroying the things that mi&^ mcnminate them. The police forced thei way in anrote SLl' Z^'P^'^'^'P fi^<^d' and mortally wounded a gen! darme When an inquiry was instituted/this ^irl said thft if was she who had fired, although she had never ^d a re volver in her hands, and would not have hurll flv And fn SiSa!' ''' ^"' "^^ "°" ^^"^^--^ to'"p?n:i s^^vi^ude provtngly.''"'''^'' ^"' ^'^^^^^ter," said Vera Doukhova, ap- 212 Resurrection The third business that Vera Doiikhova wanted to talk about concerned Maslova. She knew, as everybody does know in prison, the storyof Maslova's life and his connection with her, and advised him to take steps to get her removed into the political prisoner's ward, or into the hospital to help to nurse the sick, of which there were very many at that time, so that extra nurses were needed. NekhludoflF thanked her for the advice, and said he would try to act upon it. Resurrection id to talk ody does onnection removed Dspital to many at he would 213 CHAPTER LVI. NEKHLUDOFF AND THE PRISONERS. Their conversation was interrupted by the inspector, who said that the time was up, and the prisoners and their friends must part Nekhludoflf took leave of Vera Doukhova and went to the door, where he stopped to watch what was going on. The inspector's order called forth only heightened anima- tion among the prisoners in the room, but no one seemed to think of going. Some rose and continued to talk stand- mg, some went on talking without rising. A few began crying and taking leave of each other. The mother and her consumptive son seemed especially pathetic. The youne fellow kept twisting his bit of paper and his face seemed angry, so great were his efforts not to be infected by his mothers emotion. The mother, hearing that it was time to part, put her head on his shoulder and sobbed and sniffed aloud. The girl with the prominent eyes— NekhludofT could not help watching her— was standing opposite the sobbing mother and was saying something to her in a soothing tone The o d man with the blue spectacles stood holdini his daughters hand and nodding in answer to what she said The young lovers rose, and, holding each other's hands, looked silently into one another's eyes. "These are the only two who are merry," "said a youne man with a short coat who stood bv Nekhludofif's side also looking at those who were about to part, and pointed to the lovers Feeling Nekhludofif's and the young man's ryes hxed on them, the lovers— the young man with the rubber coat and the pretty girl— stretched out their arms, and with their hands clasped in each other's, danced round and round again. To-night they are going to be married here in prison, and she will follow him to Siberia," said the younp- man. •' ^ "What is he?" 214 Resurrection i\ '-i 15^ ( J II m i A convict, condemned to penal servitude. Let those two at least have a httle joy, or else it is too painful," the younij man add d, listening to the sobs of the consumptive lad's mother. ' ''Now, my good people! Please, please do not oblige me to have r ourse to severe measures," the inspector said, re- peatnig the same words several times over. " Do please " he went on in a weak, hesitating manner. " It is high time. V\hat do you mean by it? This sort of thing is quite impos- sible. I am now asking you for the last time," he repeated Tnothe^r' "°^^ P""'"?^ o"t his cigarette and then lighting It was evident that, artful, old, and common as were the devices enahhng men to do evil to others without feeline responsible for it, the inspector could not but feel conscious that he was one of those who were guilty of causing the sorrow which manifested itself in this room. And it was apparent that this troubled him sorely. At length the prison- ers and their visitors began to go— the first out of the inner, the latter out of the outer door. The man with the rubber jacket passed out among them, and the consumptive vouth and the dishevelled man. Mary Pavlovna went out with the boy born in prison. The visitors went out too. The old man with the blue spectacles, stepping heavily, went out, followed by Nekhlu- doii. "^ " Yes, a strange state of things this," said the talkative young man, as if continuing an interrupted conversation as he descended the stairs side by side with Nekhludoff' Yet we have reason to be grateful to the inspector who does not keep strictly to the rules, kind-hearted fellow If they can get a talk it does relieve their hearts a bit, after While talking to the young man, who introduced him- self as Medinzeff, Nekhludofif reached the hall. There the mspector came up to them with weary step , " If you wish to see Maslova," he said, apparently desir- ing to be polite to Nekhludofif. " please come to-morrow " Very well," answered Nekhludofif, and hurried away experiencing more than ever that sensation of moral nausea which he always felt on entering the prison. The stififerings of the evidently innocent Mensii6flf seemed terrible, and not so much his physical sulTering as the per- Resurrection ^et those two I," the younp; inipiive lad's lot ohlige me ctor said, re- Do, please," is high time, quite impos- ' he repeated lien lighting as were the hout feeling :el conscious causing the And it was 1 the prison- jf the inner, I the rubber iptive youth )ut with the th the blue by Nekhlu- le talkative )nversation, ^ekhludoff. pector who fellow. If a bit, after luced him- There the mtly desir- morrow." ried away, )ral nausea off seemed is the per- 215 plexity, the distrust in the good and in God which he must LftL'?'"^ ^^^ "'""''^y °^ '^^ P^°P>^ ^'^o tormented him without any reason. Terrible were the disgrace and sufferings cast on these hundreds of guiltless people simply becaus! something waS not written on paper as it should have been. Terrible were the brutahsed jailers, whose occupation is to torment their brothers, and who were certain that they were fulHlling an important and useful duty ; but most terrible of all eemed tS'oaJt rl'o.h^''"^^A'^'"^-?T^^ ^"^P^^*^'-' ^ho was obliged to part mother and son, father and daughte-. -ho were fust the same sort of people as he and his ow i child vn ^ cauMnnl It \^ ^" ^°'- " Nekhludoflf .sked hi. -self, and could not find an answer. 2l6 Resurrection rf CHAPTER LVII. THE vice-governor's " AT-HOME." The next day Nekhludoff went to see the advocate, and spoke to him about the Menshoffs' case, begging him to undertake their defence. The advocate promised to look mto the case, and if it turned out to be as Nekhludoff said he would in all probability undertake the defence free of charge. Then Nekhludoff told him of the 130 men who were kept in prison owing to a mistake. " On whom did it depend ? Whose fault was it ? " The advocate was silent for a moment, evidently anxious to give a correct reply. " Whose fault is it ? No one's," he said, decidedly. " Ask the Procureur, he'll say it is the Governor's ; ask the Gov- ernor, he'll say it is the Procureur's fault. No one is in fault." " I am just going to see the Vice-Governor. I shall tell him." "Oh, that's quite useless," said the advocate, with a smile. "He is such a— he is not a relation or friend of yours ?— such a blockhead, if I may say so, and yet a crafty animal at the same time." Nekhludoff remembered what Maslennikoff had said about the advocate, and did not answer, but took leave and went on to Maslennikoflf's. He had to ask Mas- lennikoff two things: about Maslova's removal to the prison hospital, and about the 13c passportless men innocently imprisoned. Though it was very hard to petition a man whom he did not respect, and by whose orders men were flogged, yet it was the only means of gain- ing his end, and he had to go through with it. As he drove up to Maslennikoff's house Nekhludoff saw a number of different carriages by the front door, and re- membered that it was Maslennikoff's wife's " at-home " day, to which he had been invited. At the moment Nekhludoff drove up there was a c.-rriage in front of the door, and a Resurrection ocate, and ig him to d to look udoflf said ce free of men who lom did it y anxious ly. "Ask the Gov- one is in shall tell ;, with a friend of t a crafty had said leave and sk Mas- loval to ssportless ery hard t)y whose 3 of gain- idoff saw , and re- ne " day, ;khIudofr )r, and a 217 (ootraan in livery, with a cockade in his hat, was heloinc- a lady down the doorstep. She was holding up her train and A^"""«.^' """■ ='"''''=• ^^'^^ stockings.^and shppeTed feet to be"^ie' K^T'' "?^ =" '^°'"^ '^"dau, whSf he knew oara^„%o?kli?i;rhat 1^1 ^::^tfr:^:!i^^ lenmkofiF, when the latter appeared on the cZeted sfafrs" gTEtStirSlr? Th'is-^^^^^ Ki^rp-erof^hiidrx^^^^^^ Sa"ry o^erTca ° « T ™J"^ ^"""^ =^™"' '° ''"^ "i^ pressed Mlslenn'k'off's iiand ' '"'""■ """' ""''■" ^-d he gras^r'Si^JPiJi''",^'' g'^id,:' said Maslennikoff, ffasfel^oSed u^' up ^he^Ps'tlirf Jjl "^P"'™^^ S'^ /Tha^t''"^ f "°' •' '*- " Bu'sinesT^rr: as"he^riw'^?}ikt,rd'inr;rgrri;nirh^,'r".:r' nonnce Prince Nekhludofl." hf saiS t" a foofman v-l^, ; tSfCV:'' ™^- T'^^ '—" star.:d"S™t'"a C'Td' 2l8 Resurrection li I " Vous n'avez qu' a ordonner. But you must see my wife. As it is, I got it for letting you go without seeing her last time." By the time they reached the drawing-room the footman had already announced Nekhludoff, and from between the bonnets and heads that surrounded it the smiling face of Anna Ignatievna, the Vice-Governor's wife, beamed on Nekhludoflf. At the other end of the drawing-room several ladies were seated round the tea-table, and some military men and some civilians stood near them. The clatter of male and female voices went on unceasingly. " Eniin ! you seem to have quite forgotten us. How have we offended ? " With these words, intended to convey an idea of intimacy which had never existed between herself and Nekhludoff, Anna Ignatievna greeted the newcomer. "You are acquainted? — Madam Tilyaevsky, M. Chern- ofT. Sit down a bit nearer. Missy venes done d notre table onyous apporteravotre thb . . . And you," she said, having evidently forgotten his name, to an officer who was talking to Missy, " do come here. A cup of tea, Prince ? " "I shall never, never agree with you. It's quite simple; she did not love," a woman's voice was heard saying. " But she loved tarts." " Oh, your eternal silly jokes ! " put in, laughingly, an- other lady resplendent in silks, gold, and jewels. " Cest exeellent these little biscuits, and so light. I think I'll take another." " Well, are you moving soon ? " "Yes, this is our last day. That's why we have come. Yes, it must be lovely in the country ; we are having a de- lightful spring." Missy, with her hat on, in a dark-striped dress of some kind that fitted her like a skin, was looking very handsome. She blushed when she saw Nekhludofif. " And I thought you h ! left," she said to him. " I am on the point of leaving. Business is keeping me in town, and it is on business I have come here." " Won't you come to see mamma? She would like to see you," she said, and knowing that she was saying what was not true, and that he knew it also, she blushed still more. " I fear I shall scarcely have time," Nekhludoff said gloomily, trying to appear as if he had not noticed her blush. see my wife, eing her last the footman between the iling face of beamed on •oom several )me military be clatter of How have L of intimacy Nekhludoff, , M. Chern- d notre table said, having- was talking ;?" [uite simple; aying. ghingly, an- s. rht. I think have come, laving a de- ■ess of some y handsome. Resurrection 210 tu^lTJ'''T^^ ^r^"'>^' shrugged her shoulders, and turned towards an elegant officer, who grasped the mptv chTirs mlnfmi^^^'"^-' Ti ^""^^^"^ ^^^'^°^d agains^ffi " Y^^n^ff ^ 'f """^ ^^' '^"P ^'^°^^ to another table. ^ You must contriDute towards the Home fund " 1 am not refusing, but only wish to keep mv bountv fresh ^for the lottery. There I Jhall let it app'ea'In aH it^ "Well, look out for yourself," said a voice followed hv an evidently feigned laugh. loiiowea hy Anna Ignatievna was in raptures; her "at-home" had turned out a brilliant success."^ " Micky tells me you are busying yourself with prison work. I can undmta^nd you so well," she said to Nekhludoff. " Micky (she meant her fat husband Maslennikoff) may have other deTec^s but you know how kind-hearted he is. All these miserable StTeHiLht"//" '.^jl'"". ^^ ^°^^ "°^ regard them n'a^; other light. // est d'une bonte " ^nd she stoooed find jng no words to do justice to this bonte of his aSd q^icklv" turned to a shrivelled old woman with bows olHac ^ribbon all over, who came in just then. Having said as much as was absolutely necessarv and with as httle meaning as conventionality required, N^ekhld^ doff rose and went up to Maslennikoff. " Can yoi g-ive me a few minutes' hearing, please? " ^ ^ ]' Oh, yes. Well, what is it ? " Let us come in here." byftfwTn'dow.' ™'" -^^P^""' -"ing-room. and sa, down m. keeping me d like to see ig what was till more. Iiludoff said ;d her blush. 220 Resurrection CHAPTER LVIII. THE VICE-GOVERNOR SUSPICIOUS. "Well? Je suis a vous. Will you smoke? But wait a bit ; we must be careful and not make a mess here," said Maslennikoff, and brought an ashpan. " Well ? " " There are two matters I wish to ask you about." ' Dear me ! " An expression of gloom and dejection came over Maslen- nikoflf's countenance, and every trace of the excitement, like that of the dog's whom its master has scratched behind the ears, vanished completely. The sound of voices reached them from the drawing-room. A woman's voice was heard, saying, " Jamais je ne croirais," and a man's voice from the other side relating something in which the names of la Com- tesse Voronzoff and Victor Apraksine kept recurring. A hum of voices, mixed with laughter, came from another side. Maslennikoff tried to listen to what was going on in the drawing-room and to what Nekhludoff was saying at the same time. " I am again come about that same woman," said Nekhlu- doff. " Oh, yes ; I know. The one innocently condemned." " I would like to ask that she should be appointed to serve in the prison hospital. I have been told that this could be arranged." Maslennikoff compressed his lips and meditated. " That will be scarcely possible," he said. " However, I shall see what can be done, and shall wire you an answer to-morrow." " I have been told that there were many sick, and help was needed." " All right, all right. I shall let you know in any case." " Please do," said Nekhludoff. The sound of a general and even a natural laugh cane from the drawing-room. " That's all that Victor. He is wonderfully sharp when he is in the right vein," said Maslennikoff. ' But wait here," said ? " it." ver Maslen- tement, like behind the :es reached was heard, ce from the of la Com- :urring. A Dm another ^o'mg on in s saying at lid Nekhlu- mned." ted to serve is could be ed. "That I shall see o-morrow." c, and help ny case." augh cai le iharp when Resurrection 22 r - il I^! "^""^ *^'"§^ ^ '^^"ted to tell you," said NekhlnrloiT And he related the circumstances of the cast ^ Whatpnsonerdidyougotosee?" ' ' have prh?s"care''?„;' SpV"/"^' ""'"^'^ ■■""°«"t. I overdue.? And . . ." ^ oecauj their passports are ruptS'lLrilv ^'7^"''" b»«'"e«S'" Maslennikoff inter- a pJomprfn'd'just form'of"S,^"it"%r'l! '' '' ^°" -" ^^ Oh, yes I can. I shall see about it at once " she was saying, fron, the drawing-room '"'"*'"™' '» «hat bo much the better. I shall takp it r,1cn » ^ » prev^t: mfn LrTa^Vslr.Snl-'aCr&eT '° No, no; not on anv accnnnt » ti^^ «»vvciy irom ner. ^"\;r;:;:ir'^r«^'^"^^ ".e door ■nor",! n?°-i„.„i""^'°''' «hat some men had re- g,Xt;L!p-u;i^hn,entrt,™prSS ^Se^d^ Is this Maslennikoff blushed . :o°^e' rj^iS- ?r ^re f- wS ;:^;tir-rS 222 Resurrection I f. Come, come ; Anna i^ calling us," he said, catching Nekhlu- doff by the arm, and again becoming as excited as after the attention paid him by the important person, only now hi;; excitement was not joyful, but anxious. Nekhludoff pulled his ami away, and without taking; leave of any one and without saying a word, he passed tiirough the drawing-room with a dejected look, went down into the hall, past the footman, who sprang towards hjm, and cut at the street door. What is the matter with him "^ What have you done to him ? " asked Anna of her husband. " This i$ d la Frangaisc," remarked some one. "A la Fraugaise, indeed — it is a la Zonloii." "Oh, but lie's a'way.s been like that." Some one rose, soi.t on- came it;, and the clatter went on its course. The company ;.s deft finger", cl^'urS raasiova. Well, have you had a chat ? " thev asked Mn « dZsVeirz it^fl'if "^"^'^^O' ^"'"^"^ ^" '' ^'^ -•''<^-" wife*''''The*chifrthi°'.'""'"'"8^- " ^^'<' *' watchman's Fh K-=„-,;v^% It '";Ss "Ot to go down into the dumps tag h^f fifgtrs. ''°"'' "" ' """ ^"^ "« ""' quickly 3: Maslova did not answer imir'^womT ""'Th ""7.,?" S°"' '° "^^'''" ^^'^ 'he Vlad- = =• pJt^ltt ^^rhe^n^Ztht'!-^^ "- «'- "> th. r/J^'h^^' ^^"^d °"t the watchmln's wife, " where's the little imp gone to ? wnere s Siie took a knitting needlj .aick it through both the hall and the stocking, and went out into the corrfdor. 226 Resurrection At this moment the sound of women's voices was heard from the corridor, and the - .niafcs "f he cell entered, with their prison shoes, but no «,tockin- . .a their feet. Each was carrying a roll, some ev( n two. Theodosia came at once up to Maslova. "What's the matter; is anything wrong?" Theodosia f.^i^?^' looking lovingly at Maslova with her clear, blue eves. This is for our tea," and she put the rolls ^^ - ■' if. ' "Why, surely he has not changed hi;; .uwia about marry- mg?" asked Korableva. "No, he has not, but I don't wish to," said Maslova. " and so I told him." !'. ^ore fool y m! " muttered Korableva in her deep tones. If one s not to live together, what's the use of marrv- mg? said Theodosia. " There's >our husband— he's going with you," said the watchman s wife. " WeU, of course, we're married," said Theodosia. " But why should he go through the ceremonv if he is not to live with her? " Why indeed ! Don't be a fool ! You know if he mar- ries her she'll roll in wealth." said Korableva. "He says, ' Wherever they take you, I'll follow,'" said Maslova. If he does, it's well ; if he does not, well also. 1 am not going to ask him to. Now he is going to try and arrange the matter in Petersburg. He is related to all the Ministers there. But, all the same, I have no need of him " she continued. ' "Of course not," suddenly agreed Kora leva, evidently thinking about something e" - as shr sat ex nining her bag. Well, shall we have a droj, . " ^ " You have some," replied Maslova. " I won't." ENiJ OF BOOK I. was heard ercd, with Each was It once up Thcodosia blue eves. ut mai ry- Dva, " and eep tones. oi marry- ' said the la. "But lot to live f he mar- w; " said well also, o try and to all the of him," evidently her bag. t I I CHAPTER I. PROPERTY IN LAND. It was possible for Maslova's case to come before th^ ^oTo P^er.h''*"'^'^' ?; "^^^^ ^'"^^ NekhZoVmeant to haui f„ r"l/°,"'' "f ^^^'> '<°«sn.inski, a large estate uttr H.nl!,/ ''''"''"'", •" "'' ''dn'inistration were those of an ,hitXrf"stiir» "''•' '"^P'^Semem. Nekhludoffk^ew and preached' He^rJ r"'?''':*^ ""''f"'' ^' had confessed teach1nrh:d 5^ t^lTafJTnheTi edTr^HT htl^^f- e'loTTnto th'e' JUit" of" -"^^ ^'--^Se'a^f^^he'^ .hosf Lr"f t^^^pt'Ll cS-tl Sr^arS'STs ^ ^ even avoided thinking-abom t"Sk'^ mX rdea'th' th« connng ,„to the property, and the necessHy of manag 230 Resurrection Uiiji H U ing It, again raised the question as to what his position in vlfhTf S P"^f ,^ f'^'^^'^y ^" ^^"^^ '^^'- A month before Tsekhludoff would h.ve answered that he had not ?he strength to alter the existing order of things ; that it was no? he who vvas adniinistering the estate ; and would one way or another have eased his conscience, continuing to live far from his estates, and having the money sent him. But now he decided that he could not leave things to go on as thev were, but would have to alter them in a way unprofitable to himself, even though he had all these complicated and dif° ficult relations with the prison world which made money necessary, as well as a probable journey to Siberia before him. Therefore he decided not to farm the land, but to let t to the peasants at a low rent, to enable them to cultivate It without depending on a landlord. More than once, when comparing the position of a landowner with that of an kn^' t ° L'''^'' ^ -^'^^^'H^off h^d compared the renting o" and to the peasants instead of cultivating it with hired labour, to the old system by which serf proprietors used to exact a money payment from their serfs in place of labour .llY?j." ,\'°^"*'°" °^ ^^^ problem, and yet a step tow- ards the solution; It was a movement towards a less rude ZuvT^^- "^"^^ 'l"^^' ^" ^^'' ^^y he meant to act. Nekhludoff reached Kousminski about noon. Trying to simplify his hfe in every way, he did not telegraph, but hired a cart and pair at the station. The driver was a young tellow m a nankeen coat, with a belt below his long waist He was glad to talk to the gentleman, especiallv because Ji; en^^^ rr '"^^^"f ^'^ broken-winded white hb?se and ttVaraV?Hk:^dr^ °"^ ^^-^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^-^-p-^^ -^-h The driver spoke about the steward at Kousminski with- out knowing that he was driving "the master." Nekhlu- doff had purposely not told him who he was. 1 hat ostentatious German," said the driver (who had been to town and read novels) as he sat sideways on the box, passing his hand from the top to the bottom of his long whip, and trying to show oflf his accomplishments- ^n . ^^ ^^^^V*^"' ^^'"^^" '^^^ procured three light bays ..nd vnen he drives out with his lady-oh, mv' At Christ mas he had a Christmas-tree in the big hous^ dfove some of the visitors there Tf Uod 'Uctnr V~h- m . xi,„ ,-i c -^ • ',' " 7 ''-^'^ric ii^nia , yuu could not see the like of It in the whole of the government. What's it ?o Resurrection position in mth before not the it was not >ne way or to live far But now )n as they ofitable to d and dif- de money ria before but to let ) cultivate nee, when at of an enting of 'ith hired ■s used to oi labour, step tow- less rude to act. Frying to but hired a young ng waist. because ibrse and :e, which ski with- Nekhlu- who had s on the 11 of his ments — ht bays, t Christ- ve some i not see It's it to 231 b' ught%'„"esri'e''' ' '^^P °^ "^°"^^- ' ^-^^ -3- '- 1-- Nekhludofif had imagined th?t he was quite indifferent to the way the steward managed his estate, and vvhat ad vantages the steward derived from it. Th^ words o ?he A 'dTrf 1'7"' '°^?T' ^^"-^ "°^ Pleasamto hear.''" w.r ^^^'^.<^'o"d now and then covered the sun; the larks were soaring above the fields of winter corn ; he forests S ^wth'^'"'^ ^'^'^ 'r'' ^'^""^ ^^^^" ■' the meadow speckled with gra.zmg cattle and horses. The fields wer^^ being ploughed, and Nekhltidoff enjoyed the lovely da v But every now and then he had an unpleasant feeHng and when he asked himself what it was caused by he rf mem bered what the driver had told him aboutihe way the Gerl man was managing Kousminski. When he got to his estate • and set to work this unpleasant feeling vanifhed Looking over the books in the office, and a talk with the foreman, who naively pointed out the advantages to be de nved from the facts that the peasants had vefy 1 ttle land' of their own and that it lay in the midst of the landlord's fields, made Nekhludoff more than ever determS to From r"^"pl "\^ *^ ^'' ^'' ^^"^1 *° the peasantT ^ M Vl^^^^^^^"^^ '^^^^s ^"d his talk with the foreman Nekhludoff found that two-thirds of the best of the c^hi ' vated land was still being tilled with improved machfnev wL dSTv'f^r"'"^ ^"'^ ^t^^^' ^'"'^ the other th ra Sa * So th.. S'"'""'' ^^ '^/^te of five roubles per fhrTe times harSw ft "^f^^T '^'^ '^ P'^"^^ '^'^' desiatut mree times, hanow it three times, sow and mow the corn make ,t into sheaves, and deliver it on the thrXng ™nd for five roubles, while the same amount of wc^^rk^d?ne Ev wage labour came to at least 10 roubles. E^efythine the peasants got from the office they paid for in Tabo ^r at ' Zl^^^^r^"^- V'^y P^^^ i" labour for he use of the meadows, for wood, for potato-stalks, and were nearlv in of them in debt to the office. Thus, for thriandthat^t beyond the cultivated fields, which the peasants Wrelfou^ times the price that its value would bring in f ive ted at five per cent^ was taken from the peasants. ^' Nekhludoff had known all this before, but he now saw It in a new light, and wonderprl ho"^ he\n 4v t^ position could help seeing how abn^rm^l^fucWondSon: * About two and three-quarter acres. u 232 Resurrection 1 , are. The stevyard s arguments that if the land were let to the peasants the agricultural implements would fetch next to nothmg as it would be impossible to get even a quarter of their value for them, and that the peasants would spoil the land, and how great a loser Nekhludofif would be, only strengthened Nekhludoff in the opinion that he was doing a good action m letting the land to the peasants and thus depnymg himself of a large part of his income. He decided to settle this business now, at once, while he was there The reaping and selling of the corn he left for the steward to manage in due season, and also the selling of the agricultural implements and useless buildings. But he asked his steward to call the peasants of the three neighbouring villages that lay in the midst of his estate (Kousminski) to a meeting at which he would tell them of his intentions and arrange about the price at which they were to rent the land. * With the pleasant sense of the firmness he had shown in the face of the steward;s arguments, and his readiness to make a sacrifice Nekhludofif left the office, thinking over the business before him, and strolled round the house through the neglected flower-garden-this year the flowers were planted in front of the steward's house— over the tennis ground, now overgrown with dandelions, and along the lime-tree walk, where he used to smoke his cigar, and where he had flirted with the pretty Kirimova, his mother's visitor. Having briefly prepared in his mind the speech he was eoinff to make to the peasants, he again went in to the steward, and, atter tea, having once more arranged his thoughts, he went into the room prepared for him in the big house which used to be a spare bedroom. In this clean little room, with pictures of Venice on the walls, and a mirror between the two windows, there stood a clean bed with a spring mattress, and by the side of it a small table with a decanter of water, matches, and an ex- tinguisher. On a table by the looking-glass lay his open portmanteau, with his dressing-case and some books in if a Russian book. The Investigation of the Laws of Crimi- nality and a German and an English book on the same subject, which he meant to read while travelling in the country. But it was too late to begin to-day, and he began preparing to go to bed. ^ ^ An okl-fa.hioned inlaid mahogany arm-chair s^ood in the corner of the room, and this chair, which NekhludolT re- were let to '. fetch next n a quarter would spoil jld be, only was doing ts and thus He decided there. The steward to igricultural lis steward illages that meeting, at ange about • 1 shown in jadiness to iking over the house, he flowers the tennis along the and where r's visitor, was going 2 steward, thoughts, 3ig house, ice on the lere stood side of it nd an ex- his open oks in it ; of Crinii- the same ig in the he began lod in the udoff re- Resurrection 233 membered standing in his mother's bedroom suddenlv Tuddenlv^fil 'f '^-r^^P^^^^^ ^^"^^^'^" - '^- -"!• He wt sudden y filled with regret at the thought of the house that would tumble to ruin, and the garden Ihat would run wd and the forest that would be cut down, and all these frrm yards, stables, sheds, machines, horses, cows which he knew and to'eep "Ittf °^^' ^1^°"^' "°^. ^° himsdflo acq" r^ :^cKf£^/;^r^nr^^eriertSS jrr"?' rmlf;"o\^ho?f^"^ 1- property,^came totifsl'! so, said another voice, " but you are not going to soend nd'Zst hand Ihf^t 7"" "^^ r^'^' ^""^ " "- 'wlen ana must hand the estate on to them in as crood a condi- tion as you received it. There is a duty to^he laml to^ It'Jr^dZX 'Abo-' '^,r-^^^^'"^ '^ '^'y easyfto acquir" hZ LT 71' ^^ove all, you must consider your future dilnnf / '^* ^°" ^'" ^^° ^^'th yourself, and you nu'st dispose of your property accordingly. And are vou reX firm in your resolve.? And then, are you really IcthTal cordmg to your conscience, or are you Ltin^in o?de,^^?o h^ admired of men ? " Nekhludoff asked himsdaH this and had to acknowledge that he was influenced bv d e d ou^ht of what people_ would say about him. And the mo?e it unTS^Xseetd'-^^^ ^"-^^°- --' -^^^^^^^-e would be fresh, he lay down on his clean bed But it was long before he could sleep. Together with he fre h air and the moonlight, the croaking^f the frogs entered the room, minglmg with the trills of a couple of n'Stales n the park and one close to the window in a bush of macs K^lvT^ Listening to the nightingales and the Ws m,t!^>^it ;- ;"5"-^i*tv"-^p"4 ,^-^htei!,':ndT; an^howt'hpftSiSed L""'tilr<;?'tl!f^^ when she said, " You must Just l^ve i?' '^h^en^Ve'c/rml^ 41 14 234 Resurrection w 111 steward began going down to the frogs, and had to be held back, but he not only went down but turned into Maslova who began reproaching Nekhludoflf, saying, "You are a prince, and I am a convict." " No, I must not give in " thought Nekhludoff, waking up, and again asking himself, Is what I am domg right ? I do not know, and no matter no matter, I must only fall asleep now." And he began himself to descend where he had seen the inspector and Maslova chmbmg down to, and there it all ended. Resurrection to be held 3 Maslova, Vou are a t give in," ig himself, no matter, he began sector and 235 CHAPTER II. EFFORTS AT LAND RESTORATION. The next day Nekhludoff awoke at nine o'clock. The young office clerk who attended on " the master " brought him his boots, shining as they had never shone before, and some cold, beautifully clear spring water, and informed him that the peasants were alreadv assembling. Nekhludoff jumped out of bed, and collected his thoughts. Not a trace of yesterday's regret at giving up and thus destroying his property remained now. H: remembered this feeling of regret with surprise ; he was now looking forward with jov to the task before him, and could not help being proud of it He could see from the window the old tennis ground, over- grown with dandelions, on which the peasants were begin- ning to assemble. The frogs had not croaked in vain the night before ; the day was dull. There was no wind ; a soft warm rain had begun falling in the morning, and hung in drops on leaves, twigs, and grass. Besides the smell of the fresh vegetation, the smell of damp earth, asking for more rain, entered in at tne windovv. While dressing, Nekhludofif several times looked out at the peasants gathered on the tennis ground. One by one thev came, took off their hats or caps to one another, and took their places in a circle leaning on their sticks. The steward, a stout, muscular' strong young man, dressed in a short pea-jacket with a green stand-up collar, and enormous buttons, came to sav M iVf' . had assembled, but that they might wait until Nekhludoff had finished his breakfast— tea and coffee whichever he pleased ; both were ready. J\ !^°'/i^'"H J h^^ better go and see them at once," said Nekhludoff, with an unexpected feeling of shvness and shame at the thought of the a>iM/:rv,tion he was ^ointj to have with the peasants. He as rrc^ng to fulfil a wish of the peasants, the fulfilment of .vh-;.:li they did not even dare to lione for— to let the land to ^V;al at a low price, i.e to wu xT^M ^ ' i'T = ^"'^ ^^^ '^^ ^^'^ ashamed of something. Wher, Nekhludoff came rp to the peasants, and the fair 236 Resurrection the curly, the bald the grey heads were bared before him he felt so confused that he could say nothing. The rS continued to come down in small drops, that remained on the hair, the beards and the fluff of tlfe men's rough coa^^ The peasants looked at "the master," waiting fofhim to speak, and he was so abashed that he could not%eak Th s confused sdence was broken by the sedate, self-assured Gennan steward, who considered himself a good udge of well Tir.r'''"'' ""^ 7^^° ^P°^^ R"^«^^" rernarkab?y well. This strong, over-fed man, and Nekhludoff himself presented a striking contrast to the peasams, with their thin S^otseToatT' ''' ''''''''' ''^''' P-^-^-^ b--"^' the hnd" tV vniJ^'nn? ""^"''"^ '° ^° ^^^ ^ ^^''^'' ^"^ to let " How are we not worthy of it, Vasili Karlovitch> Don't we work for you ? We were well satisfied with he deceased lady-God have mercy on her soul-and the young PHnce w,ll not desert us now. Our thanks to him," said a Jed- haired, talkative peasant. ^ " Yes, that's why I have called you together I shnnlH like to let you have all the land, if you vvish it '' " ^ or^dM n^bellJv?;? "°*''"^' ^^ '' '""'^ ''' ^^ ""^^^^and as^'edf m^%e^aged\n:r '" ^^"' " ^'^^ '^ '^^ ^^^ ' " low re"?!?' '* *° ^°"' *^^* ^""^ ""'^^'^ ^^^^ the use of it, at a " T^f ""^7 agreeable thing," said an old man. ^^ If only the pay is such as we can afford," said another ^^ I here s no reason why we should not rent the land "' " Arf^^v ^^"."f °"?ed to "ve by tilling the ground." ' And It s quieter ,or you, too, that way. You'll have to andTorrTnowM'""' ''1^ ""^- ^"'^ ^^'"'^ °^ ^" ^^e^ S and worry now several voices were heard saying The sin is all on your side," the German remkrked " If """Xr" ''?'^ y^"'' ^^J^' ^nd were orderly " old man' ' 1^^'"'^^^ ^Vn^ '?"' °^ "^'" ^^^^ ^ sharp-nosed Old man You say, Why do you let the horse get into the corn ? just as if I let it in. Why, I was swin ^nV n!v sc>the, or somethinir of Hi. Und the I-"-'--- ' ^ "^^ •' day seemed as long as a year,^n:i^^c^Y^Sf^SV wh.; 1 before him, ?. The raih remained on rough coats, r for him to speak. This self-assured 'od judge of remarkably loff himself, ;h their thin, ling beneath r, and to let t," said the tch? Don't he deceased »ung Prince said a red- . I should understand 3U mean ? " 2 of it, at a 1 another. le land." und." I'll have to all the sin ing. rked. "If larp-nosed e get into nging my ly, till ili'f eep while I ! Resurrection 277 ^^ And you should keep order " ., 5"'"'' ' '^" '['"• '° P"' «P a fence ? " a„d yo1,^pu. me to feed ve?^T„^-'° "''' "?,' ''"'' '=■« ^"ar. That was'^thee^d of that fence .'" ^"'°" ""■'' "°""'^- the *eward " ^" '' ''^'"^- " ^'^"^ Nekhludoff, turning to arope;Lare[ny^o?ras™^' ^°" ^-^ ''™' "' *"'<> a.;e?er7ad';p -'i'-^s^^lt--^^^^^^ '''^ you who I go?noSe"orif i ^''"■' ^°" ^'"='^'' ">■ J^"* fo-- me, and seems" ^ "' ^° 6^°°'' »°'"S '° 'aw with the rich, it " You should keep to the law " thoi'°w"ho took'pt7?„1t ^^^„='PP"-"y going on without ?rre^";i^dS- SE^^^ ioTirra^hi The P^^^^ ing the ampttd7h'r.:r "o?1h'e°;^nt.'"'""°" °' --"^- it, ai^thit;";i niu";^^ ;t'fflL°° r ^'^^ '° ^^^^ of it ? " -^ P^ " ^ '^^ y°" 'lave the whole vJtM P'iT'"^^ '' y^"'"' •■ '* 's for you to fix the nrice " Nekhludoff named fhp iiri",-« ti i • pnce. Nethi -d^iffls-ugt^r'^; :o:f,;rrzT,s t-- ure, Dut no signs of pleasure were v[sibler ''^ ^ . * The greatest thief in the village. 238 Resurrection ()ne hing only showed Nekhliidoff that his oflfer was a prohtable one to the peasants. The question as to who would rent the land, the whole commune or a special so- ciety, was put, and a violent dispute arose among those peasants vyho were in favour of excluding the weak and those not likely to pay the rent regularly, and the peasants \yho would have to be excluded on that score. At last thanks to the steward, the amount and the terms of the rent were fixed, and the peasants went down the hill towards their villages, talking noisily, while Nekhludofif and the steward went into the office to make up the agreement Everything was settled in the way Nekhludofif wished and expected it to be. The peasants had their land 30 per cent cheaper than they could have got it anywhere in the district' the revenue from the land was diminished by half, but was more than suflficient for Nekhludofif, especially as there would be money coming in for a forest he sold, as well as lor the agricultural implements, which would be sold, too Everything seemed excellently arranged, yet he felt ashamed of something. He could see that the peasants, though they spoke words of thanks, were not satisfied, and had expected something greater. So it turned out that he had deprived himself of a great deal, and yet not done what the peasants had expected. The next day the agreement was signed, and accom- panied by severa old peasants, who had been chosen as deputies, Nekhludofif went out, got into the steward's ele- gant equipage (as the driver from the station had called it) said good-bye to the peasants, who stood shaking their heads in a dissatisfied and disappointed manner, and drove off to the station. Nekhludofif was dissatisfied with himself without knowing why, but all the time he felt sad and ashamed of something. '? i Resurrection ffer was a IS to who special so- ong those weak and 2 peasants At last, ms of the 11 towards and the greement. ished and per cent. le district, ', but was as there IS well as sold, too. : he felt peasants, sfied, and :t that he one what 1 accom- hosen as ird's de- railed it), ing their nd drove 1 himself sad and 239 1 CHAPTER III. OLD ASSOCIATIONS. _ FR9M Kousminski Nekhludoff went to the estate he had inherited from his aunts, the same where he first met Ka- tusha He meant to arrange about the land there in the way he had done in Kousminski. Besides this, he wished to find out all he could about Katusha and her baby, and when and how it had died. He got to Panovo early one morning and the first thing that struck him when he drove up was the look of decay and dilapidation that all the build- ings bore, especially the house itself. The iron roofs, which had once been painted green, looked red with rust, and a few sheets of iron were bent back, probablv by a storm, bome of the planks which covered the house from outside were torn away in several places; these were easier to get by breaking the rusty nails that held them. Both porches, but especially the side porch he remembered so well, were rotten and broken ; only the banister remained, borne of the windows were boarded up, and the building in which the foreman lived, the kitchen, the stables— all were grey and decaying. Only the garden had not decayed, but had grown, and was in full bloom ; from over the fence the cherry, apple, and plum trees looked like white clouds The hlac bushes that formed the hedge were in full bloom as they had been when, 14 years ago, NekhludofT had played gorclki with the 15-year-old Katusha. and had fallen and got his hand stung by the nettles behind one of those hlac bushes. The larch that his aunt Sophia had planted near the house, which then was only a short stick had grown into a tree, the trunk of which would have made a beam, and its branches were covered with soft yellow green needles as with down. The river, now within its banks, rushed noisily over the mill dam. The meadow the other side of the river was dotted over by the peasants' mixed herds. The foreman, a student, who had left the seminary without finishing the course, met Nekhludoff in 240 Resurrection IK I the yard, with a smile on his face, and, still smiling, asked him to come into the office, and, as if promising something exceptionally good by this smile, he went behind a partition. For a moment some whispering was heard behind the parti- tion. The isvostchik who had driven NekhludofT from the station, drove away after receivinj a tip. and all was silent. Then a barefooted girl passed the window ; she had on an embroidered peasant blouse, and long earrings in her ears; then a man walked past, clattering with his nailed boots on the trodden path. Nekhludoff sat down by the little casement, and looked out into the garden and listened. A soft, fresh spring breeze, smelling of newly-dug earth, streamed in through the win- dow, playing with the hair on his damp forehead and the papers that lay on the window-sill, which was all cut about with a knife. " Tra-pa-trop, tra-pa-trop," comes a sound from the river, as the women who were washing clothes there slapped them in regular measure with their wooden bats, and the sound spread over the glittering surface of the mill pond while the rhythmical sound of the falling water came from the mill and a frightened fly sudd-nly flew loudly buzzing past his ear. And all at once NekJiljuicfT remembered how, long ago, when he was young end i-jnocent, he had heard the women's wooden bats slapping tire wet clothes above the rhythmical sound from the mill, and in the same way the spring breeze had blown about the hair on his wet forehead and the papers on the window-sill, which was all cut about with a knife, and just in the same way a fly had buzzed loudly past his ear. It was not exactly that he remembered himself as a lad of 18 but he seemed to feel himself the same as he was then, with the same freshness and puritv, and full of the same grand possibilities for the future, and at the same time, as it hap- pens in a dream, he knew that all this could be no more and he felt terribly sad. " At what time would you like something to eat ? " asked the foreman, with a smile. " When you like ; I am not hungry. I shall go for a walk through the village." _ '' Would you not like to come into the house ? Everything IS in order there. Have the goodness to look in. If the out- side " V a k t£ Sl SI W 111 hi th be sa m< th. CO ha mg, asked something i partition. I the parti- f from the was silent, had on an I her ears; iled boots nd looked ng breeze, 1 the win- d and the cut about the river, pped them the sound while the I the mill, J past his long ago, : women's hythmical ng breeze he papers knife, and !t his ear. lad of i8, hen, with me grand as it hap- nore, and ? " asked or a walk Resurrection 24 1 "Not now; later on. 'J dl me. please, have you sot a woman here called Matrona Kharina ? ( This was Katusha's aunt, the village nuMwifc.) ^ ^atusha s " Oh yes; in the village she keeps a secret pot-house I know she does, and I accuse her of it and scold her; but as to takmg her up, jt would be a pity. An old woman, vou know mile ?n ,f^"^^'^'"l^''-^"." said the foreman, continuing o he master and partly because he was convinced that Nekh- himsdf" """^ '" '^'''' "'""^'■^ J"^^ ^' ^^» a' 1^' ;; Where does she live ? I shall go across and see her the end Tn i^^'l Jf .V""^"'' ^^'l ^}'''^''' ''''^'' ^^e third from bevond thit PnV T- 7'.;' ^ ^'''^ '°"^^^' ^"^ ^'^' h"t is saTd°w1thatracef"ulsm'ile.^"^'^ "^ ^'°" '''''''" ^^^ ^~ " No, thanks, I shall find it ; and you be so good as to call a meetmg of the peasants, and tell them that I wan? to speak to f:ZfTtt ''"''" "•' N^^^'"^°ff' with the in?en^ron o? coming to the same agreement with the peasants here as he had done m Kousmmski, and, if possible, that same evening '■H very thing f the out- IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARG2T (MT-3) v.- mL/.^ // ^ it /.A y^ 1.0 I.I 150 "1"^^ '1-25 III 1.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 150mm V (P. ■/yM ^; ^^-^^ -» r 0^ ^;> ^s pI^**' >•> /; 6^: /a /IPPLIED^ IIVMGE . Inc .i^g 1653 East Main Street .== r^ Rochester, NY 14609 USA ^^=r^ Phone; 716/482-0300 -^=--=: Fax: 716/288-5989 © 1993. Applied Image, Inc., All Rights Reserved

1PPLIED^' IIVMGE . Inc .^ss 1653 East Main Street -^ss -- Rochester, NY 14609 USA ,^=r^ Phone: 716/482-0300 -S^='-^5= Fax: 716/288-5989 © 1993, Applied Image, Inc.. All Rights Reserved ^ A 422 Resurrection among the political prisoners she was no longer molested by the men, and could live without being reminded of that past which she was so anxious to forget. But the chief advantage of the change lay in the fact that she made the acquaintance of several persons who exercised a decided and most ben- eficial influence on her character. Maslova was allowed to stop with the political prisoners at all the halting-places, but being a strong and healthy woman she was obliged to march with the criminal convicts. In this way she walked all the way from Tomsk. Two political prisoners also marched with the gang, Mary Pavlovna Schetinina, the girl with the hazel eyes who had attracted Nekhludoflf 's attention when he had been to visit Doukhova in prison, and one Simonson, who was on his way to the Takoutsk district, the dishevelled dark young fellow with deep-lying eyes, whom Nekhludoff had also noticed during that visit. Mary Pavlovna was walking because she had given her place on the cart to one of the criminals, a woman expecting to be confined, and Simonson because he did not dare to avail himself of a class privilege. These three always started early in the morning before the rest of the political prisoners, who followed later on in the carts. They were ready to start in this way just outside a large town, where a new convoy officer had taken charge of the gang. It was early on a dull September morning. It kept raining and snowing alternately, and the cold wind blew in sudden gusts. The whole gang of prisoners, consisting of four hun- dred men and fifty women, was already assembled in the court of the halting station. Some of them were crowding round the chief of the convoy, who was giving to specially appointed prisoners money for two days' keep to distribute among the rest, while others were purchasing food from women who had been let into the courtyard. One could hear the voices of the prisoners counting their money and making their purchases, and the shrill voices of the women with the food. Simonson, in his rubber jacket and rubber overshoes fast- ened with a string over his worsted stockings (he was a veg- etarian and would not wear the skin of slaughtered animals), was also in the courtyard waiting for the gang to start. He stood by the porch and jotted down in his notebook a thought that had occurred to him. This was what he wrote : " If a Resurrection 423 mger molested by tided of that past e chief advantage the acquaintance ;d and most ben- a was allowed to lalting-places, but obliged to march rie walked all the :rs also marched the girl with the ittention when he le Simonson, who : dishevelled dark Nekhludoff had vna was walking irt to one of the d, and Simonson a class privilege. Drning before the d later on in the it outside a large sn charge of the . It kept raining I blew in sudden ting of four hun- issembled in the 1 were crowding ving to specially eep to distribute ising food from One could hear )ney and making women with the bacteria watched and examined a human nail it would pro'- nounce it inorganic matter, and thus we, examining our globe and watching its crust, pronounce it to be inorganic. This is incorrect.'' Katusha and Mary Pavlovna, both wearing top-boots and with shawls tied round their heads, came out of the building into the courtyard where the women sat sheltered from the wind by the northern wall of the court, and vied with one an- other, offering their goods, hot meat pie, fish, vermicelli, Ixick wheat porridge, liver, beef, eggs, milk. One had even a roast pig to offer. Having bought some eggs, bread, fish, and some rusks, Maslova was putting them into her bag, while Mary Pav- lovna was paying the women, when a movement arose among the convicts. All were silent and took their places. The officer came out and began giving the last orders before start- mg. Everything was done in the usual manner. The pris- oners were counted, the chains on their legs examined, and those who were to march in couples linked together with manacles. But suddenly the angry, authoritative voice of the officer shouting something was heard, also the sound of a blow and the crying of a child. All was silent for a moment and then came a hollow murmur from the crowd. Maslova and Mary Pavlovna advanced towards the spot whence the noise proceeded. 1'i ;i IM , r overshoes fast- s (he was a veg- htered animals), ng to start. He tehnok a thought he wrote : " If a 424 Resurrection CHAPTER II. AN INCIDENT OF THE MARCH. caleuJ'fnlh^ ^^^'^ ^^''^°''"? ^"^ ^^*"^h^ '^"^ when they came up to the scene wlience the noise proceeded. The offi- cer a sturdy fellow, with fair moustaches, stood uttering words of foul and coarse abuse, and rubbing with h s left the palm of his right hand, which he had hurt in hit ng a f riJ'u'i" '^ ^i"- ^" ^'•^"t of 'I'm a thin, tall convfct with ha f his head shaved and dressed in a cloak too short for h.m and trousers much too short, stood wiping hTs bleeding face with one hand, and holding a little shrieking girl wrLp? ped in a shawl with the other. ^ ^ " I'll give it you " (foul abuse) ; " I'll teach you to reason " t roffict""? k?°";," '' ^'^''r'- ^^^ wo^°enr Thomed tne otticer. Now, then, on with them." Ihe convict, who was exiled by the Commune had been carrying his little daughter all the way from Tomsk where his wife had d^d of typhus, and now the officer ordered him carrv tT^flff'-f V'' '"^^^'^ explanation that he could nS carry the child il he was manacled irritated the officer who prTsrnrrVbeatiir/*' P T^T ^"' ^^ ^^^ ^^e troSs^m^ ' prisoner a beating.-^ Before the injured convict stood a one haLtl;id f l' black-bearded prisoner with manact . one hand and a look of gloom on his face, which he turne.' Thl'' ^ ''^'''' now to the prisoner with the little gir" awly the HH Th'.''"^ ^'' ^'"^''"^ ^°^ '^' soldiers^to take louder ^ "'"""' ''""'"^ ^^^ prisoners grew l,J.V^" *^-^ ''r^ ^'■°"' '^^°"''^ tbey were not put on," came a not "y^; '^" ^°"^ °"^ '" *^^ --• " It's a child, and saidTome on" le' "'' ^'^ ''''''' ^'^'^ ^^ '^^ ^-," '' Who's that ? " shouted the officer as if he had been stuno- and rushed into the crowd. "^' " I'll teach you the law. Who spoke. You? You? " *A fact described by Lineff in his Transportation. CH. ha saw when they iceeded. The offi- 2s, stood uttering jing with his left hurt in hitting a thin, tall convict. :loak too short for iping his bleeding •ieking girl wrap- :h you to reason " vomen ! " shouted nmune, had been m Tomsk, where Ificer ordered him hat he could not 1 the officer, who , i the troublesome ivict stood a vith manaclt which he turned :he little girl, soldiers to take prisoners grew put on," came a It's a child, and t's not the law," • had been stung, )u? You?" portation. Resurrection 425 said a short, broad- "Everybody says so, because — faced prisoner. ^^ Before he had finished speaking the officer hit him in the " Mutiny is it? I'll show you what mutiny means I'll too thr^/l 't'J^^^ ^°?\^"^ '^' authorities wiH be onl" too thankful. Take the girl." the^^irr^^i "^'^ '^^'"'' -^"^ ?°"^°y ^°^^'^^ Polled away manfded Vhl 7"' '""'^T'"^ desperately, while another iTand P^soner, who now submissively held out his his'sltd belt!° ''' "°"'"'" ^^^°"^^^ ^^^ ^«^-''' ^™g-g The little girl, whose face had grown quite red, was trying unc^asmg y. Mary Pavlovna stepped out from among the crowd and came up to the officer. «»"«uiit, me " Will you allow me to carry the little girl? " she said ;; Who rre you? "asked the officer. s^e said. A political prisoner." • ^f"^ Paylovn-.'s handsome face, with the beautiful prom- inent eyes he had noticed her before when the prisCrs afd ' T dn?'^ ^* ^Z '".';'"""" ""^ '^ considering, then said I don t care ; carry her if you like. It is easy for you to show pity ; if he ran away who would have to ansvver ''^ said MaV?t1ovna"" '"'' "^^' '''' '""^^ '^ '"^ --^?" '' Sh.TT"c2v''T 'V^\ "^'^^yon. Take her if you like." ^^ Jhall I give her ? asked the soldier. Yes. give her." chJlcrrcomerCr" """^ '''^'°™^' ''^'"^ '° »- *e But the child in the soldier's arms stretched herself goTotarrpfJi^^n^"' ^°""™^'' '° ---' "■"• -"" "°' .J*t % ^'u 1'"^''' Maslova, and when she saw her face and the rusk she let her take her. All was quiet TheVates were opened, and the gang stepped out, the^onvoy coumed S tl?e carTthe" 'f "' '}''. ^^^l"^''^^ ^^^^'^^ ^"^ tied on to the carts, the weak seated on the top. Maslova with the II '1 ■if 1. 1'i f : 426 Resurrection child in her arms took her place among the women next to I lieodosia. bimonson, who had all the time been watching what was going on, stepped with large, determined strides up to the officer, who, naving given his orders, was just getting into a trap, and said, " You have behaved badly." ^1 Get to your place; it is no business of yours." ' It is my business to tell you that you have behaved badly and 1 have said it," said Simonson, looking intently into the othcer s face trom under his bushy eyebrows "Ready ? March ! " the officer called out, paying no heed to bimonson, and, taking hold of the driver's shoulder he got into the trap. The gang started and spread out as it stepped on to the muddy high road with ditches on each side, which passed through a dense forest Ml Mf^ le womfin next to ne been watching Tmined strides up , was just getting ('Ours," ive behaved badly r intently into the /s. t, paying no heed er's shoulder, he spread out as it ditches on each Resurrection if 427 CHAPTER III. MARY PAVLOVNA. In spite of the hard conditions in which they were placed life among the political prisoners seemed very good to iTuA ,^^i'- ^^' deP/aved, luxurious and effeminate life she had led m town for the last six years, and after tu^ months imprisonment with criminal prisoners. The fifteen to twenty miies they did per day, with one day's rest after two u^^ "?fu "J'"^' strengthened her physically, and the fellow- ship with her new companions opened out to her a life full of interests such as she had never dreamed of. People so wonderful (as she expressed it) as those whom sh? was now gcing with she had not only never met but could not even have imagined. " "There now and I cried when I was sentenced," she said. Why, I must thank God for it all the days of mv life I have learned to know what I never should have found out The motives she understood easily and without effort that guided these people, and, being of the people, fully symna- hised with them. She understood that^hese persons^ 3e for the people and against the upper classes, and though themselves belonging to the upper classes had sacrificed tlieir privileges, their liberty and their lives for the people 1 his especia ly made her value and admire them. She vvas charmed with all the new companions, but particularly with Mary Pavlovna, and she was not only charmed with her but loved her with a peculiar, respectful and rapturous love.' She was struck by the fact that this beautiful girl, the daughter of a rich general, who could speak three languages gave away all that her rich brother sent her, and lived like the simplest working girl, and dressed not only simply but poorly, paying no heed to her appearance. This trait and a complete absence of coquetry was particularly surprising and therefore attractive to Maslova. Maslova could see that Mary Pavlovna knew, and was even pleased to know, that she was handsome, and yet the effect her appearance had II 1; 5''! 'I .is. 1,1 i 'i '1 •! 428 Resurrection on men was not at all pleasing^ to her; she was even afraid ot It, and felt an absolute disgust to all love affairs Her men companions knew it, and if they felt attracted bv her never permitted themselves to show it to her. but treated her as they would a man ; but with strangers, who often molested her the great physical strength on which she prided herself stood her in good stead. " It happened once," she said to Katusha, " that a man followed me in the street and would not leave me on anv account. At last I gave him such a shaking that he was frightened and ran away." She became a revolutionary, as she said, because she felt a dishke to the life of the well-to-do from childhood up, and loved the life of the common people, and she was always jjeing scolded for spending her time in the servants' hall m the kitchen or the stables instead of the drawing-room ' And 1 found it amusing to be with cooks and the coach- men and dull with our gentlemen and ladies," she said then when I came to understand things I saw that our life was altogether wrong; I had no mother and I did not care for my father, and so when I was nineteen I left home and went with a girl friend to work as a factory hand " ' After she left the factory she lived in the country, then returned to town and lived in a lodging, where they had a secret printing press. There she was arrested and sen- tenced to hard labour. Mary Pavlovna said nothing about it herself, but Katusha heard from others that Mary Pavlovna was sentenced because, when the lodging was searched by the pc.ice and^one of the revolutionists fired a shot in the '.""' '■'=P"''i°" "«y b""' exoerienrJ^I ". ?^-?' , ""^ ™' '?^"'^'' *« kind of love, having enreH it ill, i " •°"°"' "'^ "'her, never liavini; evneri? thelame ,t', T " "' ^'"'^'hinff incomprehensibfe and at humaTdigi;";. '' '"""'""S ^^P"S"»»' -'<• off™-ve to ilVte i I 9. § ■ 4 i I r J 1 IL ^ .,i B 'I I ;-. J ' 1 ' li i i J 43° Resurrection CHAPTER IV. ( I ,i '' 111 SIMONSON, mineTJi'''^''^''''\ '"^^"f^was one that Maslova sub- ^flntn A ^'T'^ she loved Mary Pavlovna. Simonson influenced her because he loved her Everybody lives and acts partly" according to his own pa tly according to other people's, ideas. This is what con^ st.tutes one of he great differences among men. To some a Tnt"i:re\'fl"v' f T^"^l^ ^^"^' ^^^^^^^^^ their reason as It It were a fly-wheel without a connecting strap and are o"£- while otf"? I' other people's icfeas.'b'/custom or laus, while others look upon their own ideas as the chief SileVoTtLir '" '^''' actions and always listen to th d ctates of their own reason and submit to it. accepting other people's opinions only on rare occasions and afte? weighing them critically. Simonson was an an of the la e ea ^n 'and" 1 T' "'.f 'f ^"^'"'^^^"^^ ^^'^'^'^^^ *« '^i« own reason and acted on the decisions he arrived at. When a schoolboy he made up his mind that his father's income gain d and^hnnff 1 .'".^r^T^"'- °«^^^' ^^« dishonestly gamed, and he told his father that t ought to be Hven tn the people. When his father, instead of^istening^to him gave him a scolding, he left his father's house and wo iTd not make use of his father's means. Having come tT le conclusion that all the existing misery was a^resSt of the people's Ignorance, he joined the socialists, who earned on St?^fH"'''.""'°y^ '^' P^°P'^' ^' «°o" a« he left the unfver" TtS f 1^ A P^^u^ ^' ^ ^'"^^^ schoolmaster. He taught and explained to his pupils and to the peasants wha? he tmjuf'H? tr'' '"A°P^"J^ blamed'what he Though tmjust. He was arrested and tried. During his trial ^nr TuT^ '^''" ^'' j"^^^« that his was a% t cau e for which he ought not to be tried or punished. When the judges paid no heed to his words, but went on with the"r al he decided not to answer them and kept resolute v silent ^nt of ^T'''""^'t'™- .^^ ^'^ -'^d rlhetov n- ment of Archangel. There he formulated a religious teach- lat Maslova sub- )vna. Simonson ling to his own, rhis is what con- men. To some, reat their reason ig strap, and are deas, by custom deas as the chief ays listen to th^. to it, accepting isions and after nan of the latter -ding to his own ed at. When a father's income, was dishonestly 1 to be given to stening to him. 3use and would ng come to the a result of the who carried on left the univer- er. He taught asants what he hat he thought uring his trial IS a just cause, led. When the 1 with the trial, esolutely silent to the Govern- religious teach- I: i 1 1- i m ill f t! Resurrection 431 ing which was founded on the theory that everything in the world was ahve, that nothing is hfeless, and that all tlie objects we consider to be without life or inorganic arc only parts of an enormous organic body which wc cannot com- pass. A man's task is to sustain the life of that huge organ- ism and all its animate parts. Therefore he was against war, capital punishment and every kind of killing, not only of human beings, but also of animals. Concerning marriage, too, he had a peculiar idea of his own; he thought that increase was a lower function of man, the highest function being to serve the already existing lives. He found a con- firmation of his theory in the fact that there were phacocvtes in the blood. Celibates, according to his opinion, were the same as phacocytes, their function being to help the weak and the sickly particles of the organism. From the moment he came to this conclusion he began to consider himself as well as Mary Pavlovna as phacocytes, and to live accord- ingly, though as a youth he had been addicted to vice. His love for Katusha did not infringe this conception, because he loved her platonically, and such love he considered could not hinder his activity as a phacocytes, but acted, on the contrary, as an inspiration. Not only moral, but also most practical questions he decided in his own way. He applied a theory of his own to all practical business, had rules relating to the number of hours for rest and for work, to the kind of food to eat, the way to dress, to heat and light up the rooms. With all this Simonson was very shy and modest ; and yet when he had once made up his mind nothing could make him waver. And this man had a decided influence on Maslova through his love for her. With a woman's instinct Maslova very soon found out that he loved her. And the fact that she could awaken love in a man of that kind raised her in her own estimation. It was Nekhliidoff's magnanimity and what had been in the past that made him offer to marry her, but Simonson loved her such as she was now, loved her simply because of the love he bore her. And she felt that Simonson considered her to be an exceptional woman, hav- ing peculiarly high moral qualities. She did not quite know what the qualities he attributed to her were, but in order to be on the safe side and that he should not be disappointed in her, she tried with all her might to awaken in herself all the highest qualities she could conceive, and she tried to II I 'III 432 Resurrection be as good as possible. This had begun while they Silll in nricnn uri-i.^.^ „— _ ... , J were .• 1 u- , • ',.^^^" o" a common vis.imi. uay sne nad noticed h.s kmdly dark blue eyes gazing fixedly a[ her from under h.s projecting brow. Even^hen she had noticed tha^ this was a peculiar man, and that he was looking at her in a peculiar manner, and had also noticed the striking com" oXTl °^ ^^f^""^,««-the "nruly hair and the frfwu^g forehead gave him this appearance-with the child-like kind- ness and innocence of his look. She saw him again in Tomsk, where she joined the political prisoners. Though they had not uttered a word, their looks told plainly tha hey had understood one another. Even after that hey had had no serious conversation with each other, but Maslova fdf S'he" TnSVh'af h " ^^l P^^"- ^is words were ad^ss d nTal'to^oran^T"^^"^^ ^"^^"^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ grew^pS;! while they were ng day she had edly at her from had noticed that Doking at her in le striking com- d the frowning ; child-like kind- V him again in oners. Though old plainly that ?r that they had but Maslova felt were addressed ►'ing to express vhen he started ^ grew specially Resurrection 433 CHAPTER V. THE POLITICAL PRISONERS. ..y^'^l'^ ?^^ '^^^ ^^™ Nekhludoff only twice managed to barked on '' T'' '" ^^^""^^ ^^^^'•^ '^' P"^^"^'-^ werfem- a^Iin in P ^^'S^'^^^ronuded with a wire netting, and agam n Perm m the prison office. At both these nter views he found her reserved and unkind She answered his questions as to whether she was in want of anything and "as he'thof Tf' --^^^ble. evasively and baThlun^,' and, as he thought, with the same feeling of hostile re proach which she had shown several timers o?e Her depressed state of mind, which was only the result of the molestations from the men that she was^undergoi^^ a the hThardTnTd '"'^l^'^'^'^- ^e feared lest, KLfd by the hard and degrading circumstances in which she was paced on the journey, she should again get in o that site of despair and discord with her own self which ormSly made her irritable with him, and which had caused Xr to nn'rhl ^f'T^' excessively to gain oblivion. But he was unable to help her in any way during this part of the joTir- ney, as it was impossible for him to be wkh her It was only when she joined the political prisoners that he saw hovy unfounded his fears were, and at each interv^w h^ noticed that inner change he so stronglv desired os^e in her becommg more and more marked.^ The first t me diey met m Tomsk she was again just as she had been when leaving Moscow. She did not frown or become confused when she saw him, but met him joyfully and simplv thank mg him for what he had done for her, especia Wfo; brw" ing her among the people with whom Lhe now was ^ After two months' marching with the gang, the change Ztttc: %.'''''' ^''''''^ Her became Ltfc'eabLlrh! oFder vvrfnkl^ ^'''"^ sunburned and thinner, and seemed mouth Shi I T^'^'"-' ?" ''"'■ ^^"^P'^^ ^"^1 ^o""d her W hi- ^^'^ T ""='^*' ^" ^'^' foreiiead now. and arran'e'cr.^' '^Xr^^ .'^^'^^ the kerchief; in the wav ii was arranged, as well as in her dress and her manners, there 4l, 434 Resurrection was no trace of coquetry left. And this change, which had Ltff t7i^;ir '"' '"'"^'"^ ^" ^^^^ "^^^^ ''^^'- fnr?^ T^^°? ^^'■ ^o^iething he had never experienced be- nnPt",-. J^'%^^e '"& 'lad nothing in common with his first hJir^ ?' ^'^'' ^"^ '^"" '^'^ ^^'^^^ the sensual love that had followed, nor even with the satisfaction of a dutv ful- filled, not unmixed with self-admiration, with which he de- c ded to marry her after the trial. The present feeling was si^mply one of pity and tenderness. He had felt it wh!n he met her m pnson for the first time, and then again when after conquenng his repugnance, he forgave her^he imag-' ned intrigue with the medical assistant in the hospital (the injustice done her had since been discovered); it was the same feeling he now had, only with this difference that for- rn^nenl 'ZIT'^'T'^'' ^"^ ^^^' "°^ ^' ^ad become per- Stnow }^^^^^'* )' r^^' doing, whatever he was think- ing now, a feeling of pity and tenderness dwelt with him and not only pity and tenderness for her, but for everybody.' This feeling seemed to have opened the floodgates of love which had found no outlet in NekhludofT's foul and the love now flowed out to everv one he met l.fS"!";,"?^^'' ■'°1'T"^^ NekhludoiT's feelings were so stimu- ated that he could not help being attentive and considerate o everybody, from the coachman and the convoy soldiers dea wi?h"'°Nn"'Pf^*?'A/"? governors whom he had to deal with. Now that Maslova was among the political prisoners, Nekhludofif could not help becoming acq^uainted with many of them, first in Ekaterinburg, where they had a good deal of freedom and were kept altogether in a^large th e/of /^" °" '^7?^^ ^^^" ^^^^^^^ ^^« marching wUh three of the men and four of the women. Coming in contact with political exiles in this way made Nekhludoff compS change his mmd concerning them 'pjcieiy niP^f°^ p ^ -^'^u ^^§^^""»"gr of the revolutionary move- ment in Russia, but especially since that first of March when Alexander II. was murdered, NekhludofY regarded the revolutionists with dislike and contempt. He was re pulsed by the cruelty and secrecy of the methods th^y em- ployed in their struggles against the government, especiallv the cruel murders they committed, and their arrogance also disgusted him. But having learned more intimatelv t know them and all they had suffered at the hands of the lange, which had ler, made Nekh- experienced be- on with his first sensual love that m of a duty ful- ith which he de- ;sent feeling was 1 felt it when he len again when, ^e her the imag- the hospital (the red); it was the erence, that for- lad become per- r he was think- dwelt with him, t for everybody. 3dgates of love, s soul, and the were so stimu- and considerate :onvoy soldiers lom he had to g the political ling acquainted vhere they had ;ther in a large marching with ning in contact doff completely tionary move- irst of March, idofif regarded . He was re- hods they em- lent, especially arrogance also intimately to : hands of the Resurref on 435 government, he .aw that they could not be other than they fficM"on^he'c^T^„t^'th:r^ '"^ *°7^"'^ "'"^'^ »"^ »" of justice shoVn t^m be ore and'lfter 'hf '""'' "'"""^'''' but in the case of the nnli?^,? • 7 '■""" sentenced, .hat semblancr/s Nei^hS KwTnThe cS ^Sh °-' f™ and that of many and manv nt i;= °' Shoustova These people were dealt wS I?L fiL '" ?'^'i"?"«Mces. everything that Sts into th^ni ■ \ "^"^l'^ *'"' " "=' : the big fish which are r^nuitT P""""? ^'''°'''' ='"'■ '^en ones a?e leftto perish „„geede/on thT.f °"' IS" '^' ""'" ^ouroT^hSF'^^ "~^- "^^s^^s^^J::. himself, anTmatr a mler^of ?rre"st '"aldlnf,;'""^"'^'' sets free, according to his own fancyor t tat of th^ E 'f "' °' thonties. And the hie-her nffl,-iJ . 1 , , ™ higher aii- according to whether he is ^ct Y,""'?'' ^^ '"^' '"°'''"'^' or to what his relations tn%h? '° <'''""g"ish himself, the other side oTthe world or if""'"!' "'"■■ '"'''' "^ '<> finement, condem'ns Tern t°/ S be'ria "to" hard°'L'r ™"- death, or sets them free at the reqt,es if some ladl ' '° sets these actions ud?, fl..! ^f ^^^'^^ °^ *^'^'^ ^^^'0"s, but oflFenders were also con t^ntlv "'"''"^i ? '^^'^ P°^'tical Phere of public o^nion which Vad^th"''^ ^^ '" ^^"^°^- committed, in the face oTrllno- ,^ S'"^' ^^^'°"s they and life, and al that k^ar to nv "' '^' '''^ °^ ^'^^''y 436 Resurrection characters, who seemed incapable of witnessing the suffer- ings of any Hving creature, much less of inflicting pain, quietly prepared to murder men. nearly all of them consid- enng murder lawful and just on certain occasions as a means for self-defence, for the attainment of higher aims or for the general welfare. The importance they attribute to their cause, and conse- quently to themselves, flowed naturally from the importance the government attached to their actions, and the cruelty of the punishments it inflicted on them. When Nekhludoff came to know them better he became convinced that they were not the right-down villains that some imagined them to be, nor i e complete heroes that others thought them, but ordinary people, just the same as others, among whom' there were some good and some bad, and some mediocre, as there are everywhere. There were some among them who had turned revolu- tionists because they honestly considered it their duty to fight the existing, evils, but there were also those who chose this work for selfish, ambitious motives ; the majority, how- ever, was attracted to the revolutionary idea by the desire for danger, for risks, the enjoyment of playing with one's life, which, as Nekhludoff knew from his military experi- ences, is quite common to the most ordinary people while they are young and full of energy. But wherein they dif- fered from ordinary people was that their moral standard vyas a higher one than that of ordinary men. They con- sidered not only self-control, hard living, truthfulness, but also the readiness to sacrifice everything, even life, for the common welfare as their duty. Therefore the best among them stood on a moral level that is not often reached, while the worst were far below the ordinary level, many of them being untruthful, hypocritical and at the same time self-satisfied and proud. So that Nekhludoff learned not only to respect but to love some of his new acquaintances, while he remained more than indifferent to others. Resurrection sing the siiffer- inflicting pain, Df tliem consid- occasions as a of higher aims use, and conse- the importance d the cruelty of en Nekhludoff inced that they imagined them thought them, , among whom iOme mediocre, turned revolu- : their duty to lose who chose majority, how- i by the desire ing with one's lihtary experi- y people while erein they dif- noral standard n. They con- Lithfulness, but en life, for the le best among often reached, level, many of the same time ff learned not acquaintances, thers. 437 CHAPTER VI. kryltzoff's story. ^u^^^^^^^^^ ^'^'"^ especially fond of Kryltzoff a con S wit^tT^ "'" condemned to hard labolJr ;ho was" going with the same gang as Katusha. Nekhludof? had made h.s acquaintance already in Ekaterinburg and t^l^'d va soon tow"^ %'J'f Vr °/ }}'' imprisonment his to°y inVs°o"urh of R^:J::^iz ^^^ '??f <■ rr'^r the maS/tica rcul?; fn'^rvSr^He'"' ""/"V" ges wU? K Se- a^Nl'Jl!2^„-Sni"r&' ou tobTc ; tTiXr^""?"' ^'-^ °- p'ovisi:,nl' a'nl tooacco, and in the evenings we even sang in chorus. Hii !M I I '. ■ I 438 Resurrection I had a fine voice — yes, if it had not been for mother it would have been all right, even pleasant and interesting. Here I made the acquaintance of the famous Petroff — he afterwards killed himself with a piece of glass at the fortress — and also of others. But I was not yet a revolutionary. I also became acquainted with my neighbours in the cells next to mine. They were both caught with Polish proc- lamations and arrested in the same cause, and were tried for an attempt to escape from the convoy when they were being taken to the railway station. One was a Pole, Loz- insky ; the other a Jew, Rozovsky. Yes. Well, this Roz- ovsky was quite a boy. He said he was seventeen, but he looked fifteen — thin, small, active, with black, sparkling eyes, and, like most Jews, very musical. His voice was still breaking, and yet he sang beautifully. Yes. I saw them both taken to be tried. They were taken in the morn- ing. They returned in the evening, and said they were condemned to death. No one had expected it. Their case was so unimportant; they only tried to get away from the convoy, and had not even wounded any one. And then it was so unnatural to execute such a child as Rozovsky. And we in prison all came to the conclusion that it was only done to frighten them, and would not be confirmed. At first we were excited, and then we comforted ourselves, and life went on as before. Yes. Well, one evening, a watchman comes to my door and mysteriously announces to jne that carpenters had arrived, and were putting up the gallows. At first I did not understand. What's that? What gal- lows ? But the watchman was so excited that I saw at once it was for our two. I wished io tap and communicate with my comrades, but was afraid those two would hear. The comrades were also silent. Evidently everybody knew. In the corridors and in the cells everything was as still as death all that evening. They did not tap the wall nor sing. At ten the watchman came again and announced that a hang- man ha4 arrived from Moscow. He said it and went away. I began calling him back. Suddenly I hear Rozovsky shout- ing to me across the corridor : ' What's the matter ? Why do you call him ? ' I answered something about asking hirn to get me some tobacco, but he seemed to guess, and asked me : ' Why did we not sing to-night, why did we not tap the walls?' I do not remember what I said, but I went away so as not to speak to him. Yes. It was a terrible 1 for mother it ind interesting. lus Petroff — he at the fortress revolutionary, Lirs in the cells h Polish proc- and were tried :hen they were is a Pole, Loz- A^ell, this Roz- ^enteen, but he ack, sparkling His voice was Yes, I saw in in the morn- said they were it. Their case away from the I. And then it ozovsky. And was only done :d. At first we lelves, and life g, a watchman ces to jne that p the gallows, it? What gal- t I saw at once imunicate with jld hear. The tody knew. In IS still as death nor sing. At d that a hang- nd went away. Dzovsky shout- matter ? Why )ut asking him less, and asked lid we not tap d, but I went was a terrible Resurrection 439 night. I listened to every sound all night. Suddenly towards morning, I hear doors opening and somebody walk- ing—many persons. I went up to my window. There was a lamp burning in the corridor. The first to pass was the inspector. He was stout, and seemed a resolute, self-satis- hed man, but he looked ghastly pale, downcast, and seemed trightened; then his assistant, frowning but resolute- be- hind them the watchman. They passed my door ' and stopped at the next, and I hear the assistant calling out in a strange voice: ' Lozinsky, get up and put on clean linen.' Yes. 1 hen I hear thd creaking of the door; they entered into his cell. Then I hear Lozinsky 's steps going to the op- posite side of the corridor. I could only see the inspector He stood quite pale, and buttoned and unbuttoned his coat shrugging his shoulders. Yes. Then, as if frightened of something, he moved out of the way. It was Lozinsky, who passed him and came up to my door. A handsome young fellow he was, you know, of that nice Polish type : broad shouldered, his head covered with fine, fair, curly hair as with a cap, and with beautiful blue eyes. So blooming so fresh so healthy. He stopped in front of mv window,' so that I could see the whole of his face. A dreadful, gaunt, hvid face. KryltzofT, have you any cigarettes ? ' I wished to pass him some, but the assistant hurriedly pulled out his cigarette case and passed it to him. He took out one the assistant struck a match, and he lit the cigarette and began to smoke and seemed to be thinking. Then, as if he had remembered something, he began to speak. ' It is cruel and unjust. I have committed no crime. I—' I saw some- thing quiver in his white young throat, from which I could not take my eyes, and he stopped. Yes. At that moment 1 hear Rozovsky shouting in his fine, Jewish voice. Lozin- sky threw away the cigarette and stepped from the door. And Rozovsky appeared at the window. His childish face with the hmpid black eyes, was red and moist. He also had clean linen on, the trousers were too wide, and he kept pulling them up and trembled all over. He approached his pitiful face to my window. ' KryltzofT, it's true that the doctor has prescribed cough mixt - fcr me, is it not? I am not well. I'll take some more of the mi cture,' No one answered, and he looked inquiringlv. now at me, now at the inspector. What he meant to say I never made out. Ves. Suddenly the assistant again put on a stern expres- ill I ' i II ?il Ml )i I ' 440 Resurrection sion, and called out in a kind of squeaking tone : ' Now then no nonsense. Let us go.' Rozovsky seemed incapa- ble of understanding what awaited him, and hurried, almost ran, in front of him all along the corridor. But then he drew back, and I could hear his shrill voice and his cries then the trampling of feet, and general hubbub. He was shrieking and sobbing. The sounds came fainter and tainter, and at last the door rattled and all was quiet Yes And so they hanged them. Throttled them both with a rope A watchman, another one, saw it done, and told me that Lozinsky did not resist, but Rozovsky struggled for a long time, so that they had to pull him up on to the scaffold and to force his head into the noose. Yes. This watchman was a stupid fellow. He said: ' They told me, sir, that it would be frightful, but it was not at all frightful. After they were hanged they only shrugged their shoulders twice, 1 I u rit showed how the shoulders convulsively rose and fell. Then the hangman pulled a bit so as to tighten the noose, and it was all u^, and they never budged ' " And Kryltzoff repeated the watchman's words, " Not at all fright- ful, and tried to smile, but burst into sobs instead For a long time after that he kept silent, breathing heav- ily,^ and repressing the sobs that were choking him. From that time I became a revolutionist. Yes" he said, when he was quieter and finished his story in a few words. He belonged to the Narodovoltr.y party, and was even at the head of the disorganising group, whose object was to terrorise the government so that it should give up Its power of its own accord. With this object he travelled to Petersburg, to Kiev, to Odessa and abroad, and was everywhere successful. A man in whom he had full con- fidence betrayed him. He was arrested, tried, kept in prison for two years, and condemned to death, but the sentence was mitigated to one of hard labour for life. He went into consumption while in prison, and in the conditions he was now placed he had scarcely more than a few months longer to live. This he knew, but did not re- pent of his action, but said that if he had another life he would use it in the same way to destroy the conditions in which such things as he had seen were possible TviTuf-'^'^i''^ story and his intimacy with him explained to JNIekhludoflf much that he had not previously understood »g tone : ' Now, seemed incapa- 1 hurried, almost r. But then he :e and his cries, ibbub. He was ime fainter and was quiet. Yes. tm both with a ne, and told me struggled for a n to the scaffold This watchman me, sir, that it rightful. After shoulders twice, jnvulsively rose sO as to tighten budged.'" And 'Jot at all fright- nstead. wreathing heav- ig him. list. Yes," he story in a few party, and was ), whose object should give up ;ct he travelled road, and was 2 had full con- , kept in prison It the sentence Dn, and in the ely more than but did not re- mother life he ; conditions in Die. n explained to understood. Resurrection 441 CHAPTER VH. NEKHLUDOFF SEEKS AN INTERVIEW WITH MASLOVA. On the day when the convoy officer had the cncnnnfnr Chr ? r'Ti' ^' '^' '^^lt'"& station abou tic hi 1 Nekhludofi^, who had spent the ni|ht at the village n v^nt up late, and was some time writing letters ?oposfa the next Government town, so that he left the inn la^er than usiS and did not catch up with the gang on the road as he !i Arfh«i . • u f .°^*'^'' ^^'^ ^" interview with Katusha At the last SIX haltmg stations he could not get the nerm s " id t '" l"'''^r ^'■°'" ^"y «f the officers^ Though Sev" th. I ^..•^"''^^''^ °^^'^^ NekhludofT a trap to drive him to wmdow happened to fall on tl,e spot, but he could hea^tr Heavy boots wading through the deep, stkky slush!'' "{£ I'M t i 442 Resurrection ! ■--' passing the open place in front of the church and the lone street, with its rows of windows shining brightlv in the darkness, Nekhludoff followed his guide to the outskirts of the village, where it was pitch dark. But soon here too rays of light, streaming through the mist from the lamps in the front of the halting station, became discernible through the darkness. Tiie reddish spots of light grew bigger and bigger ; at last the stakes of the palisade the moving figure of the sentinel, a post painted with white and black stripes and the sentinel's box became visible The sentinel calhd his usual "Who goes there?" as they approached, and seeing they were strangers treated them with such severity that he would not allow them to wait by the palisade; but Nekhludoflf's guide was not abashed by this severity. "Hallo, lad ! why so fierce? You go and rouse your boss while we wait here ? " The sentinel gave no answer, but shouted something in at the gate and stood looking at the broad-shouldered youne labourer scraping the mud ofT NekhludofT's boots wHh a chip of wood by the light of the lamp. From behind the palisade came the hum of male and female voices. In about three minutes more something rattled, the gate opened and a sergeant, with his cloak thrown over his shoulders, stepped out of the darkness into the lamplight. The sergeant was not as strict as the sentinel, but he was extremely inquisitive. He insisted on knowing what Nekh- ludoff wanted the officer for, and who he was, evidently scenting his booty and anxious not to let it escape. Nekhlu- doff said he had come on special business, and would show his gratitude, and would the sergeant take a note for him to the officer. The sergeant took the note, nodded, and went away. Some time after the gate rattled again, and women carrying baskets, boxes, jugs and sacks came out, loudly chattering in their peculiar Siberian dialect as they stepped over the threshold of the gate. None of them wore peasant costumes, but were dressed town fashion, wearing jackets and fur-hned cloaks. Their skirts were tucked up high and their heads wrapped up in shawls. They examined Nekhlu- doff and his guide curiously by the light of the lamp. One of them showed evident pleasure at the sight of the broad- shouldered fellow, and affectionately administered to hh a dose of Siberian abuse. irn •ch and tlio long brig-htly in the to tlie outskirts It soon here, too, from the lamps ame discernible 5 of light grew he palisade, the I with white and visible. oes there ? " as trangers treated t allow them to guide was not rouse your boss :d something in louldered young 's boots with a rom behind the oices. In about ate opened, and Dulders, stepped :nel, but he was ng what Nekh- was, evidently icape. Nekhlii- nd would show a note for him dded, and went in, and women me out, loudly IS they stepped n wore peasant i^earing jackets ;d up high, and mined Nekhlu- the lamp. One t of the broad- istered to hini Resurrection 443 yo;>;Srk^;^UngS:^°^"^ ''''■ '^^^ ^-^ ^^^^ I ve been showing this traveller here the way," answered t^hejoung fellow. "And what have you bJen bringing Thf7uu\?t^''?' ^""^ /. • "^ ^^ ^""'"^ "^^'■^ »" the morning." f\J u..^ . ^"^ some hmg m answer that made not only : ?SitV"airn^ht ""• ^^"'^ ''' ^°^^' -" y-? " fh^)^^^".^°".^^''^ P^""^^ t^^e church it's the second from the two-stoned house. Oh, and here, take my staff" h^ said, handmg the stick he was carry ng, andVhTch was he^^'„H^'">^.'T^^' '" N^^^hludoff; and%rashing hro^gh the mud with his enormous boots, he disappeared in the darkness, together with the women "'^^PPeared in the cfjii '" ^^u?^ mingling with the voices of the women was still audible through the fog, when the gate aJ^r'att ed S^m lo theK/^^^^^^' ^"^ ^'''' ^^'^^^oTtollt , J I" il! 11 ;■ Ji' 444 Resurrection CHAl'iF.R VIIT. NiRKHLUIX)FF ANO THE OI rlCER. This halting station, like all such stations along' the Siberian road, was surrounded by a courtyard, fenced in with a palisade of sharp-pointed stakes, and consisted of three one-storied houses. One of them, the largest, with grated windows, was for the prisoners, another for the convoy soldiers, and the third, in which the oflfice was, for the officers. There were lights in the windows of all the three houses, and, like all such lights, they promised, here in a specially deceptive manner, something cosy inside the walls. Lamps were burning before the porches of the houses and about five lamps more along the walls lit up the yard. The sergeant led Nekhludoflf along a plank which lay across the yard up to the porch of the smallest of the houses. When he had gone up the three steps of the porch he let Nekhludoff pass before him into the ante-room, in which a small lamp was burning, and wdiich was filled with smoky fumes. By the stove a soldier in a coarse shirt with a necktie and black trousers, and with one top-boot on, stood blowing the charcoal in a soinovar, using the other boot as bellows.* When he saw Nekhludoff, the soldier left the samovar and helped him oflf with his waterproof ; then went into the inner room. " He has come, your honour." " Well, ask him in," came an angry voice. " Go in at the door," said the soldier, and went back to the somorar. In the next room an officer with fair moustaches and .. very red face, dressed in an Austrian jacket that closelv fitted his broad chest and shoulders, sat at a covered tatlo, on which were the remains of his dinner and two bottles; there was a strong smell of tobacco and some very strong, * The long '- 'j.s v/orn in Russia have concertina-like sides, and when held to th^ 'hirnney of the samovar (tea urn) can be used in- stead of hello; ^s ' i ii \ the , harcoal inside burn up. ons along the ard, fenced in id consisted of e largest, with nother for the office was, for e three houses, ; in a specially walls. Lamps ises and about •d. ank which lay t of the houses, lie porch he let oom, in which ed with smoky ; with a necktie stood blowing lot as bellows.* e soviovar and t into the inner [ went back to Listaches and a et that close!',' covered tabi \ id two bottles ; le very strong, .q-Iike sides, and ) can be used in- up. Resurrection 445 cheap scent in the warm room. On seeing Xckhlndoff the officer rose and gazed ironically and suspiciously, as it seemed, at the newcomer. ' What is it you want?" he asked, and, not waiting for a reply, he shouted through the open door: " Bernoff, the somovar! What are you about?" " Coming at once." " You'll get it ' at once ' so that you'll remember it." shouted the officer, and his eyes flashed. " I'm coming," shouted the soldier, and brought in the somovar. Nekhludotf waited while the soldier placed the somovar on the table. When the officer had followed the soldier out of the room with his cruel little eyes looking as if they were aiming where best to hit him, he made the tea, got the tour-cornered decanter out of his travelling case and some Albert biscuits, and having placed all this on the cloth he again turned to Nekhludoff. " Well, how can I be of service to you ? " " I should like to be allowed to visit a prisoner,"' said Nekhludoff, without sitting down. " A political one? That's forbidden by the law," said the officer. " The woman I mean is not a political prisoner," said Nekhludoff. " Yes. But pray take a seat," said the officer. Nekhludoflf sat down. " She is not a political one, but at my request she has been allowed by the higher authorities to join the political prison- ers " " Oh, yes, I know," interrupted the other ; " a little dark one ? Well, yes, that can be managed. Won't you smoke ? " He moved a box of cigarettes towards Nekhludoff, and, hav- ing carefully poured out two tumblers of tea, he passed one to Nekhludoff. " If you please," he said. " Thank you ; I should like to see " " The night is long. You'll have plenty of time. I shall order her 'c be sent out to you." " But could I not see her where she is ? Why need she be^sent for?" Nekhludoff said. *^ In to the political prisoners ? It is against the law." " I have been allowed to go in several times. If there is any danger of my passing anything in to them I could do it through her just as well." 411 l!:: !*ii u ■} fi 446 Resurrection ! •: '? " Oh, no ; she would be searched," said the officer, and laughed in an unpleasant manner. " Well, why not search me? " " All right ; we'll manage without that," said the officer, opening the decanter, and holding it out towards Nekhlu- doff's tumbler of tea. May I? No? Well, just as you like. When you are living here in Siberia you are too glad to meet an educated person. Our work, as you know, is the saddest, and when one is used to better things it is very hard. The idea they have of us is that convoy officers are coarse, uneducated men, and no one seems to remember that we may have been born for a very different position." This officer's red face, his scents, his rings, and especially his unpleasant laughter disgusted Nekhliidoff very much, but to-day, as during the whole of his journey, he was in that serious, attentive state which did not allow him to behave slightingly or disdainfully towards any man, but made him feel the necessity of speaking to every one " entirely," as he expressed to himself, this relation to men. When he had heafd the officer and understood his state of mind, he said in a serious manner : " I think that in your position, too, some comfort could be found in helping the suffering people," he said. " What are their sufferings ? You don't know what these people are." " They are not special people," said Nekhliidoff ; " they are just such people as others, and some of them are quite innocent." " Of course, there are all sorts among them, and naturally one pities them. Others won't let anything off, but I try to lighten their condition where I can. It's better that I should suffer, but not they. Others keep to the law in every detail, even as far as to shoot, but I show pity. May I? — Take another," he said, and poured out another tumbler of tea for Nekhliidoff. " And who is she, this woman that you want to see ? " he asked. " It is an unfortunate woman who got into a brothel, and was there falsely accused of poisoning, and she is a very good woman," Nekhliidoff answered. The officer shook his head. " Yes, it does happen. I can tell you about a certain Emma who lived in Kasan. She was a Hungarian by birth, but she had quite Persian eyes," the officer, and said the officer, •wards Nekhlu- ;11, just as you ou are too glad ou know, is the lings it is very v^oy officers are s to remember erent position." , and especially Dff very much, ney, he was in allow him to any man, but to every one elation to men. •od his state of comfort could 2 said, low what these hludoff; "they them are quite I, and naturally iff, but I try to :r that I should in every detail, May I?— Take tumbler of tea nt to see ? " he a brothel, and she is a very happen. I can 1 Kasan. She Persian eyes," Resurrection 447 he contmued, unable to restrain a smile at the recollection : AT^yir^^^ i° f""*^^ ^^''^ ^bo»t her that a countess " Nekhludoff mterrupted the officer and returned to the former topic of conversation. "I think that you could lighten the condition of the people whde they are m your charge. And in acting that way I am sure you would find great joy ! " said NekhludofT try- ing to pronounce as distinctly as possible, as he might if talk- mg to a foreigner or a child The officer looked at NekhludoflF impatiently, waiting for him to stop so as to continue the tale about the Hungarian ^v^lIvfTv"-'^''' '"^'^ '^j^""*^y P^^«^"ted herself^ very vividly to his imagination and quite absorbed his attention. n,-tvTh.';.° wT^u ^^1^ i?,^" ^"'^^ t'""^'" he said, " and I do pity them ; bu I should like to tell you about Emma. What do you think she did ? " ""^^ " It does not interest me," said NekhludoflF, " and I will tell you straight, that though I was myself very different a one time I now hate that kind of relation to women." The officer gave NekhludoflF a frightened look. Won t you take some more tea? " he said No, thank you." YZ^af'Tlh-''^r\ ^f.^^'."t^ke the gentleman to Vakouloff. Tell him to let him into the separate political room. He may remain there till the inspection." 448 Resurrection CHAPTER IX. i h THE POLITICAL PRISONERS. Accompanied by the orderly, Nekhludoflf went out into the courtyard, which was dimlv li' up by the red Hght of the lamps. " Where to ? " asked the convoy sergeant, addressing- the orderly. " Into the separate cell. No. 5." " You can't pass here ; the boss has gone to the village and taken the keys." " Well, then, pass this way." The soldier led Nekhludoff along a board to another en- trance. While still in the yard Nekhludoff could hear the din of voices and general commotion going on inside as in a beehive when the bees are preparing to swarm ; but when he came nearer and the door opened the din grew louder, and changed into distinct sounds of shouting, abuse and laughter. He heard the clatter of chairs and smelt the well-known foul air. This din of voices and the clatter of the chairs, together with the close smell, always flowed into one tormenting sen- sation, and produced in Nekhludoff a feeling of moral nausea which grew into physical sickness, the two feelings mingling with and heightening each other. The first thing Nekhludoff saw, on entering, was a large, stinking tub. A corridor into which several doors opened led from the entrance. The first was the family room, then the bachelors' room, and at the very end two small rooms were set apart for the political prisoners. The buildings, which were arranged to hold one hundred and fifty prisoners, now that there were four hundred and fifty inside, were so crowded that the prisoners could not all get into the rooms, but filled the passage, too. Some were sitting or lying on the floor, some were going out with emptv teapots, or bringing them back filled with boiling water Among the latter was Taras. He overtook Nekhludoff and greeted him affectionately. The kind face of Taras was dis- figured by dark bruises on his nose and under his eye. F went out into red light of the . addressing the ) the village and 1 to another en- could hear the »n inside as in a n ; but when he •ew louder, and se and laughter, veil-known foul chairs, together tormenting sen- af moral nausea elings mingling ig, was a large, oors opened led room, then the lall rooms were Id one hundred ir hundred and rs could not all o. Some were out with empty boiling water, ^ekhludoflf and Taras was dis- • his eye. Resurrection 449 ;; What has happened to you ? " asked Nekhludoff. ^^ Yes somethmg did happen," Taras said, with a smile lowed TaS"''hll' T"'"'" •\''^?. ^ P^'^"-' ^^^^l- " And W's The?dosia% ''" "^^' ^^'"' ^^^^^•" h.r ?^^M^^" r'g^^^t- Here I am bringing her the water for M^M 'T'^^f TT'''^' ^"^ ^^^"t into^he famUy room Nekhludoff looked in at the door. The room was crovwlprl with women and men, some of whom were on Ldrn-^ unde, the bedsteads ; it was full of steam f om the vv'" do^heS that were drying, and the chatter of women's voices v'as tin ceasing. The next door led into the bachelors' oom This" room was still more crowded; even the doorway and the passage m front of it were blocked by a noisy crowd of men m wet garments, busy doing or deciding soS^thhig or oSe?' nnJ .""S?? '""^"^"^ explained that it was th? prisoner' vS was '■ ''"" ^r'^^T' P^>''"^ °^ °"^ -f the food mone; monism tl^S -'^ ^ '^^'^7 ^^° '^^d ^o" f'-o"' or Ht money to the prisoners, and receiving back little tickets made of piaying cards. When they saw the convov soldier and a gentleman, those who were nearest became sTent and folk.wed them with looks of ill-will. Among thlnrNekhl?, doff noticed the criminal Fedoroff, whom hf knew and^^o always kept a miserable lad with a sw-elled appea;ance and "oXmrk'ed ^am;^''', ''"' ^"' ^'^° ^ clisgu?t?nrnosel ss' pock marked tramp, who was notorious amon^ the orisoner^ esc?pe"and'h"f '•%^°^ '" '''' "^^^^^^^ whHe ?n "ngTo escape, and had, as it was rumoured, fed on his flesh Th^ tramp stood in tlie passage with his'wetclSak thrown Irlr one shoulder, looking mockinglv and boldly at N Jklih-idoff and did not move out of the wav.' Nekhludoff nasi liml^^ Though this kind of scene had now become mte fan li^r" to him, though he had during the last thrc^romhTcen hese four hundred criminal prisoners over and over a?ai n many different circumstances; in the heat cMivlwd n ouds of dust which they raised as thev hi^^ed tl d" cliainec feet along the road, and at the restin<>- pfa?es bv tl le aci occurred, yet every time he came anions them nnrl f,At tlieir attentuHi flxed upon him as it was now.%1 me'an co sciousness of h,s sin acrnin.t tlicm tornicntJd tIS^ sense of shan^e and guilt was added an unconr u able fee i o of loathing and horror. He knew that, placid in a pos ion I I '111 w v; ij I 450 Resurrection such as theirs, they could not be other than they were, and yet he was unable to stifle his disgust. " It's well for them do-nothings," Nekhludoflf heard some one say m a hoarse voice as he approached the room of the political prisoners. Then followed a word of obscene abuse and spiteful, mocking laughter. 1 they were, and idoflf heard some the room of the ►f obscene abuse, Resurrection 451 CHAPTER X. MAKAR DEVKIN. When they had passed the bachelors' room the sergeant who accompanied Nekhludoff left him, promising to come for him before the mspection would take place. As soon as the sergeant was gone a pr';,oner. quickly stepping with his bare feet and holding up the chains, came close up to Nekh! udoff, enveloping him in the strong, acid smell of perspira- tion, and said in a mysterious whisper : .ir,-l?^^P *^^ ¥' i""} ^^'' S""^ ^"to an awful mess. Been rnln^T-^" ^^i^-\^^ " •^'''^" ^'^ "^'"e ^s Karmanoflf at the inspection. Take his part, sir. We dare not, or they'll kill us, and looking uneasily round he turned away r.J.V^'^^^^ ^^"^ happened. The criminal KalmanofT had persuaded a young fellow who resembled him in appearance and was sentenced to exile to change names with him and go NihlnTnff t '"'*'1? u- ^'^' ^^"" ^^ °"^y ^^"t to exile. Nekhludoff knew all this. Some convict had told him about this exchange the week before. He nodded as a sign that he understood and would do what was in his power,^nd con- tinued his way without looking round Nekhludoff knew this convict, and was surprised by his action. When in Ekaterinburg the convict had asked Nekh- ludott to get a permission for his wife to follow him The convict was a man of medium size and of the most ordinary peasant type, about thirty years old. He was condemned to hard labour for an attempt to murder and rob. His name was Makar Devkin. His crime was a very curious one. In the account he gave of it to Nekhludoff, he said it was not his but his devil's doing. He said that a travdler had come to his father's house and hired his sledge to drive YZerfnul^^^VY^ '"/^'^ °^ ^""^ two roubles^ Makar's horse Hrl T '^jlnyethe stranger. Makar harnessed the ThfcV '^'^' f "^ f^* ^°^'" to d-ink tea with the stranger. The stranger related at the tea-table that he was going to be married and had five hundred roubles, which he had earned m Moscow, with him. When he had heard this, Makar went m mi um 452 Resurrection out into the yard and put an axe into the sledge under the straw. And drd not myself know why I was taking he axe, he said. Take the axe,' says he, and I took it We fhom H? '*^"w n^^' "^'^^^ '^°"^ ^" "Slit; I even forgot about the axe Well, we were getting near the village ; only about four miles more to go. The way from the crSss-road to the high road was up hill, and I got out. I walked behind Ihon /^^ "h""^ ^' "'^''^''' /° "^"' ' ^'h^t ^'^ yo" thinking about? When you get to the top of the hill you will meet people along the highway, and then there will be the village t^e nlil"'''? ''' ""T^ ^^'¥- ^^ y°" "^^^" to do it. now's the time. I stooped over the sledge as if to arrange the straw, and the axe seemed to jump into my hand of itself 1 he man turned round. ' What are you doing ? ' I lifted the axe and tried to knock him down, but he was quick iumoed ou . and took hold of my hands. ' What are y^ doiig you villain? ' He threw me down into the snow, and I did no" even struggle, but gave in at once. He bound my arms with his girdle, and threw me into the sledge, and took me straight to the polfce station. I was impri;oned and triS Ihe commune gave me a good character, said that I was a good man, and that nothing wrong had been noticed about me The masters for whom I worked also spoke well of me but we had no money to engage a lawyer, and so I was con- demned to four years' hard labour." It was this man who, wishing to save a fellow-villager knowing that he was risking his life thereby, told Nekhludoff the prisoners secret, for doing which (if found out) he would certainly be throttled. ^ iledge under the [ was taking the d I took it. We it; I even forgot ;he village ; only n the cross-road I walked behind re you thinking II you will meet 11 be the village. 1 to do it, now's to arrange the ' hand of itself. ??' I lifted the s quick, jumped you doing, you , and I did not i my arms with and took me oned and tried, id that I was a 1 noticed about oke well of me, J so I was con- fellow-villager, old Nekhliidoff found out) he Resurrection 453 CHAPTER XI. MASLOVA AND HER COMPANIONS. titioned ofif from the veT Thl%. ? ^I'f Passage par- on entering into this oart Jf tl^''^ P'''^" Nekhludoflf saw his rubber jacket and w^h ^ll T'^^^ ^^' Simonson in pression of importance ^ '''" "^'^^ "'"' "n «" ;; Yes ; what is it ? " Nekhludoff asked. Mi^ro^^x™^ i^iz^-^^^ t%'oiriZk-'^", ouf of a*; ^'s°he C^hf^'iF^f^^^ in front of h7r^" v ^^"^? °? ^^r skirt, and stopped right saiJl^kli, slTinThSs"^ "P ''' ^P-^--'' ' -,'^ dirtf You7.n°I'^- °"""P^ti°"'" and she smiled. " But the .ook:'is;ft;eTNew,sr'' ^'™^ "^^ ^ ^'-"^^ >i ' I I im 454 W. !■ Resurrection rlrl ^11 '■^^''*' ^'" come for it, and will bring the cloaks to dry Our people are all in here." she said to Nekhhkloff '^S^doff 'on"' lTr[ "^. '''' ^^^"^ -^ of the secon"d ''' dinilv 1 1 bv . K''^ '^.',t°'' ^"^ ^"t^'-^d ^ s"^a» room o-;^ c!n' t^h^e sl^ LS^'Twati^^dTth^^^^^^^ 'Z "ure.r.p rioC: st^'k^^^^- ^- - ^-^^- Only those who were close to the lamp were clearlv v^^ ible the bedsteads were in the shade and wrverini shadow^^ glided over the walls. Two men, appointed as caterers who had gone to fef^h boiling water and provisions were awav most of the political prisoners were gathered tTJetherT' the small room. There was Nekhludoff's old acqStance Vera Doukhova, with her large, frightened eves and th^ hrr"rndXne"r am/°T,''^''\" ^ l-yTack^f^ithlho'r nair, and thinner and yellower than ever. She had a newQ paper spread out in front of her. and sat rXg cigarettes' with a jerky movement of her hands ^ cigarettes ple!sTnL^'of^'h^n''?r,^''^^^ considered to be the pieasantest of the political prisoners, was also here Sh^ ooked after the housekeeping, and managed to spread a eeling of home comfort even in the midst of the most trv ing surroundings. She sat beside the lamp, with heTsIeeves wnen sne smiled, had a way of suddenly becoming- merrv animated and captivating. It was with such TsmilPthf; she now welcomed NekhludofT ''^ *^^^ said.^^^' we thought you had gone back to Russia," she a IhtTe' ti^r tireH°L"H ""^u "^ ^^'^ P^^^ovm, busy with chikHsh Icce'nts "^ ' "^° ^'^^ ^^^"^'"^ ^" ^^ ^-^et, ^^ ''How nice that you have come," she said to NekhludofT Have you seen Katusha? And we have a visitor We '' and she pointed to the little girl ^' Here was also Anatole Kryltzoff with felt boots on sit rhZr.\^-r;"r„ tii-f -^"tl ''T ^-' ^-bild up'^d .ciMij^, nic arms lOicictl m the sleeves of hid rinoi/ -,„ i Jook,„g at Nekhludoif with feverish lyes NekhMdo'ff was Resurrection ig the cloaks to to Nekhludoflf, i the second. i a small room IS standing low I the room, and lot had time to ^ere clearly vis- vering shadows IS caterers, who ns, were away ; ed together ir i acquaintance, eyes, and the ket with short ie had a news- lling cigarettes lered to be the Iso here. She ■d to spread a ■ the most try- ith her sleeves ng them, with lat was spread )oking young »f face, which, oming merry, 1 a smile that Russia," she '^na, busy with in her sweet, 3 NekhludoflF. visitor here," boots on, sit- ubled up and is cloak, and khludoff was 455 gomg up to him, but to the right of the door a man with spectacles and reddish curls, dressed in a rubber jacket, sat alking to the pretty, smiling Grabetz. This was the cele- brated revolutionist NovodvoroflF. Nekhludofif hastened to greet him. He was in a particular hurry about it, because whnnT\"/?•'^t^°"'^^T°"^^^°"^ ^" ^^^ Po'^^ical prisoners whom he disliked. Novodvoroflf's eyes glistened through his spectacles as he looked at Nekhludoflf and held his nar- row hand out to him. "Well, are you having a pleasant journey?" he asked with apparent irony. ds^cu, "Yes, there is much that is interesting," NekhludoflF answered as if he did not notice the irony, but took the question for politeness, and passed on to Kryltzoff 1 hough NekhludoflF appeared indiflFerent, he was really far from indiflFerent, and these words of NovodvoroflF, show- ing his evident desire to say or do something unpleasant, nterfered with the state of kindness in which Nekhludoff found himself, and he felt depressed and sad. and Sbling ha7d'" " " '^ '''^''' ^^^^^^"^ ^^^^^^^^'^ ^'^ T^' ^H^'^I '''^"' °"'%' ^ ''^""°* S^^ ^^'■"^ ; I sot wet through," Kryltzoflf answered quickly replacing his hands into the sleeves of his cloak. "And here it is also beastly cold 1 here, look, the window-panes are broken," and he pointed 5 ,x.T^'^." P"^^ ^^^^"^ *he ^'■on bars. " And how are you ? Why did you not come ? " "I was not allowed to, the authorities were so strict but to-day the oflficer is lenient." " "Lenient indeed!" KryltzoflF remarked. "Ask Alarv what she did this morning." ' ^ Mary Pavlovna from her place in the corner related what had happened about the little girl that morning when they lett the halting station. ^ "} !^]i"^.*f is absolutely necessary to make a collective protest said Vera Doukhova, in a determined tone and yet looking now at one. now at another, with a frightened undecided look. " Valdemar Simonson did protlt but that is not sufificient." . " What protest ! " muttered Kryltzoff, cross and frown- ing. Her want of simplicity, artificial tone and nervous- ness had evidently been irritating him for a long time Are you looking for Katusha?" he asked, addressing m i a I ' i ; ' 456 Resurrection Nekhlucloff. 'She is working all the time. She has c eane. this, the men's room, and now she has gone to clean the vvomen's ! Only it is not possible to clean avvay the fleas. And what is Mary doing there? " he asked, nod- dmg towards the corner where Mary Pavlovna sat 'She is combing out her adopted daughter's hair." re- plied Rantzeva. ' KrvltzV^°"'* she let the insects loose on us?" asked " No no ; I am very careful. She is a clean little girl "wh,-1 T°" ^"^^uV'l'^'^K ^^^'y' ^"'•"•"^ to Rantzeva, while I go and help Katusha, and I will also bring him his Rantzeva took the little girl on her lap, pressing her plump, bare little arms to her bosom with a mother's ten- derness, and gave her a bit of sugar. As Mary Pavlovna left the room, two men came in with boiling water and pro- visions. ^ ji-' imc. She has le has gone to to clean away he asked, nod- na sat. Iter's hair," re- n us ? " asked :lean httle girl to Rantzeva, D bring him his , pressing her I mother's ten- lary Pavlovna water and pro- Resurrection 457 CHAPTER XII. NABATOFF AND MARKEL. One of the men who came in was a short, thin, young man, who had a cloth-covered sheepskin coat on, and high top-boots. He stepped lightly and quickly, carrying two steaming teapots, and holding a loaf wrapped in a cloth under his arm. " Well, so our prince has put in an appearance again," he said, as he placed the teapot beside the cups, and handed the bread to Rantzeva. " We have bought wonderful tmngs," he continued, as he took off his sheepskin, and f.ung it over the heads of the others into the corner of the bedstead. " Markel has bought milk and eggs. Why, we'll have a regular ball to-day. And Rantzeva is spreading out her aesthetic cleanliness," he said, and looked with a smile at Rantzeva, " and now she will make the tea." The whole presence of this man — his motion, his voice, his look — seemed to breathe vigour and merriment. The other newcomer was just the reverse of the first. He looked despondent and sad. He was short, bony, had very prom- inent cheek bones, a sallow complexion, thin lips and beau- tiful, greenish eyes, rather far apart. He wore an old wadded coat, top-boots and goloshes, and was carrying two pots of milk and two round boxes made of birch bark, v^hich he placed in front of Rantzeva. He bowed to Xekli- ludoff* bending only his neck, and with his eyes fixed on him. Then, having reluctantly given him his damp hand to shake, he began to take out the provisions. Both these political prisoners were of the people ; the first was Nabatoff, a peasant ; the second, Alarkel Kond- ratieff, a factory hand. ]\Iarkel did not come among the revolutionists till he was quite a man, Nabatofif only eigh- teen. After leaving the village school, owing to his excep- tional talents. NabatofF entered the gymnasium, and main- tained himself by giving lessons all the time ho studied there, and obtained the gold medal. He did not go to the university because, while still in the seventh class of the I I I liiJ 45^ Resurrection gymnasium, he made up his mind to go among the people and cnHghtei. his neglected brethren. This he did, first getting the »>U.ce of a Government clerk in a large village. He was soou irrested because he read to the peasants and arranged a co-operative industrial association among them. They kept him imprisoned for eight months and then set him ^ree, but he remained under police supervision. As soon as he was liberated he went to another village, got a place as schoolmaster, and did the same as he had done in the first village. He was again taken up and kept four- teen months in prison, where his convictions became yet stronger. After that he was exiled to the Perm Govern- ment, from where he escaped. Then he was put to prison for seven months and after that exiled to Archangel. There he refused to take the oath of allegiance that was required of them and was condemned to be exiled to the Takoutsk Government, so that half his li«fe since he reached man- hood was passed in prison and exile. All these adventures did not embitter him nor weaken his energy, but rather stimulated it. He was a lively young fellow, with a splen- did digestion, always active, gay and vigorous. He never repented of anything, never looked far ahead, and used all his powers, his cleverness, his practical knowledge to act in the present. When free he worked towards the aim he had set himself, the enlightening and the uniting of the work- ing men, especially the country labourers. When in prison he was just as energetic and practical in finding means to come in contact with the outer world, and in arranging his own life and the life of his group as comfortably as the con- ditions would allow. Above all things he was a communist. He wanted, as it seemed to him, nothing for himself and contented himself with very little, but demanded very much for the group of his comrades, and could work for it either physically or mentally day and night, without sleep or food. As a peasant he had been industrious, observant, clever at his work, and naturally self-controlled, polite without any effort, and attentive not only to the wishes but also the opinions of others. His widowed mother, an illiterate, super- stitious, old peasant woman, was still living, and NabatoflF helped her and went to see her while he was free. During the time he spent at home he entered into all the interests of his mother's life, helped her in her work, and continued his intercourse with former playfellows ; smoked cheap tobacco Resurrection 459 ong the people is he (lid, first a large village. e peasants and 1 among them. s and then set pervision. As • village, got a le had done in ind kept four- ns became yet Perm Govern- 5 put to prison hangel. There t was required I the Takoutsk reached man- ese adventures gy, but rather , with a splen- us. He never i, and used all ledge to act in he aim he had J of the work- V^hen in prison ding means to arranging his bly as the con- i a communist. )r himself and ded very much rk for it either ; sleep or food, vant, clever at e without any i but also the literate, super- •and Nabatoff free. During he interests of continued his cheap tobacco with them in so-called " dog's feet," * took part in their fist fights, and expliined to them how they were all being de- ceived by the btate and how they ought to disentangle themselves out of the deception tluy were kept in. When he thougl spoke of what ^lution people he always imagined this people from whom he had sprung himself left in very nearly the same conditions as they were in, only with sufficient land and without the gentry and without officials. The revolution, according to him, and in this he differed from Novodvoroff and Novod- voroff's follower, Markel Kondratieff, should not alter the elementary forms of the life of the people, should not break down the whole edifice, but should only alter the inner walls of the beautiful, strong, enormous old'structure he loved so dearly. He was also a typical peasant in his views on religion, never thinking about metaphysical questions, about the origin of all origin, or the future life. God was to him, as also to Arago, an hypothesis, which he had had no need of up to ncjw. He had no business with the origin of the world, whether Moses or Darwin was right. Darwinism, which seemed so important to his fellows, was only the same kind of plaything of the mind as the creation in six'days. The question how the world had originated did not interest him, just because the question how it would be best to live in this world was ever before him. He never thought about future life, always bearing in the depth of his soul the firm and quiet conviction inherited from his forefathers, and common to all labourers on the land, that just as in the world of plants and animals nothing ceases to exist, but continually changes its form, the manure into grain, the grain into a food, the tadpole into a frog, the caterpillar into a butterfly, the acorn into an oak, so man also does not perish, but only undergoes a change. He believed in this, and therefore always looked death straight in the face, and bravely bore the sufferings that lead towards it, but did not care and did know how to speak about it. He loved work, was always employed in some practical business, and put his comrades in the way of the same kind of practical work. The other political prisoner from among the people, Mar- kel Kondratieff, was a very different kind of man. He began to work at the age of fifteen, and took to smoking and drink- * Dog's foot is a kind of cigarette that the peasants smoke, made of a bit of paper and bent at one end into a hook. I 460 Resurrection ing in order to stifle a dense sense of being wronged. He first realised he was wronged one Christmas when they, the factory children, were invited to a Christmas tree, got up by the employer's wife, where he received a farthing whistle, an apple, a gilt walnut and a fig, while the employer's chil- dren had presents given them which seemed gifts from fairy- land, and had cost more than fifty roubles, as he afterwards heard. When he was twenty a celebrated revolutionist came to their factory to work as a working girl, and noticing his su- perior qualities began giving books and pamphlets to Kon- dratieff and to talk and explain his position to him, and how to remedy it. When the possibility of freeing himself and others from their oppressed state rose clearly in his mind, the injustice of this state appeared more cruel and more terrible than before, and he longed passionately not only for freedom, but also for the punishment of those who had arranged and who kept up this cruel injustice. Kondratieflf devoted him- self with passion to the acquirement of knowledge. It was not clear to him how. knowledge should bring about the reali- sation of the social ideal, but he believed that the knowledge that had shown him the injustice of the state in which he lived would also abolish that injustice itself. Besides knowl- edge would, in his opinion, raise him above others. There- fore he left oflf drinking and smoking, and devoted all his leisure time to study. The revolutionist gave him lessons, and his thirst for every kind of knowledge, and the facility with which he to6k it in, surprised her. In two years he had mastered algebra, geometry, history— which he was specially fond of — and made acquaintance with artistic and critical, and especially socialistic literature. The revolutionist was arrested, and Kondratiefif with her, forbidden books having been found in their possession, and they were imprisoned and then exiled to the Vologda Government. There Kondratiefif became acquainted with NovodvoroflF, and read a great deal more revolutionary literature, remembered it all, and became still firmer in his socialistic views. While in exile he became leader in a large strike, which ended in the destruction of a factory and the murder of the director. He was again ar rested and condemned to Siberia, His religious views were of the same negative nature as his views of the existing economic conditions. Having seen the absurdity of the religion in which he was brought up, and Resurrection vronged. He /hen they, the tree, got up thing whistle, iployer's chil- ts from fairy- lie afterwards mist came to ticing his su- blets to Kon- liim, and how • himself and his mind, the more terrible for freedom, arranged and devoted him- :dge. It was •out the reali- le knowledge in which he asides knowl- lers. There- voted all his him lessons, d the facility years he had was specially and critical. :utionist was )ooks having prisoned and : Kondratieff a great deal , and became le he became truction of a as again ar- ve nature as Having seen ught up, and 461 having gained with great effort, and at first \iiith fear, but later with rapture, freedom from it, he did not tire of viciously and with venom ridiculing priests and religious dogmas, as if wishing to revenge himself for the deception that had been practised on him. He was ascetic through habit, contented himself with very little, and, like all those used to work from childhood and whose muscles have been developed, he could work much and easily, and was quick at any manual labour; but what he valued most was the leisure in prisons and halting stations, which enabled him to continue his studies. He was now studying the first volume of Karl Marks's, and carefully hid the book in his sack as if it were a great treasure. He be- haved with reserve and indifference to all his comrades, ex- cept Novodvoroff, to whom he was greatly attached, and whose arguments on all subjects he accepted as unanswer- able truths. He had an indefinite contempt for women, whom he looked upon as a hindrance in all necessary business. But he pitied Maslova and was gentle with her, for he considered her an example of the way the lower are exploited by the upper classes. The same reason made him dislike Nekhlu- doff, so that he talked little with him, and never pressed Nekhludoff's hand, but only held out his own to be pressed when greeting him. 462 Resurrection CHAPTER XIII. I LOVE AFFAIRS OF THE EXILES. and nntfrprlnnf '• ^."'"'"^ "P ^']^ ^°' ^^'■"^' t'^^ tea was made ft rS L i ' ° ni»g\and cups, and milk was added to Ir .n^ ' wu ""^^ ^"A"^^^^^ '^'^ ^^d' hard-boiled eggs, but- ter and calf s head and feet were placed on the cloth Every- S "\°7^;°V^^ds the part of the shelf beds which took the place of the table and sat eating and talking. Rantzeva sat on Zu^ w'a "" H^ ^^K"" °^ ^''' ^^t cloak and wrapped hi m- lu'doff ' ■' ^ ^""^ '^^' ^" ^^' °^" P^^^^ talking to Nek^- tT.i^^lf^*^f cold and damp march and the dirt and disorder eefit tidv .7."^ ^T'- ^''i ^^'r^^' P^'"^ they had taken to uu;l^.l\ after havmg drunk hot tea and eaten, they were all m the best and brightest of spirits ^ fhJ.J^^^ 1^^* *''V^^'"P °^ ^^^t' the screams and abuse of them nf";!""'"' ''^'^i- ''^'"^ '^^""gh the wall, reminding them of their surroundmgs, seemed only to increase the sens! of cozmess. As on an island in the midst of the sea ?hese people felt themselves for a brief interval not sLmVd bv «^e degradation and sufferings which surrounded them ; this made heir spirits nse, and excited them. They talked abou aSd';im''''fl ''"' P^'^^"^ ?,°^'t^°" ^"^ that whkh tlln i ^''''"' ^' 't g:enerally happens among young men, and women especially, if they are forced to remain to gether, as these people were, all sorts of agreements Tnd dis agreements and attractions, curiously blendeT had snrune up among them. Almost all of them were inlove NovJ voroff was in love with the pretty, smiling Grabetz This Grabetz w-as a young. thoughtless"girl who had gone in for a course of study, perfectly indifferent to revolutiSnary ques tions. but succumbing to the influence of the da^.she com- promised herseU in some way and was exiled The ch^f interest of her life during the time of her trial in prison am m exile was her success with men, just as it had been "v he Resurrection 463 she was free. Now on the way she comforted herself with the fact that Novodvoroff had taken a fancy to her, and she fell in love with him. Vera Doukhova, who was very prone to fall in love herself, but did not awaken love in others, though she was always hoping for mutual love, was some- times drawn to Nabatoff, then to Novodvoroff. Kryltzoff felt something like love for Mary Pavlovna. He loved her with a man's love, but knowing how she regarded this sort of love, hid his feelings under the guise of friendship and gratitude for the tenderness with which she attended to his wants. Nabatoff and Rantzeva were attached to each other by very complicated ties. Just as Mary Pavlovna was a per- fectly chaste maiden, in the same way Rantzeva was perfectly chaste as her own husband's wife. When only a schoolgirl of sixteen she fell in love with Rantzeff, a student of the Petersburg University, and married him before he left the university, when she was only nineteen vears old. During his fourth year at the university her husband had become mvolved in the students' rows, was exiled from Petersburg, and turned revolutionist. She left the medical courses she was attending, followed him, and also turned revolutionist. If she had not considered her husband the cleverest and best of men she would not have fallen in love with him ; and if she had not fallen in love would not have married ; but hav- ing fallen in love and married him whom she thought the best and cleverest of men, she naturallv looked upon life and Its aim'-, in the way the best and cleverest of men looked at them. At first he thought the aim of life was to learn, and she looked upon study as the aim of life. He became a revo- lutionist, and so did she. She could demonstrate very clearly that the existing state of things could not go on, and that it was everybody's duty to fight this state of things and to try to bring about conditions in which the individual could develop freely, etc. And she imagined that she really thought and felt all this, but in reality she only regarded everything her husband thought as absolute truth, and only sought for perfect agreement, perfect identification of her own soul with his which alone could give her full moral satisfaction. The parting with her husband and their child, whom her mother had taken, was very hard to bear : but she bore it firmly and quietly, since it was for her husband's sake and fnr that cause which she had not the slightest doubt was true, since he served it. She was always with her husband in thoughts, 'I H ■M ^- I IH ■ h i t X 464 Resurrection KhTp °^^' ^"^ ^'"^ §^^^^ ^°Jo"^ to their life of So that in all this circle only Mary Pavlovna anH T^nn dratieff were quite free from love affairs 3; tr* I mm Resurrection 465 la and Kon- CHAPTER XIV. CONVERSATIONS IN PRISON. zi^rVerZllv^r^ ^ ^i^^^'t *'^^ ^'''^ ^^t"«ha, as usual, fnewhh'hl A °^ '^'u^ *&' ^^^" °^ Kryltzoff. convers- mg with h,m. Among other things he told him the story of Makar s crime and about his request to him. Kryltzoff lis- tened attentively, gazing at Nekhludoff with gUstening " Yes," said Kryltzoff suddenly, " I often think that here we are going side by side with the^i, and who a "they ' The norknowThr r*:^' ^'^ ^°^"^' ^"^ y^^ -^ -^t only l not know them, but do not even wish to know them And en7n;irs^\T^yt"riS:V^ey hate us and look u^l ufa^ off' ^'^Th.'^ "°'^'"f *^'"^'^ ^^"* '^'" b^oke in Novodvor- ott. I he masses always worship power only. The govern ment is m power, and the, wors4 it and hate u To mo"- ITrl ^thing good in ing up. lying a terrible lean to do our ondratieff put ght and began we should not re. We should ect nothing in if our activity, :hey remain in le went on, as ect help from process which s an illusion." J began, flush- arbitrary rule 1 despotism ? " Novodvorojff, le people must m show is the ism that lay at and the great .^ay, by means going to err; he ravings of omic science." was speaking, na said, when -It it?" Nekh- ve should not with a smile, he would say -J ;~ a ■r. J3 u I ^ i-< o Resai ection 467 " I think the common people are wrong'ed," she said, and blushed scarlet. " I think they are dreadfully wn*- v^ed." " That's right, Maslova, quite right," cried iNabatoflf. " They are terribly wronged, the people, and they must not be wronged, and therein lies the whole of our task." " A curious idea of the object of revolution," Novodvoroflf remarked crossly, and be ;an to smoke. " I cannot talk to him," said Kryltzoflf in a whisper, and was silent. " And it is much better not to talk," Nekhludoff said. I iiaa^iaii IHt ■\l 468 Resurrection CHAPTER XV. novodv6roff. Although Novodvoroff was higlily esteemed of all the revolutionists, though he was very learned, and considered very wise, Nekhludoff reckoned him among those of the revolutionists who, being below the average moral level, were very far below it. His inner life was of a nature directly opposite to that of Simonson's. Simonson was one of those people (of an essentially masculine type) whose actions follow the dictates of their reason, and are deter- mined by it. Novodvoroff belonged, on the contrary, to the class of people of a feminine type, whose reason is directed partly towards the attainment of aims set by their feelings, partly to the justification of acts suggested by their feelings. The whole of Novodvoroff's revolutionary activity, though he could explain it very eloquently and very convincinglv, appeared to Nekhludoff to be founded on nothing but ambi- tioii and the desire for supremacy. At first his capacity for assimilating the thoughts of others, and of expressing them correctly, had given him a position of supremacy among pupils and teachers in the gymnasium and the university, where qualities such as his are highly prized, and he was satisfied. When he had finished his studies and received his diploma he suddenly altered his views, and from a mod- ern liberal he turned into a rabid Narodovoletz, in order (so Kryltzoff, who did not like him, said) to gain supremacy in another sphere. As he was devoid of those moral and aesthetic qualities which call forth doubts and hesitation, he very soon acquired a position in the revolutionary world which satisfied him— that of the leader of a party. Having once chosen a direc- tion, he never doubted or hesitated, and was therefore certain that he never made a mistake. Everything seemed quite simple, clear and certain. And the narrowness and one- sidedness of his views did make everything seem simple and clear. One only had to be logical, 'as he said. His self- assurance was so great that it either repelled people or made Resurrection 469 ;cl of all the [1 considered those of the moral level, of a nature son was one :ype) whose ci are deter- trary, to the n is directed leir feelings, leir feelings, vity, though onvincingly, ig but ambi- capacity for essing them nacy among ; university, and he was nd received rom a mod- in order (so .ipremacy in tic qualities )on acquired isfied him — sen a direc- lioTc certain jemed quite jS and one- 1 simple and His self- pie or made them submit to him. As he carried on his work among very young people, his boundless self-assurance led them to believe him very profound and wise ; the majority did sub- mit to him, and he had a great success in revolutionary circles. His activity was directed to the prci)aration of a rising in which he was to usurp the power and call together a council. A programme, composed by him, should be proposed before the council, and he felt sure that this pro- gramme of his solved every problem, and that it would be impossible not to carry it out. His comrades respected but did not love him. He did not love any one, looked upon all men of note as upon rivals, and would have willingly treated them as old male monkeys treat young ones if he could have done it. He would have torn all mental power, every capacity, from other men, so that they should not interfere with the display of his talents. He behaved well only to those who bowed before him. Now, on the journey he behaved well to Kondratieff, who was influenced by his propaganda ; to Vera Doukhova and pretty little Grabetz, who were both in love with him. Although in principle he was in favour of the woman's movement, yet in the depth of his soul he co.isidered all women stupid and insignificant except those whom he was sentimentally in love with (as he was now in love with Grabetz), and such women he considered to be exceptions, whose merits he alone was capable of discerning. The question of the relations of the sexes he also looked upon as thoroughly solved by accepting free union. He had one nominal and one real wife, from both of whom he was separated, having come to the conclusion that there was no real love between them, and now he thought of entering on a free union with Grabetz. He despised NekhludoflF for " playing the fool," as Novodvoroflf termed it, with Maslova, but especially for the freedom Nekhludofif took of consider- ing the defects of the existing system and the methods of correcting those defects in a manner which was not only not exactly the same as Novodvoroff's, but was Nekhludoff's own — a prince's, that is, a fool's manner. NekhludoflF felt this relation of Novodvoroflf's towards him, and knew to his sorrow that in spite of the state of good will in which he found himself on this journey he could not help paying this man in his own coin, and could not stifle the strong antipathy he felt for him. I 470 Resurrection CHAPTER XVI. SIMONSON SPEAKS TO NEKHLtJDOFF. f 2 The voices of officials sounded from the next room. All the prisoners were silent, and a sergeant, followed by two convoy soldiers, entered. The time of the inspection had come. The sergeant counted every one, and when Nekhlu- doff's turn came he addressed him with kindly familiarity. You must not stay any longer. Prince, after the inspec- tion ; you must go now." Nekhltidoff knew what this meant, went up to the ser- geant and shoved a three-rouble note into his hand. " Ah, well, what is one to do with you ; stay a bit longer, if you like." The sergeant was about to go when another sergeant, followed by a convict, a spare man with a thin beard and a bruise under his eye, came in. " It's about the girl I have come," said the convict. " Here's dr Idy come," came the ringing accents of a child's voice, and a flaxen head appeared from behind Rantzeva, who. with Katusha's and Mary Pavlovna's help, was making a new garment for the child out of one of Rantzeva's own petticoats. " Yes, daughter, it's me," Bousovkin, the prisoner, said softly. " She is quite comfortable here," said TvTary Pavlovna. looking with pity at Bousovkin's bruised face. '" Leave her with us." " The ladies are making me new clothes," said the i^irl, pointing to Rantzeva's sewing — " ni-i-ice re-ed ones," she went on, prattling. " Do you wish to sleep with us? " asked Rantzeva. caress- ing the child. " Yes, I wish. And daddy, too." " No, daddy can't. Well, leave her then," she said, turn- ing to the father. " Yes, you may leave her," said the first sergeant, and went out with the other. Resurrection 471 t room. All )wecl by two spection had hen Nekhlu- 1 familiarity. r the inspec- ) to the ser- land. a bit longer, ?hen another with a thin jnvict. ;s of a child's id Rantzeva, ; help, was f Rantzeva's risoner, said y Pavlovna. " Leave her aid the ^irl, 1 ones." she zeva. caress- e said, turn- :rgeant, and As soon as they were out of the room Nabatoflf went up to Bousovkin, slapped him on the shoulder, and said : " I say, old fellow, is it true that Karmanoff wishes to exchange? " Bousovk'in's kindly, gentle face turned suddenly sad and a veil seemed to dim his eyes. " We have heard nothing — hardly." he said, and with the same dimness still over his eyes he turned ti^ the child. " Well, Aksutka, it seems you're to make yourself com- fortable with the ladies," and he hurried away. " It's true about the exchange, and he knows it very well," said Nabatoflf. " What are you going to do? " " I shall tell the authorities in the next town. I knovv both prisoners by sight," said Nekhludoflf. All were silent, fearing a recommencement of the dispute. Simonson, who had been lying with his arms thrown back behind his head, and not speaking, rose, and deter- minately walked up to Nekhludoflf, carefully passing round those who were sitting. " Could you listen to me now ? " " Of course," and Nekhludoflf rose and followed him. Katusha looked up with an expression of suspense, and meeting Nekhludoflf's eyes, she blushed and shook her head. " What I want to speak to you about is this," Simonson began, when they had come out into th<^> assa^e. In the passage the din of the criminal's voices and shouts sounded louder. Nekhludoflf made a face, but Simonson did not seem to take any notice. " Knowing of your relations to Katerina Maslova," he began seriously and frankly, with his kind eyes looking straight into Nekhludoflf's face, " I consider it my duty" He was obliged to stop because two voices were heard dis- puting and shouting, both it once, close to the door. " I tell you, blockhead, they are not mine," one voice shouted. " May you choke, you devil," snorted the other. At this moment Mary Pavlovna came out into the pas- sage. " How can one talk here ? " she said ; " go in. Vera is alone there," and she went in at the second door, and entered a tiny room, evidently meant for a solitary cell, which was 472 Resurreciion !! now placed at the disposal of the political women prisoners Vera Doukhova lay covered up, head and all, on the bed. " She has got a headache, and is asleep, so she cannot hear you, and I will go away," said Mary Pavlovna. " On the contrary, stay here," said Simonson ; " I have no secrets from any one, certainly none from you." " All right," said Mary Pavlovna, and moving her whole body fro.Ti side to side, like a child, so as to get farther back on to the bed, she settled down to listen, her beautiful hazel eyes seeming to look somewhere far away. ^^ " Well, then, this is my business," Simonson repeated. Knowmg of your relations to Katerina Maslova, I con- sider myself bound to explain to you my relations to her." Nekhludoflf could not help admiring the simplicity and truthfulness with which Simonson spoke to him. " What do you mean ? " " I mean that I should like to marry Katerina Mas- lova " . " How strange! " said Mary Pavlovna, fixing her eyes on Simonson. " — ^nd so I made up my mind to ask her to be my wife," Simonson continued. ]^ What can I do? It depends on her," said Nekhludoflf. Yes; but she will not come to any decision without you." "Why?" " Because as long as your relations with her are unset- tled she cannot make up her mind." "As far as I am concerned, it is finally settled. I should like to do what I consider to be my duty and also to lighten her fate, but on no account would I wish to put any re- straint on her." " Yes, but she does not wish to accept your sacrifice." " It is no sacrifice." "^ And I know that this decision of hers is final." " Well, then, there is no need to speak to nie," said Nekh- ludoflf. " She wants you to acknowledge that vou think as she does." " How can I acknowledge that I must not do what I con- sider to be my duty? All I can sav is that T am not free but she is." Simonson was silent; then, after thinking a little, he Resurrection len prisoners. ti the bed. o she cannot vlovna. ion ; "I have ^ou." ng her whole : farther back sautiful hazel >on repeated, slova, I con- ions to her." mpHcity and n. iterina Mas- ;• her eyes on be my wife," JekhludoflF. iion without !r are unset- d. I should so to lighten put any re- jacrifice." il." ' said Nekh- hiiik as she what T con- im not free, a little, he 473 said: " Very well, then, I'll tell her. You must not think I am m love with her," he continued ; " I love her as a splen- did, unique, human being who has suffered much. I want nothing from her. I have only an awful longing to help her, to lighten her posi " Nekhludoff was surprised to hear the trembling in Simon- son's voice. " — To lighten her position," Simonson continued. " If she does not wish to accept your help, let her accept mine. If she consents, I shall ask to be sent to the place where she will be imprisoned. Four years are not an eternity. I would live near her, and perhaps might lighten her fate " and he again stopped, too agitated to continue. " What am I to say ? " said Nekhludoff. " I am very glad she has found such a protector as you " " That's what I wanted to know," Simonson interrupted. " I wanted to know if, loving her and wishing her happi- ness, you would consider it good for her to marry me ? " ]] Oh, yes," said Nekhludoff decidedly. " It all depends on her ; I only wish that this suffering soul should find rest," said Simonson, with such childHke tenderness as no one could have expected from so morose- looking a man. Simonson rose, and stretching his lips out to Nekhludoff, smiled shyly and kissed him. " So I shall tell her," and he went away. 474 Resurrection CHAPTER XVII. " I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO SAY." i( ( 1 «1 " What do you think of that ? " said Mary Pavlovna. " In love — quite in love. Now, that's a thing' I never should have expected, that Valdemar Simonson should be in love, and in the silliest, most boyish manner. It is strange, and, to say the truth, it is sad," and she sighed. " But she ? Katusha ? How does she look at it, do you think?" Nekhliidoflf asked. "She?" Mary Pavlovna waited, evidently wishing to give as exact an answer as possible. " She ? Well, you see, in spite of her past she has one of the most moral natures — and such fine feelings. She loves you — loves you well, and is happy to be able to do you even the negative good of not letting you get entangled with her. Marriage with you would be a terrible fall for her, worse than all that's past, and therefore she will never consent to it. And yet your presence troubles her." " Well, %yhat am I to do? Ought I to vanish? " Mary Pavlovna smiled her sweet, childlike smile, and said, " Yes, partly." " How is one to vanish partly? " " I am talking nonsense. But as for her, I should like to tell you that she probably sees the silliness of this raptur- ous kind of love (he has not spoken to her), and is both flattered and afraid of it. I am not competent to judge in such affairs, you know, still I believe that on his part it is the most ordinary man's feeling, though it is masked. He says that this love arouses his energy and is Platonic, but I know that even if it is exceptional, still at the bottom it is degrading." Mary Pavlovna had wandered from the subject, having started on her favourite theme. " Well, but what am I to do? " NekhludofT asked. " I think you should tell her everything ; it is always best that everything should be clear. Have a talk with her; 1 shall call her. Shall I ? " said Mary Pavlovna. Resurrection 475 avlovna. " In never should Id be in love, strange, and, at it, do you J wishing to ^ell, you see, loral natures 'es you wrell, egative good [arriage with lan all that's it. And yet ?" t smile, and hould like to this raptur- and is both : to judge in his part it is nasked. He atonic, but I bottom it is )ject, having sked. > always best with her; 1 " If you please," said Nekhludoff, and Mary Pavlovna went. A strange feeling overcame Nekhludoff when he was alone in the little room with the sleeping Vera Doiikhova, listening to her soft breathing, broken now and then by moans, and to the incessant din that came through the two doors that separated him from the criminals. What Simon- son had told him freed him from the self-imposed duty, which had seemed hard and strange to him in his weak moments, and yet now he felt something that was not merely unpleasant but painful. He had a feeling that this offer of Simonson's destroyed the exceptional character of his sacrifice, and thereby les- sened its value in his own and others' eyes ; if so good a man who was not bound to her by any kind of tie wanted to join his fate to hers, then this sacrific was not so great. There may have also been an admixture of ordinary jealousy. He had got so used to her love that he did not like to admit that she loved another. Then it also upset the r \ he had formed of living near her while she was doing erm. If she married Simon- son his presence would be unnecessary, and he would have to form new plans. Before he had time to analyse his feelings the loud din of the prisoners' voices came in with a rush (something special was going on among them to-day) as the door opened to let Katusha in. She stepped briskly close up to him and said, " Mary Pavlovna has sent me." " Yes, I must have a talk with you. Sit down. Valdemar Simonson has been speaking to me." She sat down and folded her hands in her lap and seemed quite calm, but hardly had Nekhludofif uttered Simonson's name when she flushed crimson. " What did he say? " she asked. " He told me he wanted to marry you." Her face suddenly puckered up with pain, but she said nothing and only cast down her eyes. " He is asking for my consent or my advice. I told him that it all depends entirely on you — that you must decide." " Ah, what docs it all mean? Why? " she muttered, and looked in his eyes with that peculiar squint that always strangely affected Nekhludoff, li' i \i I •'1 476 Resurrection They sat silent for a few minutes looking into each other's eyes, and this look told much to both of them. " You must decide," Nekhludoff repeated, cid'd^'^^* a"i I to decide? Everything has long been de- " No ; you must dec te whether you will accept Mr. Simon- son's offer," said Nekhludoff. " What sort of a wife can I be— I, a convict ? Why should 1 rum Mr. Simonson, too ? " she said, with a frown. 'I Well, but if the sentence should be mitigated." " Oh, leave me alone. I have nothing more to say " she said, and rose to leave the room. Resurrection to each other's 1. long been de- pt Mr. Simon- ? Why should rovvn. ited." e to say," she 477 CHAPTER XVIII. neveroff's fate. When, following Katusha, Nekhludoff returned to the men s room, he founJ every one there in agitation. Nabatoff who went about all over the place, and who got to know everybody, and noticed everything, had just brought news which staggered them all. The news was that he had dis- covered a note on a wall, written by the revolutionist Petlin who had been sentenced to hard labour, and who, every one thought, had long since reached ihe Kara ; and now it turned out that he had passed this wav quite recently, the only polit- ical prisoner among criminal convicts. " On the 17th of August," so ran the note, " I was sent oflf alone vyith the criminals. Neveroff was with me, but hanged himself in the lunatic asylum in Kasan. I am well and in good spirits and hope for the best." All were discussing Petlin's position and the possible reasons of Neveroff's suicide. Only Kryltzoflf sat silent and preoccupied, his glistening eyes gazing fixedly in front of ''My husband told me that Neveroff had a vision while still in the Petropavlovski prison," said Rantzeva. ' Yes he was a poet, a dreamer ; this sort of people can- not stand solitary confinement," said Novodvoroff " Now 1 never gave my imagination vent when in solitary confine- ment, but arranged my days most systematically, and in this way always bore it very well." "What is there unbearable about it? Why. I used to be glad when they locked me up," said xNabatoff cheerfullv wishing to dispel the general depression. •'A fellow's afraid of everything; of being arrested him- self and entangling others, and of spoiling the whole busi- ness, and then he gets locked up, and all responsibilitv is at an end, and he can rest ; he can just sit and smoke " ' > ou knew him well ? " asked Marv Pavlovna, glancing anxiously at the altered, haggard expression of Kryltzoff's 4/8 Resurrection _ ' Neveroff a dreamer? " Kryltzoff suddenly began, pant- ing for breath as if he had been shouting or singing for r>. long time. " Neveroff was a man ' such as the earth bears few of,' as our doorkeeper used to express it. Yes, he had a nature like crystal, you could see him right through ; he could not lie, he could not dissemble ; not simply thin skinned, but with all his nerves laid bare, as if he were flayed. Yes, his was a complicated, rich nature, not such a But where is the use of talking ? " he added, with a vicious frown. " Shall we first educate the people and then change the forms of life, or first change the forms and then struggle, using peaceful propaganda or terrorism ? So we ^o on disputing while they kill; they do not dispute — they know their business; they don't care whether dozens, hundreds of men perish— and what men ! No ; that the best should perish is just what they want. Yes, Herzen said that when the Decembrists were wii.idrawn from circulation the average level of our society sank. I should think so, indeed. Then Herzen himself and his fellows were withdrawn ; now is the turn of the Never- oflfs." > They can't all be got rid ofif," said Nabatoiif, in his cheer- ful tones. " There will always be left enough to continue the breed. No, there won't, if we show any pity to they there," Nabatoff said, raising his voice; and not letting himself be interrupted, " Give me a cigarette." " Oh, Anatole, it is not good for you," said Mary Pav- lovna. '-' Please do not smoke." " Oh, leave me alone," he said angrily, and lit a cigarette, but at once began to cough and to retch, as if he were going to be sick. Having cleared his throat though, he A^ent on: What we have been doing is not the thing at all. Not to argue, but for all to unite— to destroy them— that's it." " But they are also human beings," said Nekhludoff. " No, they are not human, they who can do what they are doing No There, now, I heard that some kind of bombs and balloons have been invented. Well, one ought to go up in such a balloon and sprinkle bombs down^on them as if they were bugs, until they are all exterminated - - Yes. Because " he was going to continue, but, flushing all over, he began coughing worse than before, and a stream of blood rushed from his mouth. NabatofT ran to get ice. Mary Pavlovna brought valerian drops and oflfered them to him, but he, breathing quickly began, pant- singing for r>, e earth bears; Yes, he had a agh ; he could skinned, but ed. Yes, his But where is 3wn. " Shall forms of life, sing peaceful ig while they isiness ; they perish — and 1st what they mbrists were f our society himself and f the Never- in his cheer- to continue pity to they not letting Mary Pav- t a cigarette, » were going he A^ent on : at all. Not —that's it." hludoff. hat they are ome kind of , one ought bs down on xterminated mtinue. but, before, and Resurrection Ayg rei^'Sfl' P"'!'""^ ^'''^Z^y "^''^ ^^' *^'"' ^h'te hand, and kept his eyes closed. When the ice and cold water had eased Kryltzofif a little and he had been put to bed, Nekhm- doff, having said good-n.ght to everybody, went out with the sergeant, who had been waiting for him some time .=i:i!f ^""J'"^\^ ^f '"^ "ow quiet, and most of them were asleep Though the people were lying on and under the bed shelves and in the space between, they could not all be placed mside the rooms, and some of them lay in the passage daks ThT^' ""^'' '^''l ^^^^^ ^"^ '^''^'^ ^>^'^ their Cloaks Ihe moans and sleepy voices came through the open doors and sounded through the passage. Everywhere doair^o'nlv^T '^ '"'T" beings covered with 'prison Cloaks Only a few men who were sitting in the bachelors' room by the light of a candle end, which they put out Xn off hfs sLt Tl.^V'r-'" '•"IP'^^f.^." P^^^'"& the vermin ott his shirt. The foul air in the political prisoners' rooms eemed pure compared to the stinking closeness here The smoking lamp shone dimly as throu|i. a mist, and t was difficult to breathe. Stepping along%he passage, one had oni fn f\''^,"^ ^°^/" ^"iPty space, and having put down one foot had to find place for the other. Three persons who had evidently found no room even in the passage lay n he anteroom, close to the stinking and leaking tuk One march LTith"thi^ '^^°'' "^^T Nekhludoff had often seen marching with the gang; another was a boy about twelve- leV^L'nlTfTem^.^"^ ^^'^'^ ^°"^^^^^' ^^^ ^^ ^-^ - the When he had passed out of the gate Nekhludoff took of'Sty at '"' '""^ '°''"™''' '° "^^^'"^ '" o'eptts iii ■'n m ght valerian ling quickly 48o Resurrection CHAPTER XIX. lI li '> " WHY TS IT DONE? " It had cleared up and was starlight. Except in a few places the mud was frozen hard when Nekhludoff returned to his inn and knocked at one of its dark windows. The broad-shouldered labourer came barefooted to open the door for him and let him in. Through a door on the right, lead- ing to the back premises, came the loud snoring of the carters, who slept there, and the sound of many horses chewing oats came from the yard. The front room, where a red lamp was burning in front of the icons, smelt of worm- wood and perspiration, and some one with mighty lungs was snoring behind a partition. Nekhludoff undressed, put his leather travelling pillow on the oilcloth sofa, spread out his rug and lay down, thinking over all he had seen and heard that day ; the boy sleeping on the liquid that oozed trom the stinking tub, with his head on the convict's lee seemed more dreadful than all else. Unexpected and important as his conversation with bimonson and Katusha that evening had been, he did not dwell on it ; his situation in relation to that subject was so complicated and indefinite that he drove the thought from his mind But the picture of those unfortunate beings, inha mg the noisome air, and lying in the liquid oozing out of the stinking tub, especially that of the bov. with his innocent face asleep on the leg of a criminal, came all the more vividly to his mind, and he could not get it out of his head. To know that somewhere far awav there arc men wiio torture other men by infli ting all sorts of humiliations and inhuman degradation an(. sufferings on them, or for three months incessantly to I- ik on while men were inflicting these humiliations and sufferings on other men is a very different thing. And Nekhludoff felt it. More than once during these three months he askerl himself, " Am I mad because T see what others do not, or arc they mad that do these things that I see?" r :ept in a few idoff returned indows. The open the door le right, lead- lonng- of the many horses room, where nelt of worm- nighty lungs ndressed, put a, spread out lad seen and d that oozed convict's leg, rsation with I, he did not ibject was so houjT^ht from mate beings, (1 oozing out oy, with his came all the it out of his re men who liliations and or for three ;re inflicting ?n is a very re than once ' Am I mad mad tiiat do Resurrection 481 c^y f ^hey (and there were many of them) did what seemed so astonishing and terrible to him with such quiet assuraTce hat what they were doing was necessary and was important and use ul work that it was hard to believe thly were mad nor could he, conscious of the clearness of his thouXs' ^:?^X' ^"' ^" ''' '-'' ''"^ -^^^^ imprt'sed NekhlLloff^^^ '"^ ^"'"'"^ '^'''' '^'^'^ '"^"ths W ?W« u'°^- f'"°"' ^"""''S the people who were free, those were chosen, by means of trials and the admhiis- tration, who were the most nervous, the most hot temoered the most excitable, the most gifted, and t^e stLgTbut dang?rou?than m^ '"?1"^- ^}!''' P^°P>^' ^^ ^ -" -ore InTiS ° • "^^"y °^ *^°s^ who remained free were first locked in prisons, transported to Siberia, where thevvverl provided for and kept months and years in perfecicileness and away from nature, their families, and useful work tW '^oT^iJ''^l^^l,T''%^' "SrH^^ fo^^ a nattaTa'd ;l^l A ! ., ^ "'^^^'y- Secondlv, these people were sub i es-chainr'^h'/ unnecessary indignity ?n t'heseTffe^t K!?, , ' .^'^^ved heads, shameful clothing— that is weiLTn'n ^^P^'!,^1.°f the chief motives tha fnduce the sense of sh' ^"""^ ^V'l' '^^ ''^^''^ ^^'^ P"blic opinin. he ThtrU .t^""^ ^""^ ^^^ consciousness of human Siitv Thirdly they were continually exposed to dangers sudi a^ t on'l'"^'" '° ^""^^"^"^ '" P^^^^^ of confinemen ' exhaus tion, flogging, not to mention accidents, such as s instrokes drowning or conflagrations, when the instinct of sdf-preser crtucTionr and V'' '"'l^^' "^^^^ "--1 men c'omm t Xrs ' "'' '"'^ ^'*^°"^ whe" committed bv aiiujecieci 10, Dv tile sntfcri'ifrs u^flirfnA -.1 1 -i ) and olrl n-.pn • u\r ri^ .-^'-"•'f,^ iMUcted un children, women I Ill 482 Resurrection ; 1 ■i'! XulrwiltS^^^^^^^^ -iting the. course ; by shooting or Sfn^ the^ V^^I. '"^"^^ ''''''' deprived of their fTeedom who , • ^° ^^°'^ '^^° ^^^re acts of violence were evS;nYi l-u'^ '" '^^"* ^"^ "^^^ery, these institutions seemed^'"^^^^ "'°''' permissible. All duction of depravi vTnd ^n7 ''T '"^'"*"^ ^^'^ ^^^^ pro- that no other^ conStfons coulcrnm'l?''^ '•? '"^'l " ^^^'"'^^ spreading of this conden Jh i ^ ^."'''^ \^' ^"^ ^°^ the among tl?e whot popuiation 'P'"'"*^ '"^ "'^^ ^"-^^^^^^^t surest" mea^fo'fJe'prt^nX *° '?^ ^^^ ^^^^ the thought Nekh udoff wh^li • ^'^^}-^'^ "^""^^'" °^ persons," were beinrdoet the oris Jr'^'f!'"^ '^' ^^'^^« that year hund^reds of'thoLSf^^f b^tZ^fo't,"\''r^^ pitch of depravity and when rr^^^i ^rouglit to the highest set free to carrv thrdrDravifv.Kl^ ^'P'^^"^ they were among the people In X pri on^ had caught in prison burg, Tomsk and at thf^llu- ■ ^^"len, Ekaterin- how successfully the obiectsoH.? '''''°"'. Nekhludoff saw was attained ^ ^ '°'''^*^ '^^'"^d to have set itself of ?he'Sllnd'^cSirfRusr^^P^^°" "^ ^^^ ^^--"d« this conception and found A' ^^f^"* "^°'^hty lost the idea tS anroutSl. ^"^i °"^' ^"""^^^ chiefly on seemed profitabk AfS if • '''^ '"'" ^^^ justifiable if it and the S teaehm n're?ch ^^ ^""^ ""'^r ^^^'^ church that, therefore thev to" "-'^ ^'^ '^^ ^ '^* ^'''^^' ^"^ ludofr noticed threfcct; of '•"''S^/'P ^'^^ ^^^«- Nekh- he knew-on F^dorofr on M?^ '°" ^^^ ""^ ^" '^^ ^^"^^^ts after two months amoCt^.' ^^^ ^^^"^ °" ^^'^'' ^ho. by the wanTof moraSv^-5 l^ ''''"''''^^'' '^"""^^ Nekhludoff oit during hi^o^rnev how'^."'"'"*'- Nekhludoflf found marshes, plsuade rcomrad.T ^^"'^'' .^«^^P'"g into the kill him and feed on hTffesh m.T ^^^h them, and then was accused of this and arknn Ji^ J'^u^ '^'"g^ '"^" ^ho most terrible part was that S^^swf^'"^. '^' ?"*> ^"^ the curring case. ' "^^^ "°t a solitary, but a re- Only by a special cultivation of viVp ., k I«.ra.ed in these es.abiish.^e„,t 'cl^rf K.Z^/Xl Resurrection 483 brought to he state of this tramp, who excelled Nietzsche's newest teaching, and held that everything was possible iml nothing forbidden, and who spread tL teaSi firs among the convicts and then anlong the peop e in g^M.era .1 he only explanation of all that was being done was [he "ete^n^rari^U: "'T '^- ^''''l' 'Y ---tion" ^ K.V/S vengeance as it was written in the books. But in realitv to na's? V^r 'rf resembling any of these results an^ to pass. Instead of vice being put a stop to, it only spread o ^ald^r^''^ °^^^""^ ^"^'^^^"^^^'- the criminals tere en w^in^TniT ^^^^'"^"'P '■'^"'■""' *° P"^°" °f ^Is own free will). Instead of being corrected, every kind of vice was systematically instilled, while the desire for vengeance did not ^yeaken by the measures of the governmenf b n v a s bred in the people who had none of it. '^''""'^"^' '^"^ ''^' could finVn^^ '' '* clone?" Nekhludoflf asked himself, but was tharlrthl"'^""- ^1'^ ■''^^\ ^^^'"^^' "^°^t surprising m?Li?f I "^f ""^^ ^^'"^ ^'°"e accidentally, not by wi^h^l^'.T^^"'"' ^"'/'^^' '' ^""'^ continued for ^nturies^ useS to be'^'''"'' ?"t ^^^' ^' ^''' the people's no trils used to be torn and their ears cut off; then thev were s'amfn'stead T '^ Z'' "^"^^^^^ ^^ transpoTted by forw^r ! hv tl ° " *^'^ ""^"^ ''^'^'- ^^^ arguments brought Z^^I J '^ '" government service, who said that the hings which aroused his indignation were simply hie to anVthaTttvco^fr^nT"*^ '' '''■' ^^^^^^ °^ co'nfi'nement' ern tvnl , ^ km ^",^? P"* ^° "^^^^ts if prisons of a mod- he knew thaTwh'^;'*' ^^1 T; '^'''^y Nekhludoff. because of ^hZ ^^ '■^''"'^'^'' ^''"^ ^^^s "ot the consequence read of moH^I "'''''' ^^^^'F"^ent of the prisons. I?e had electrfcitv relP"'°"', ^'V' t'''''' ^^^"«' °^ executions by men"ln''.hf 1'''^°^'''' Nekhludoff most was that there were men m the law courts and in the ministry who received arge salaries, taken from the people, for reirring to books written by men like themselves and with like motives and ordTn^/to'di^'"'/?'^'"^ ^^"^ "^^^^ by thlseh 'sTc ZuZ^ r^^'^?^ '*^*"tes ; and, in obedience to these :;ssr?H^t^ -Jilt's .?i^^,:^'-:,^^^ 484 Resurrection x\o\v that he had a closer knowledge of prisons Nekh- ludoff found out that all those vices ^.llu developed among he pr.soncrs-drunkenness. gambling, cruelty and aU these ternble crimes, even cannibalis^n-were 'not "Lsua or 1 ue to degeneration or to the existence of monstrositJe 1 1'""""'' *•''"• r. '''''''- Sou^g hand in hand w th he gover ment. explained it. !,ut an unavoidable con sequence of th. incomprehensible delusion that men 'Z punish one another Nekhludoff saw that canniba sm did not comirn nee in the marshes, but in the ministry He lauxers anc officials, from the usher to the minister do not u^^onM'^' ^'"''i ^°V"^'^^^ °'- '^' ^«°^ °f the p ople abou vhoni they spoke, but only for the roubles thev vvere pa for doing the things that were the source whence all this '13 490 Resurrection mu'/p'^'to God " "" °' "°'' '^^'^ ""^ l^""- *a. you per/ YolTrarto": hole"" ?Jd''Z S"' " "t ^O"'^'''- s™- life ^^Si^'^-. ^-r/eiife^.- Some one laughed. tew'in,^? ''"" '"'"*'^' yourself? " Nekhludoff asked en- mSe"' <^°"™'-=='-°" "'"■' him. " You might make a tos's orhllK" '"'•" "'^ °" '"^" -■'' ''^"<='<"y. with a asked'''" ""^^ '" "■"■" '"""^"' fai*s?" Nekhlidoff de Jf?v °!^. ?"^" ^^Po^e loudly and often looked round evi- dently wishing that as many as possible should hear him ^^ And have you long held this faith ? " ^• persecute me" ' *'""'■ '^^'' '' '^' twenty-third year that they " Persecute you ? How > " seize^m?'L^/'r^'''''^ ^u''f' 'V'^^y P^'-^^^^"*^ "le. They seize me and take me before the courts and Hpf^r. "S priests, the Scribes and the Pharisees. Once they put nie imo ■ ^ nows that you The only be- ler he hath de- rapid manner, hole worship- *, shoving the •aight the har- dle-aged man, raft. e no one — no and decidedly loff asked, en- might make a idedly, with a ' Nekhludoff lo not believe also believed lyself so that believers and d Popovitzy, and Skoptzy I creep about the spirit is if every one ; be himself, round, evi- hear him. sar that they Resurrection 491 a madhouse; but they can do nothing because I am free. 1 hey say 'What is your name?' thinking 1 shall name myself But I do not give myself a name. I have given up everything : I have no name, no place, no country, nor any- thing. I am just myself. ' What is your name? ' ' Man ' How old are you? ' I say, ' I do not count my years and cannot count them, because I always was, I always shall r^'' , ^^^^^'"^ y°"'' parents? ' ' I have no parents except God and Mother Earth. God is my father.' 'And the Kfru ^° yo" recognise the Tsar?' they say. I say, ' Why not? He is his own Tsar, and I am my own Tsar.' ^ Where s the good of talking to him/ they say, and I say, . 1 do not ask you to talk to me.' And so they begin torment- i^ wu^ where are you going now? " asked Nekhludoff. Where God will lead me. I work when I can find work, and when I can't I beg." The old man noticed that the raft was approaching the bank and stopped, looking round at the bystanders with a look of triumph Nekhludoff got out his purse and offered some money to the old man, but he refused, saying : "' Jx?n"°,* ^*^^^P^ *^'^ ^°^^ of thing— bread I do accept." ^^ Well, then, excuse me." .A \^^^-^^ ^^ nothing to excuse, you have not offended me. And it IS not possible to offend me." And the old man put the wallet he had taken off again on his back. Meanwhile the post-cart had been landed and the horses harnessed 1 wonder you should care to talk to him, sir," said the driver, when Nekhludoff, having tipped the bowing ferrv- man, got mto the cart again. " He is just a worthless tramp. me. They befnr- the put me into i Nl JMfl 492 Resurrection V • CHAPTER XXir. NEKHLUDOFF SEES THE GENERAL. tuS^ &ai^ ^'^ ^°P «^ '^^ h.n bank .he driver ;; Which hotel am I to drive to?" Which 7s the best?" offS.::*i;S'' ''''^"" "'^" '"^ Siberian, bu. Duke- 'Drive to whichever • »m III >^ " of houses vvithat?ic ^H.dol ' S''^' '^^"'^x '^^^^ ^^"^^ "^in^ of cathedral, the sinle HnT ^ f ^ ^'*"-" 5°°^'' ^^^ ^^'"e kind cipal street/and evJn t 'e saL'e^'^nd'"^^ ''r' '" '^' P""' the houses were almost 111 f^u °^ Pohcemen. Only were not paved In one of VL r/?""^""' ^"^ '^^ ^t'-eets ped at the door ot an hote but .h "'"'"'' '^' ^"^^'^ ^^op- had, so he drove o^no^her A ^T "^I'r "° ^°°"^ to be twon.,nths, found himsef on- '" Nekhludoff, after as he h.d been accustomed to ..^f'" '" surroundings such liness went. ThouXhTroom h. ^^^o'^^^'-t and clean- enough, yei NekhfSdoff fdtgreaX reHeT.i°7? ^^P'^ after two months of nn^f rltll ^^^^^^ T^^eved to be there tions. His first bur. "c ' f ""/'^ '""' ^"^ halting sta- which he had n verbeeTabT'to J?h" ^'"tf °^ ^^^ ''-- visiting a halting statfon Wi!? ^u ^^T"^^^^ "^^ ^^ after to the RussLn fatlf X ^^ch h' '^^^ ""P^^'tel-keeper nd vibrat- h of a big >oIiceman. mong the rew thick not we!' and did not receive ; but Nekhludoff asked the footman to haml m his card all the same, and the footman came back wuh a favourable reply. " You are asked to come in." Ihe hali, the footman, the orderly, the staircase, the danc- mg roon., with its well-polished floor, were very much the Si?w"' i^\u^^'^r$'''^' ?"^>^ "'^'■^ imposing and rather •Tu ^^^'^"^"floff was shown into the cabinet Ihe General, a bloated, potato-nosed man, with a san- guine dir,position, large bumps on his forehead, bald head art! paits under his eyes, sat wrapped in a Tartar silk dress- Jl^lfr''" smoking a cigarette and sipping his tea out of a tumbler m a silver holder. ''How do you do, sir? Excuse my dressing-gown; it is better so than if I had not received you at all," he said, pull- ing up his dressing-gown over his fat neck with its deep uru^l *^u "^P^u " ^ ^"^ "°^ ^"'t^ we"' and do not go out What has brought you to our remote region > " I am accompanying a gang of prisoners, among whom there is a person closely connected with me." said Nekhlu- i^^'un TZ ^ ^^^^ """""^ ^° see your Excellency partly in behalf of this person, and partly about another business " Ihe General took a whiff and a sip of tea, put his cigarette i^VM-^i^'^v'^^ ?'^P^"' w^*^ ^'^ "arrow eyes fixed on Nekhludoff, listening seriously. He only interrupted him once to offer him a cigarette. The General belonged to the learned type of military men who believed that liberal and humane views can be recon" ciled with their profession. But being by nature a kind and intelligent man, he soon felt the impossibility of such a recon- ciliation ; so as not to feel the inner discord in which he was living, he gave himself up more and more to the habit ot drinking, which is so widely spread among military men and was now suffering from what doctors term alcoholism' He was imbued with alcohol, and if he drank any kind of liquor It made him tipsy. Yet strong drink was an absolute necessity to him, he could not live without it, so he was quite drunk every evening; but had grown so used to this Itate that he did not reel nor talk any special nonsense. And if he did talk nonsense, it was accepted as words of wisdom because_of the important and high position which he occu- pied. Only in the morning, just at the time Nekhludoff came to see him, he was like a reasonable being, could under- 494 Resurrection H; 1 ^1 Stand what was said to him, and fulfil more or less anMv a proverb he was fond of repeating- ''H^. /Ty,. / ? /^ wise so he's pleasant in tuTzTays^'' ' ''^'^' ^"^ ^'' The higher authorities knew he was a drunkard but h^ sZpTd aVthe^? *h'" '"T ''I'' ^^°"^^ his Sio'n HeTa bo d ZrJ T- ^"-""^^""ess had got hold of him. tact Tven wh^n Hn° ' t 'T°''"f appearance, and showed lact even when tipsy; therefore, he was appointed and was Tl^Vt^'"'.!'' P"'^^'^ ^"^ responsible an office wa™.^f that'r ^'^^ ^'^ P^'^°" ^^ -- -'^rested in tTat a Sinn h.H h ^^\ ^^"t,^"S!:d' though innocent, and '' Yes we^P^' i^'Ti,'"?.^ *° ^^? ^"^P^'-o^ »" her behalf. ^^ 1 es, well .r' said the General. ing her^?ate^shS'^h:" "^TP^^'^ '^?' ^^^ "^^« ^^o"^^'-"- and Vo this plaie^^^ ''"' *° '"^ "^^ ^^^e'" ^^an this month fJ^^A ^f"e^aJ Stretched his hand with its stumpy finders Sit n^V'^''; ??^ r^"^ ^ ^^"' «ti" looking a? NeS- dolt and puffing at his cigarette. ^ inckiuu allowp°H^^"''^ "^^u° ^'^ y°" *^^t this woman should be allowed to remain here until the answer to her petition The footman, an orderly in uniform, came in. orderiv '' iS"Ly^''"^''"^ '' "P'" ^^'^ *^^ ^^e^e'-al to the N^^Sdo^'^ Then, turning to withfh'e^lm'grng"' '°"^^^"^ ^ ^'''''''' P"-"- -^o is the iSad """'" '^'"^ *^' ^'"'''^'' ^^*^ ^ significant shake of hpl^^ it seriously ill-dying, and he will probably be left She is no relation of his ? " her to remltitl^Tf "^ *° "^"^ '"" ^^ *^^^ -'" -^^^^ The General looked fixedly with twinkling eyes at his in- tenl°H"'°''^"'^'-'^^^,'"''>^ ^^^^ ^ ^i«h to difcomfit him it tened, smoking m silence. nffTff ^^"^^l^^ofif had finished, the General took a book nfi !, ^ and, wetting his finger, quickly turned over the pages and found the statute relating to marriage till ..« 3r less aptly a "ipsy, but he's nkard, but he education had t hold of him. , and showed ited, and was office. interested in innocent, and her behalf. ews concern- n this month Jmpy fingers ? at Nekhlu- an should be her petition jneral to the turning to Dner who is int shake of ably be left )ners would will enable :s at his in- fit him, lis- x)k a book ed over the Resurrection 495 the bJdf^ >s she sentenced to? " he asked, looking up from ]|She? To hard labour." "Well, then, the position of one sentenced to that cannot be bettered by marriaee." - Yes, but " " Excuse me. Even if a free man should marry her, she would have to serve her term. The question in such cases IS, whose IS the heavier punishment, hers or his? " I* They are both sentenced to hard labour." Very well ; so they are quits," said the General, with a 1 5?ru- , ^ ^°* ^^^* ^^ ^^^' o"^y 3S he is sick he may be lett behind, and of course what can be done to lighten his fate shall be done. But as for her, even if she did marrv him she could not remain behind." " The Generaless is having her coffee," the footman an- nounced. The General nodded and continued : " However, I shall think about it. What are their names ? rut them down here." Nekhludoff wrote down the names. Nekhliidoff's request to be allowed to see the dying man the General answered by saying, " Neither can I do that. Ut course I do not suspect you, but you take an interest in him and m the others, and you have money, and here with us anything can be done with money. I have been told to put down bribery. But how can I put down bribery when everybody takes bribes? And the lower their rank the more ready they are to be bribed. How can one find it out across more than three thousand miles? There any official is a little Tsar, just as I am here," and he laughed. " You have in all likelihood been to see the political prisoners ; you gave money and got permission to see them," he said, with a smile. Is It not so?" "^ Yes, it is." " I quite understand that you had to do it. You pity a political prisoner and wish to see him. And the inspector or the convoy soldier accepts, because he has a salary of twice twenty copecks and a family, and he can't help accept- ing it. In his place and yours I should have acted in the sameway as you and he did. Rut in my position I do not permit myself to swerve an inch rom the letter of the law just because I am a man, and i.ught be influenced by pity' 496 Resurrection Vf * Resurrection 497 CHAPTER XXIII. THE SENTENCE COMMUTED Yes, I do," arriv^S'here^° H; uT ,'"'' ^l ^"^^'^^ ^^-^^^^er has just and elm7n'n^ the dHso^^ '' nsportaLn with us To^ZVLr °^ ^'^T^- ^^^"' ^'e is dining five nnri ^, ^ /• "^ ^''" '^"'"'' ^"^1 meet him. We dine at hve, and my wife expects punctuahtv Then I sh;,ll oil;^ you an answer what t^. .1^ ot ^ A ■^" -^ ^"^'' ^'^o give to""',iiX ''tr"' ? the Ge„„^|_ N.^hludoff drove and e„e'ri'tff'r.:/.!tf"f ."-J-'' '" - extremely animated sa^b^Errfomn^f .'rvr.Z'f ^""'i ^"^"' ""'^-■^ Quite a rrnwH n JV^^ ^"^ people, of wiiom there was good doal letters ^n fJ ^^"f'u^ ^° ^'"^- ^^^^ere was a bSht red se^l R K T^'°P'' ^^^'^ ^ distinctly stamped in an'n egM^slf U 'Srd'^T''^ '^^"."f' *^ '«'"• bitten 498 Resurrection r.rJ \ "''' •'^'■''^^ ^^'^"•"' " o"'" Jast talk has made a profound impression on me. You were right concerning Mas ova. I looked carefully through the cat. and see tha^ shocking mjustice has been done her. It could be remedied only by the Committee of Petitions before which you laid it 1 managed to assist at the examii itioii of the case, and I en- W .nn7'!S '?' '°P>^ ''l'^''' mitigation of the sentence. Your aunt, the Countess Katerina Ivanovna, gave me the address which I am sending this to. The original document has been sent to the place where she was imprisoned before her trial and will from there be probably sent at once to the principal Government office in Siberia. I hasten to communi- cate this glad news to you and warmly press your hand " Yours, Tu } . " Selenin." The document ran thus : " His Majesty's office for the reception of petitions, addressed to his Imperial name "- here folbwed the date-*' by order of the chief of his Maj- esty s office for the: reception of petitions addressed to lis Imperial name. The meschanka Katerina Maslova is hereby ni formed that his Imperial Majesty, with reference to her most loyal petition, condescending to her request, deigns to order that her sentence to hard labour should be comr^u^ted to one of exile to the less distant districts of Siberia " cnnM ir' r^^"J r""^ important news ; all that Nekhludoff could have hoped for Katusha, and for himself also, had happened. It was true that the new position she was in brought new complications with it. While she was a con- vict, marriage with her could only be fictitious, and would have had no meaning except that he would have been in a posi ion to alleviate her condition. And now there was noth' nrL. ^\^u- ^t'l ''\'"^ together, and Nekhludoflf had not prepared himself for that. And, besides, what of her rela- ves"terd°.vr°Tf °;;' ^^'^' 'T '^' '"^^"^"^ ^^ ^er words would It be wel ? He could not unravel all these questions bter^on''' h? th"'Tf ^'f"^ ''- '' '' ^^^" ^" clear'ltself up later on he thought; I must not think about it now but convey the glad news to her as soon as possible and s^J he receiv.^' thought that the copy of the document he had received would suffice, so when he left the post-office he told the i^z-usrcniK to drive him to the prison Though he had received no order from the governor to visit ■I A n Resurrection Ik has made a lit concerning '. and sec that <1 be renu(Ued ch you hiid it. :ase, and I en- the sentence. gave me the inal document risoned before at once to the 1 to communi- nir hand. SelenIn." office for the rial name " — f of his Maj- Iressed to his lova is liereby srence to her est, deigns to commuted to ria." t Nekhludoff elf also, had 1 she was in e was a con- 3, and would ve been in a ;re was noth- idoflf had not of her rela- )f her words li Simonson, se questions, ear itself up : it now, but , and set her nent he had office he told 499. the prison that morning, he knew by experience that it was easy o get from the subordinates what the higher officials would not grant so now he meant to try and get into the prison to bnngkatusha the joyful news, and peH.aps to get her set free, ami at the same time to i.iquire about Kryltzoff's general had said. The prison inspector was a tall, imposing- ooking man, with moustaches and whiskers ti at wis ted towards the corners of his mouth. He received Nekhh doff lnin:';r'' '''■' ''" P^^"'^ ''''' '-^ could not gra°nt an outsider the permission to interview the prisoners with- ZtlTh^^r^"" r"" ^r ^^^'^.^- '^° NekhKuloff-s remark im'Dllcr'<"S,''%'°' ^'''\ ^ ^'° "°^ ^"^^^ '^'" ^"^' his tone impled. You city gentlemen may think to surprise and perplex us, but we in Eastern Siberia also know what the ZiXttZV^ '''"^ '} y°"'' The copy of a document efferf nn .1? ^ ' Emperor's own office did not have any la\ef mIm ^rT '"'P'''°.'" ^''^^'- H^ decidedly refused to let Nekhludoff come inside the prison walls. He onlv smiled contemptuously at Nekhludoff's naive conclusion, tha^ t/7/l ^" I'^i '"'"'^^^ ^°"'d ^"^^^ to set Maslova free and declared that a direct order from his own superiors would be needed before any one could be set at HbertT The only things he agreed to do were to communicate to Maslova that a mitigation had arrived for her, and to promise hat he would not detain her an hour after the order from his chief to ^berate her would arrive. He would also g?v^ no news of Kryltzoff, saying he could not even tell if there was such a prisoner; and so Nekhludoff, having accompliXd next to nodiing got into his trap and drove back to his hotel fhi.f'^^?^'' °^*''^ inspector was chiefly due to the fact that an epidemic of typhus had broken out in the pn' son owing to twice the number of persons that it was InSed doff's^i- f '-O^Ue'Vlot'V T^^-n''?^ who d^e Nelm- dav some 8Znf v °^ P^?Ple are dying in the prison every c^^i, ? ^ °^ d'^^^^^ having sprung up amone them so that as many as twenty were bSried in one dav '' ^ ' jrnor to visit 500 Resurrection CHA:f'TER XXIV. i «■■ ih i ' P Is THE general's HOUSEHOLD. In spite of his ineffectual attempt at the prison, Nekhlu- dol7, still m the same vigorous, energetic frame of mind, went to the Governor's office to see if the original of the document had arrived for Maslova. It had not arrived, so Nekhludoff went back to the hotel and wrote without delav to Selenin and the advocate about it. When he had finished writing he looked at his watch and saw it was time to go to the General's dinner party. On the way he again began wondering how Katusha would receive the news of the mitigation of her sentence Where she would be settled? How he should live with her^ What about Simonson ? What would his relations to her be ^ He remembered the change that had taken place in her, and this reminded him of her past. " I must forget it for the present, he thought, and again hastened to drive her out of his mind. " V/hen the time comes I shall see," he said to himself and began to think of what he ought to say to the General. The dinner at the General's, with the luxury habitual to x^^i u7^^ "^J ^^^ wealthy and those of high rank, to which JNekhludoff had been accustomed, was extremely enjoyable after he had been so long deprived not only of luxury but even of the most ordinary comforts. The mistress of the house was a Petersburg grande dame of the old school, a maid of honour at the court of Nicholas I., who spoke i^rench quite naturally and Russian very unnaturally. She held herself very erect and, moving her hands, she kept her elbows close to her waist. She was quietly and somewhat sadly considerate for her husband, and extremely kind to all her visitors, though with a tinge of difference in her be- haviour according to their position. She received Nekhlu- doff as if he were one of them, and her fine, almost imper- ceptil)le hattery made him once again aware of hi^ virtues and gave him a feeling of satisfaction. She made him feel that she knew of that honest though rather singular step of Resurrection 501 n, Nekhlu- ! of mind, inal of the arrived, so hout delay ad finished le to go to r Katiisha r sentence. : with her? to her be ? n her, and it for the her out of he said to say to the labitual to , to which enjoyable uxury but ess of the school, a vho spoke ally. She e kept her somewhat kind to all n her be- 1 Nekhlii- 3st imper- lis virtues t him feel ar step of his which had brought him to Siberia, and held him to be an exceptional man. This refined flattery and the elegance and luxury of the General's house had the effect of making Nekhludoff succumb to the enjoyment of the handsome sur- roundings, the delicate dishes and the ease and pleasure of intercourse with educated people of his own class, so that the surroundings in the midst of which he had lived for the last months seemed a dream from which he had awakened to reality. Besides those of the household, the General's daugh- ter and her husband and an aide-de-camp, there were an Englishman, a merchant interested in gold mines, and the governor of a distant Siberian town. All these people seemed pleasant to Nekhludoff. The Englishman, a healthy man with a rosy complexion, who spoke very bad French, but whose conmiand of his own language was Very good and oratorically impressive, who had seen a great deal, was very interesting to listen to when he spoke about America, India, Japan and Siberia. The yoimg merchant interested in the gold mines, the son of a peasant, whose evening dress was made in London, who had diamond studs to his shirt, possessed a fine library, contributed freely to philanthropic work, and held liberal European views, seemed pleasant to Nekhludoff as a sample of a quite new and good type of civilised European culture, grafted on a healthy, uncultivated peasant stem. The governor of the distant Siberian town was that same man who had been so much talked about in Petersburg at the time Nekhludoff was there. He was plump, with thin, curly hair, soft blue eyes, carefully-tended white hands, with rings on the fingers, a pleasant smile, and very big in the lower part of his body. The master of the house valued this gov- ernor because of ail the officials he was the only one who would not be bribed. The mistress of the house, who was very fond of music and a very good pianist herself, valued him because he was a good musician and played duets with her. NekhludoiT was in such good humour that even this man was not unpleasant to him, in spite of what he knew of his vices. The bright, energetic aide-de-camp, with his bluey grey chin, who was continually offering his services, pleased ISekhludoff by his good nature. But it was the charming young couple, the General's daughter and her husband, who pleased Nekhludoff best. The daughter was a plain-looking i 502 Resurrection siniple-minded young woman, wholly absorbed in her two chidren. Her husband, whom she had fallen in love with and married after a long struggle with her parents, was a Liberal, who had taken honours at the Moscow University, a modest and intellectual young man in Government service^ who made up statistics and studied chiefly the foreign tribes, which he liked and tried to save from dying out. ff' u°^ ^'^^"^ ^^^^'^ "°^ °"^y ^^^^^ ^"^ attentive to Nekhlu- doff, but evidently pleased to see him, as a new and interest- ing acquaintance. The General, who came in to dinner in uniform and with a white cross round his neck, greeted Nekhludofif as a friend, and asked the visitors to the side table to take a glass of vodka and something to whet their appetites. The General asked NekhludofT what he had been doing since he left that morning, and Nekhludoff told him he had been to the post-ofifice and received the news of the mitigation of that person's sentence that he had spoken of in the morning, and again asked for a permission to visit the prison. The General, apparently displeased that business should be mentioned at dinner, frowned and said nothing. ' Have a glass of vodka r he said, addressing the English- man who had just come up to the table. The Englishman drank a glass, and said he had been to see the cathedral and the factory, but would like to visit the great transportation prison. '■ "Oh, that will just fit in," said the General to NekhludofT You will be able to go together. Give them a pass," he added, turning to his aide-de-camp. " Whpn would you like to go? " NekhludofT asked. I prefer visiting the prisons in the evening," the English- man answered. " All are indoors and there is no prepara- tion ; you find them all as they are." " Ah, he would like to see it in all its glory! Let him do so. 1 have written about it and no attention has been paid to It. Let him find out from foreign publications," the Gen- eral said, and went up to the dinner table, where the mistress ot the house was showing the visitors their places. Nekhlu- doff sat between his hostess and the Englishman. In front ot him sat the General's daughter and the ex-director of the Vjrovernmcnt department in Petersburg. The conversation at dinner was earned on by fits and starts ; now it was India that the Englishman talked about, now the Tonkin expedi- Resurrection 503 i in her two lien in love parents, was V University, ment service, Dreign tribes. It. e to Nekhlu- and interest- to dinner in leck, greeted ! to the side whet their he had been off told him news of the spoken of in 1 to visit the iness should the English- Englishman athedral and ansportation Nekhludoff. a pass," he sked. the English- no prepara- Let him do been paid to ,'■ the Gen- the mistress s. Nekhlu- 1. In front ector of the versation at t was India kin expedi- tion that the General strongly disapproved of, now the universal bribery and corruption in Siberia. All these topics did not interest Nekhludoff much. But after dinner, over their coffee, Nekhludoff and the Englishman began a very interesting conversation about Gladstone, and Nekhludoff thought he had said many clever things which were noticed by his interlocutor. And Nekh- ludoff felt it more and more pleasant to be sipping his coffee seated in an easy-chair among amiable, well-bred people. And when at the Englishman's request the hostess went up to the piano with the ex-director of the Government depart- ment, and they began to play in well-practised style Beet- hoven's fifth symphony, Nekhludoff fell into a mental state of perfect self-satisfaction to which he had long been a stranger, as though he had only just found out what a good fellow he was. The grand piano was a splendid instrument, the symphony was well performed. At least, so it seemed to Nekhludoff, who knew and liked that symphony. Listening to the beau- tiful andante, he felt a tickling in his nose, he was so touched by his many virtues. Nekhludoff thanked his hostess for the enjoyment that he had been deprived of for so long, and was about to say good- bye and go when the daughter of the house came up to him with a determined look and said, with a blush, *' You asked about my children. Would you like to see them? " " She thinks that everybody wants to see her children," said her mother, smiling at her daughter's winning tactless- ness. " The Prince is not at all interested." " On the contrary, I am very much interested," said Nekh- ludoff, touched by this overflowing, happy mother-love. " Please let me see them." " She's taking the Prince to see her babies," the General shouted, laughing from the card-table, where he sat with his son-in-law, the mine owner and the aide-de-camp. " Go, go, pay your tribute." The young woman, visibly excited by the thought that judgment was about to be passed on her children, went quickly towards the inner apartments, followed by Nekh- ludoff. In the third, a lofty room, papered with white and lit up by a shaded lamp, stood tvvo small cots, and a nurse with a white cape on her shoulders sat between the cots. She had a kindly, true Siberian face, with its high cheek-bones. 504 Resurrection n S J 3! u % The nurse rose and bowed. The mother stooped over the tirst cot, in which a two-year-old little girl lay peacefully sleeping with her little mouth open and her long, curly hair tumbled over the pillow. ^' J '"^ir " This is Katie," said the mother, straightening the white and blue crochet coverlet, from under which a little white foot pushed itself languidly out. "' Lovd "°^ ^"^^"^ ■ ^^^'' °"^^ *'^° ^^^'■' °''^' >^°" ^"°^-" " And this is Vasiuk, as ' grandpapa ' calls him. Quite a different type. A Siberian, is he not ? " iv.'i^. splendid boy," said Nekhludoff, as he looked at the little fatty lying asleep on his stomach. m"^?;'- f^i"^ *^^ i^^f^^""' ^'^^ ^ s"iile full of meaning. Nekhludoff recalled to his mind chains, shaved heads, hghting debauchery, the dying Kryltzoff, Katusha and the whole of her past and he began to feel envious and to wish tor what he saw here, which now seemed to him pure and refined happiness. After having repeatedly expressed his admiration of the children, thereby at least partially satisfying their mother vvho eagerly drank in this praise, he followed her back to the drawing-room, where the Englishman was waiting for him to go and visit the prison, as they had arranged Having taken eave of their hosts, the old and the yoSng ones thf Englishman and Nekhludoff went out into the porch of the General s house. ^ The weather had changed. It was snowing, and the snow fell densely in large flakes, and already coverfd the road, ilie roof and the trees in the garden, the steps of the porch the roof of the trap and the back of tlie horse h..n-nt?"i^".f""''" Y^ ^ ^'^^' "^ ^''' °^^'"' and Nekhludoff. having told the coachman to drive to the prison, called his isvostchik and got in with the heavv sense of having to fulfil an unpleasant duty, and followed the Englishman over the soft snow, through which the wheels turned with difficulty )ped over the ly peacefully ig, curly hair ng the white I little white , you know." im. Quite a 3oked at the neaning. laved heads, sha and the and to wish m pure and ation of the leir mother, ■ back to the ing for him d. Having ig ones, the )orch of the id the snow lie road, the 3 porch, the ^ekhludoff, !, called his ing to fulfil in over the h difficulty. Resurrection S^S CHAPTER XXV. MASLOVA S DECISION. The dismal prison house, with its sentinel and lamp burn- ing under the gateway, produced an even more dismal im- pression, with its long row of lighted windows, than it had done in the morning, in spite of the white covering that now lay over everything — the porch, the roof and the walls. The imposing inspector came up to the gate and read the pass that had been given to Nekhludoff and the Englishman by the light of the lamp, shrugged his fine shoulders in sur- prise, but, in obedience to the order, asked the visitors to fol- low him in. He led them through the courtyard and then in at a door to the right and up a staircase into the office. He offered them a seat and asked what he could do for them, and when he heard that Nekhludoff wouH like to see Mas- lova at once, he sent a jailer to fetch her. Then he prepared himself to answer the questions which the Englishman be- gan to put to him, Nekhludoff acting as interpreter. " How many persons is the prison built to hold ? " the Englishman asked. " How many are confined in it ? How many men? How many women? Children? How many sentenced to the mines? How many exiles? How many sick persons? " Nekhludoff translated the Englishman's and the inspect- or's words without paying any attention to their meaning, and felt an awkwardness he had not in the least expected at the thought of the impending interview. When, in the midst of a sentence he was translating for the Englishman, he heard the sound of approaching footsteps, and the office door opened, and, as had happened many times before, a jailer came in, followed by Katusha, and he saw her with a kerchief tied round her head, and in a prison j.::l:it n heavy sensation came over him. " I wish to live, I vanf a xamilv, children, I want a human life." These thouj'htP ffhshed through his mind as she entered the room with '.:;!•:' steps and blinking her eyes. 5o6 Resurrection §•' aoueared Lr?l .^1 "1 ^^^ '''^V'' ""''' ^^'' ^"^ '^^r face b?en It thi .;? and unpleasant to him. It was again as it had turned ml "j;''"" '^^ reproached him. Sh? flushed and acket ^^£ ^': ^"S:^^« nervously twisting a corner of her jacket. She looked up at him, then cast down her eves. .* _^ ou know that a mitigation has come ? " ^^ Yes, the jailer told me." " So that as soon as the original document arrives vou may _come away and settle where you like. We shlu con- sider? 'wT^P^f ,?^"' hurriedly. "What have I to con- low" T ^nT ^f f "'"'■ .^'"^o"^0" goes, there I shall fol- evls to NekhlL^^^ '' excitement she was in she raised her eyes to Nekhludoff s and pronounced these words auicklv '"'Indeed r' '' '^' ''"^ ^''^^''"^ ^^'' '^' had to sa^ wii'h^hfm ^""'5" ^;^^"°^^tch, you see he wishes me to live rected LTri;;7 .f^^/^^.^^topped, quite frightened, and cor- can I de Jr. ? T ^\T^,^' "^^ *? be near him. What more is"here for Le^'" "P°" '' ^' happiness. What else "One of two things," thought he. "Either she loves Simonson and does not in the least require the sacrificri nnagmed was bringing her, or she still loves me and re fuses me for my own sake, and is burning her ships bv unitmg her fate with Simonson." And NekhludT feU ashamed and knew that he was blushing ^^ And you yourself, do you love him? " he asked Loymg or not loving, what does it matter? I have given cTptlonar^an^"' *'^" ^'''''^'' ^""--" ^« ^^^^ a^ Tx- rnan^'df thrk!!:3'''''°^ '^^^"- " ^^ '« ^ ^P'-^^^ But she again interrupted him, as if afraid that he might ay too much or that she should not say all. " No, Dmftr Ivanoyitch you must forgive me if I am not doing what yo" au ntinl" '^%^r^'^ ?:\^^^ with those unfathomaWe ZstTfr-^''"^- "^-'^t evidently must be so. You m^^rtt:"^::^^^^:^^^^-^^^ a few mo- j-rr ,, Vt " '• -ssfr in^^ugHi. 5u HOW and lelt verv d fferently He was not only ashamed, but felt sorry to lose all he was losmg with her. " I did not expect this," he said Resurrection 5^7 and her face a^ain as it had e flushed and rorner of her er eves. arrives you fe shall Con- ine I to con- J I shall fol- ic raised her 3rds quickly ad to say. s me to live ed, and cor- What more What else she loves ; sacrifice I me and re- r ships by iludoff felt ed. have given uite an cx- a splendid It he might No, Dmitri P" what you "athomal)le, le so. You a few mo- d felt very irry to lose " he said. " Why should you live here and suffer? You have suf- fered enough." " I have not suffered. It was good for me, and I should like to go on serving you if I could." " We do not want anything," she said, and looked at him. " You have done so much for me as it is. If it had not been for you " She wished to say more, but her voice trembled, " You certainly have no reason to thank me," Nekhludoff said. " Where is the use of our reckoning? God will make up our accounts," she said, and her^ black eyes began to glisten with the tears that filled them. " What a good woman you are," he said. " I good? " she said through her tears, and a pathetic smile lit up her face. '■ Are you ready ? " the Englishman asked. " Directly," replied Nekhludoff, and asked her about Kryltzoft'. She got over her emotion and quietly told him all she knew. Kryltzoff was very weak and had been sent into the infirmary. Mary Pavlovna was very anxious, and had asked to be allowed to go to the infirmary as a nurse, but could not get the permission. " Am I to go ? " she asked, noticing that the Englishman was waiting. " I will not say good-bye ; I shall see you again," said Nekhludoff, holding out his hand. " Forgive me," she said so low that he could hardly hear her. Their eyes met, and Nekhludoff knew by the strange look of her squinting eyes and the pathetic smile with which she said not " Good-bye " but " Forgive me," that of the two reasons that might have led to her resolution, the second was the real one. She loved him, and thought that by uniting herself to him she would be spoiling his life. By going with Simonson she thought she would be setting Nekhludoff free, and felt glad that she had done what she meant to do, and yet she suffered at parting from him. She pressed his hand, turned quickly and left the room. Nekhludoff was ready to go, but saw that the Englishman was noting something down, and did not disturb him, but sat down on a wooden seat by the wall, and suddenly a feeling of terrible weariness came over him. It was not a |i r >\l Ml m V 508 Resurrection sleepless night that had tired him, not the journey not the excitement but he felt terribly tired of living. He leaned agamst the back of the bench, shut his eyes and in a moment fell into a deep, heavy sleep. i^meni ins^eytoi;;:^ '"" ''' '' '°°' ^°""' '''' ^^"^ --? " th- Nekhludoflf looked up and was surprised to find himself where he was. The Englishman had finished his notes and expressed a wish to see the cells Nekhludoff, tired and indifferent, followed him pa F] ! Resurrection rney, not the . He leaned in a moment s now ? " the find himself lis notes and lim. 509 CHAPTER XXVI. THE ENGLISH VISITOR. When they had passed the anteroom and the sickening, stmkmg corridor, the Englishman and Nekhludoff, accom- panied by the inspector, entered the first cell, where those sentenced to hard labour were confined. The beds took up the middle of the cell and the prisoners were all in bed. There were about 70 of them. When the visitors entered all the prisoners jumped up and stood beside the beds, ex- cepting two, a young man who was in a state of high fever, and an old man who did nothing but groan. The Englishman asked if the young man had long been ill. The inspector said that he was taken ill in the morning, but that the old man had long been suffering with pains in the stomach, but could not be removed, as the infirmary had been overfilled for a long time. The Englishman shook his head disapprovingly, said he would like to say a few words to these people, asking Nekhludoff to interpret. It turned out that besides studying the places of exile and the prisons of Siberia, the Englishman had another object in view, that of preaching salvation through faith and by the redemption. " Tell them," he said, " that Christ died for them. If they believe in this they shall be saved." While he spoke, all the prisoners stood silent with their arms at their sides. " This book, tell them," he continued, "says all about it. Can any of them read ?" There were more than 20 who could. The Englishman took several bound Testaments out of a hang-bag, and many strong hands with their hard, black nails stretched out from beneath the coarse shirt-sleeves towards him. He gave awav two Testaments in this cell. The same thing happened in the second cell. There was the same foul air, the same icon hanging between the win- dows, the same tub to the left of the door, and they were all i h i 510 Resurrection H I lying side by side close to one anotlitr. and jumped up in the same manner and stood stretched full length with thdr arms by their sides, all buf three, two of whom sat up and one re- mained lying, and did not even look at the new-comers ; these three were also ill. The Englishman made the same speech and again ^-ave away t\\ o books. In the tliird room four were ill. When the Englishman asked why the sick were not put all together into one cell, the inspector said that they did not wish it themselves, that their diseases were not infectious, and that the medical assistant watched them and attended to them. " He has not set foot here for a fortnight," muttered a voice. The inspector did not say anything and led the way to the next cell. Again the door was unlocked, and all got up and stood SI ent. Again the Englishman gave away Testaments. It was the same in the fifth and sixth cells, in those to the right and those to the left. From those sentenced to hard labour thev went on to the exiles. From the exiles to those evicted by the Commune and those who followed of their own free will. , Everywhere men, cold, himgry, idle, infected, degraded, imprisoned, were shown off like wild beasts. The Englishman, havi-i- g-iyen away the"appointed num- ber of Testaments, stop, ed j^dng any more, and made no speeches. The oppressing ju-ht, and especially the stifling atmosphere, quelled even his energy, and he went from cell to eel , saying nothing but " All right " to the inspector's ''Tt^ , u, ? , ^* ^^^^ prisoners there were in each cell. JNekhludoff followed as in a dream, unable either to refuse to go on or to go away, and with the same feelings of weari- ness and hopelessness. ^ Hi'!' I feeds Resurrection 511 aped up in the ith their arms ip and one re- coniers ; these 2 same speech 2 Englishman o one cell, the ves, that their lical assistant " muttered a ^e way to the 11 got up and ' Testaments. those to the ent on to the me and those d, degraded, )ointed num- ind made no ' the stifling mt from cell 2 inspector's cell. ler to refuse gs of weari- CHAPTER XXVII. KRYLTZOFF AT REST. In one of the exiles' cells Nekhludoff, to his surprise, rec- 'gmsed the strange old man he had seen crossing the ferry that morning. This old man was sitting on the floor by the beds, barefooted, with only a dirty cinder-coloured shirt on, torn on one shoulder, and similar trousers. He looked severely and enquiringly at th( new-comers. His emaciated body, visible through the holes of his shirt, looked miserably weak, but in his face was even more concentrated seriousness and animation than when Nekhludoflf saw him crossing the ferry. As in all the other cells, so here also the prisoners jumped up and stood erect when the official entered, but the old man remained sitting. His eyes glittered and his brows frowned with wrath. "Get up," the inspector called out to him. The old man did not rise and only smiled contemptuously. Thy servants are standing before thee. I am not thy ser- vant. Thou bearest the seal " The old man pointed to the inspector's forehead. " Wha-a-t? " said the inspector threateningly, and made a step towards him. " I know this man," Nekhludoflf hastened to say ; " what is he imprisoned for ? " " The police have sent him here because he has no pass- port. We ask them not to send such, but they will do it," said the inspector, casting an angry side look at the old man. And so It seems thou, too, art one of Antichrist's army ? the old man said to Nekhludoflf. "^ No, I am a visitor," said Nekhludoflf. "What, hast thou come to see how Antichrist tortures men ? There, look, he has locked them up in a cage, a whole army of^them. ^Men should eat bread in the sweat of their brow. And he has locked them up with no work to do, and feeds them like swine, so that they should turn into beasts." What is he saying? " asked the Englishman. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // ^■' .#• 1.0 I.I .r 113.2 2.5 i^ 13.6 2.2 ZO 1.8 1.25 1.4 1.6 150mm ""yw 6>. /. *; 2 V A /IPPLIED^ IIVMGE . Inc ^^ 1653 East Main street .^= '^ Rochester, NY 14609 USA .ss-^ Phone: 716/482-0300 .^=r.^=: Fax: 716/288-5989 © 1993, Applied Image, Inc., All Rights Reserved # r\ S ^^^^\^ >^ ^ >^ o /a k 512 Resurrection i ^ I It 'I' "H mi Xekhludoff told him the old man was blaming the in- spector for keeping men imprisoned. " Ask him how he thinks one should treat those who do not keep to the laws," said the Englishman. Nekhludoff translated the question. The old man laughed m a strange manner, showing his teeth. " The laws ? " he repeated with contempt. " He first robbed everybody, took all the earth, all the rights away from men, killed all those who were against him, and then wrote laws, forbidding robbery and murder. He should have writ- ten these laws before." Nekhludoff translated. The Englishman smiled. "Well, anyhow, ask him how one should treat thieves and mur- derers at present ? " Nekhludoff again translated his question. '' Tell him he should take the seal of Antichrist off him- self," the old man said, frowning severely ; " then there will be no thieves and murderers. Tell him so." " He is crazy," said the Englishman, when Nekhludoff had translated the old man's words, and. shrugging his shoulders, he left the cell. " Do thy business and leave them alone. Every one for himself. God knows whom to execute, whom to forgive, and we do not know," said the old man. " Every man be hi.s own chief, then the chiefs will not be wanted. Go. go ! " he added, angrily frowning and looking with glittering eyes at Nekhludoff, who lingered in the cell. " Hast thou not looked on long enough how the servants of Antichrist feed lice on men ? Go, go ! " _ When Nekhludoff went out he saw the Englishman stand- mg_ by the open door of an empty cell with the mspector. asknig what the cell was for. The inspector explained that It was the mortuary. " Oh." said the Englishman when Nekhludoff had trans- lated, and expressed the wish to go in. The mortuary, was an ordinary coll. not very largo. A small lamp hung en the wall and dimly lit up sacks and logs of wood that were piled up in one corner, and lour dead bodies lay on the bedshclves to the right. The first Ix^dy had a coarse linen shirt and trousers on ; it was that of a tall man with a small beard and half his head sliaved. The body was quite rigid ; tlie bluish hands, that had evidently been folded on the breast, had separated ; the legs were also apart and blaming- the in- eat those who do 1. old man laughed impt. " He first rights away from 1, and then wrote should have writ- 1 smiled. "Well, hieves and mur- itichrist off him- " then there will 1 Nekhludoff had shrugging his Every one for 'horn to forgive, Zvery man be his !d. Go, go ! " he 1 glittering eyes " Hast thou not f Antichrist feed iglishman stand- th the mspector, )r explained that udott had trans- very largo. A p sack-s and logs . and lour (k'ad .' first body luid a lat of a tall man . Tlic body was iitly l)ecn foldpfj i also apart and Resurrection 5^3 the bare feet were sticking out. Xext to him lav a bare- tooted old woman m a white petticoat, her head, with its thin pla t of hair, uncovered, with a little, pinched vellow face and a sharp nose lieyond her was another man With something Idac on. Ihis colour reminded Nekhludoff of somethiniT He came nearer and looked at the bodv. The small, point^i beard st.ckmg upwards, the firm, well^shaped nose, I e 1 S vlnte forehead, the thin, curly hair; he recognisec U e fam.har features and could hardly believe his eves. Yeste - day he had seen this face, angry, excited, and full of suft'er- Yes' i!' wL T'^u '^T'' "^^^'^"J'^^S' ^"^1 terribly beautiful, ^cs, It was Kryltzoff, or at anv rate the trace that his mi- enal exKstence had left behind. " Why had 1^ uffere'' \V by had he lived ? Does he now understand ? " Xekhlu(k,ff thought and there seemed to be no answer, seemec to be nothing btit death and he felt faint. Without taking leave of the Englishman Nekhludoff asked the inspector to lead him TrT^ '^Pr^' ^"^f^f 'V^ the absolute necessity of be g dr^ L^ck ;f h?s^L:i. '''' '''' '''''''-' ^'- ---^' ' ' J 'll 5H Resurrection CHAPTER XXVIH. A XEW LIFE DAWNS FOR NKKIILUDOFF. Nekiiluooff did not go to bed. hut went up and down his room for a Ion- time. His business with Katusha was at an end. lie was not wanted, and this made him sad and ashamed His other business was not only unfinished, but troubled urn more than ever and demanded' liis activity All this horrible evil that he had seen and learned to know 'lately and especially to-day in tliat awful prison, this evil. whiJh had killed that dear Kryltzofif, ruled and was triumphant, and he could foresee no possibility of conquering or even know- ing,- how to conquer it. Those hundreds and thousands of de- graded human beings locked up in the noisome prisons by in- different generals, procurcurs, inspectors, rose up in his im- agination ; he remembered the strange, free old man accusing the officials and therefore considered mad. and among the corpses rhe beautiful, waxen face of Krvltzofif. who had died in anger. And again the question as to whether he was mad or hose who considered they were in their right minds while they committed all these deeds stood before him with renewed force and demanded an answer. Tired of i)acing up and down, tired of thinking, he sat down on the sofa near the lamp and mechanically opened the Testament which tlie Englishman had given him'as a remem- brance, and which he had thrown on the table when he emptied his pockets on coming in. " It is said one can find an answer to everything here " he thought, and opened the Testament at random and began reading Matt, xviii. 1-4: •' In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying. Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven ? And He called to Him a little child, and set him m the midst of them, and said. \'erilv I say unto you. Except ye turn and become as little children', ye sliall ii; nowise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Wliosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child the same is the greatest m the Kingdom of Heaven." " Yes, yes, that is true," he said, remembering that lie had Resurrection 5^5 unoFF. up and down his atiisha was at an 2 him sad and / unfinished, hut his activity. All d to ktiow lately, this evil, which triumphant, and ? or even know- thousands of de- ne prisons hy in- ise up in his im- Id man accusing- and among the ff. who had died her he was mad 'ir right minds before him with hinking, he sat :ally opened the lim as a remem- table when he 'thing here," he lot:i and began ne the disciples he Kingdom of Id, and set him ito you. Except in nowise enter therefore shall is the greatest ing that he had known the peace and joy of life only when he had humbled himself. " And whosoever shall receive one such little child in My name receiveth Mc, but whoso shall cause one of these little ones to stumble, it is more profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his neck and that he should be sunk in the depths of the sea." (Matt, xviii. 5, 6.) "What is this for, 'Whosoever shall receive?' Receive where? And what does 'in my name' mean?" he asked, feeling that these words did not tell him anything. " And why ' the millstone round his neck and the depilis of the sea? ' No, that is not it : it is not clear," and he remembered how more than once in his life he had taken to reading the Gos- pels, and how '^ant of clearness in these passages had re- pulsed him. He went on to read the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth verses ?bout the occasions of stumliling. and that th y must come, auvi about punishment by casting men into hell fire, and some kind of angels who see the face of the Father in Heaven. " What a pity that this is so incoherent,"' he thought, " yet one feels that there is something good in it." " For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost," he continued to read. " How think ye? H any man have a lnuv!red sheep and one of them go astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine and go into the mountains and seek that which goeth astray? And if so be tb.at he find it, verily 1 say unto yoit, he rejoiceth over it more than over the ninety and nine wiiich have not gone astray. " Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in Heaven that one of these little ones' should perish." " Yes, it is not the will of the Father that tl --y should per- ish, and here they are perishing by hundreds and thousands. Aind there is no possibility of saving them," he thought. " Then came Peter and said to him. How oft shall mv brother oflfend me and I forgive him? Until seven times? Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven. " Therefore is the Kingdom of Heaven likened unto a cer- tain king which made a reckoning with his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be 5'6 Resurrection : . yjUL sold an( his wife and children, and all that he had, and pay- ment to be made. The servant therefore fell down and woV- f 3!l1 \'' ?-;'I"^; Lf^'' '^^^e patience with me; I will pay thee all. And the lord of that servant, bein^ moved with compassion, released him and forj:,^ave him the debt B that servant went ont, and found one of his fellow-servants which owed him a hundred pence; and he laid hold on ?,in and took h.m by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest. So his fellow-servant fell down and besought him. saving, Have 1. dno '2 ,'"' 'T-"" P',r" ^'" ^'^ ^^^°"^^1 pay tliat which vyas due. So when his fellow-servantc saw what was done , IMW '^ exceeding sorry, and came and told unto their lord' sait foS/rf'- ^^-7 ^r ^""''^ ^""^^1 '^"" ""to him and sa th to him. Thou wicked servant. I forj^ave thee all that debt because thou besought me; shouldst not thou also have mercy on thy fellow-servant as I had mercy on thee' " And IS this all ? '' Nekhludoff suddenly exclaimed aloud, and th inner voice df the whole of his being said. " Yes it is all. And It happened to Nekhludoff. as it often happens to s trTJ^.t^ firl'r"'^^ '^'"'T^- ^'\'- ^^'' ^'^^"^^^^ t^^^; seemed strange at first and paradoxical or even to be onlv a joke being confirmed more and more often bv life's experience suddemy appeared as the simplest, truest" certainty. In this Jhe^terriK f ^^?\ '^'^ ''"1^ f"'^^^" "^^^"^ ^^ ^^Ivation from e terrible evil from which men were suffering was that they should always acknowledge themselves to be sinning againstGod.andthereforeunable to punish or correct Xrs all thed're 7/ ,"""n '?' f ? "'"^^ ^'''''^^^ ^^^^ to him hat all hedreadfuleyilhe had been witnessing in prisons and iails we e tb '^"''' «<^'f-atisfaction of the perjetriiors of thJ^ev sihL r ^:j"^fl"^"^^^^ of "If" trying to do what was impos- sible, trying to correct evil while being evil themselves- Jh^L'T '"''', f'V"^ ''' '^''''' other vicious men and' bought they could do it by using mechanical means a inidlt^: 7""^^"^"^'^ "^a'^ this was that the needs and the cupid t> of some men induced them to take up this so-called punishment and correction as a profession, and have them dves become utterly corrupt, and go on unceasingly deprav- g hose whom they torment. Now he saw clearly what all done tn^''.^^' ^'^^' ''''} ^''^'"^ ^'■°"^' ^"^^ ^-^ ^^^t OUght tO be done to put a stop to them. Tlu^ ^^nsw^r 1.,. .^„i.i ^.. <:.' . was the same that Christ gave 'eter. It was that we Resurrection 5^7 should forgive always an infinite number of times because there are no men who have not sinned themselves, and there- fore none can punish or correct others. " But surely it cannot be so simple," thought Xekhludoff and yet he saw with certainty, strange as it had seemed at hrst, that it was not only a theoretical but also a practical solution of the question. The usual objection, " What is one to do with the evil doers ? Surelv not let them go unpun- ished ? no longer confused him. This objection might have a meaning if it were proved that punishment lessened crime or improved the criminal, but when the contrary was proved' and It was evident that it was not in people's po'wer to correct each other, the only reasonable thing to do is to leave off do- mg the things which are not onlv useless, but harmful immoral and cruel. ' ' For many centuries people who were considered criminals have been tortured. Well, and have thev ceased to exist' ^o; their numbers have been increased not alone bv the criminals corrupted by punishment but also bv those lawful criminals, the judges, prociircurs, magistrates and jailers who judge and punish men. Nekhludoff now understoo(i that society and order iu general exists not because of these lawful criminals who judge and punish others, but because in spite of men being thus depraved, thev still pitv and love one another. ' In hopes of finding a confirmation of this thought in the Cjospel .Nekhludoff began reading it from the oeginning When he had read the Sermon on the Mount, which had always touched him, he saw in it for the first time to-dav not beautiful abstract thoughts, setting forth for the most' part exaggerated and impossible demands, but simple, clear, prac- tical laws. If these laws were carried out in practice (and this was quite possible) thev would establish perfectlv new ami surprising conditions of social life, in which the violence that filled .\ekhludoff with such indignation would cease of Itself. Xot only this, but the greatest blessing that is obtain- able to men, the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth would be established. There were five of these laws. The first (Matt. v. 21-26), that man should not onlv do no murder, but not even be angrv with his brother, should not consider any one worthless : " Raca," and if he lias quarrelled with any one he should make it up with him before bringing hisgift to God— /.r.. before praving. 5.8 Resurrection M 'I t: 3 The second (Matt. v. 27-32), that man should not only not commit adultery but should not even seek for enjoyment in a women s beauty, and if he has once come together with a woman he should never be faithless to her The third (Matt. s3-37)> that man should"never bind him- seli by oath. The fourth (Matt. 38-42), that man should not onlv not demand an eye for an eye, but when struck on one cheek should hold out th.> other, should forgive an offence and bear iiini"" '' ^^^^^^ '"^^"^^ ^'^^ ^'^'"^'^^ "^^^""^ demand of The fifth (Matt. 43-48), that man should not only not hate ['f^enemy and not fight him, but love him, help liim, serve Nekhludoff sat staring at the lamp and his heart stood still Recalling the monstrous confusion of the life we lead he distinctly saw what that life could be if men were brought y^u 2ir ,7-^ '^'^'■"^^'' ^"'' '■^P*"'^ ^"^'1 as he had long not felt filled his soul, just as if after long days of weariness and suffering he had suddenly found ease and freedom He did not sleep all night, and aj; it happens to many and many a man who reads the Gospels he understood for the first time the full meaning of the words read so often before but passed by unnoticed. He imbibed all these necessary, im- portant and joyful revelations as a sponge imbibes water And all l-,e read seemed so familiar and seemed to confirm' to form into a conception, what he had known long ago, but had never reah.ed and never quite believed. Now he realised and believed it, and not only realised and believed that if men wou d obey these laws they would obtain the highest blessing they can attain to, he also realised and believed that he only duty of every man is to fulfil these laws ; that in this lies the only reasonable meaning of life, that every stepping aside from these laws is a mistake which is immediately fol- owed by retribution. This flowed from the whole of the teaching, and was most strongly and clearlv illustrated in the parable of the vineyard. The husbandman imagined that the vinevard in which thev were sent to work for their master was their own, that all hat ^vas in was made for them, and that their business was lnr"^°^ul\ '" \'"' vineyard, forgetting the Master and Killing all those who reminded them of his existence " Are we do not doing the same," Nekhludoff thought, " when we Resurrection 519 loulcl not only not for enjoyment in ne together witli r. I never bind hini- uld not only not ck on one cheek- offence and bear thers demand of not only not hate help him, serve his heart stood the life we lead, en were brought he had long not )f weariness and 'eedoni. MIS to many and lerstood for the '. so often before !e necessary, im- imbibes water, med to confirm, 'n long ago, but Now he realised believed that if ain the highest rid believed that iws ; that in this every stepping mmediately fol- e whole of the llustrated in the d in which thev T own, that all ir business was le Master and :istence. " Are a^ht, " when we imagine ourselves to be masters of our lives, and that life is given us for enjoyment? This evidently is an incongruity. We were sent here by some one's will and for some reason. And we have concluded that we live only for our own joy, and of course we feel unhappy as labourers do wl;en not ful- filling their Master's orders. The Master's will is expressed in these commandments. If men will only fulfil these laws, the Kingdom of Heaven will be establislied on earth, an(l men will receive the greatest good that they can attain to. Seek ye first the Kingdom and Mis righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.' " And so here it is. the business of my life. Scarcely have I finished one and another has commenced." .And a perfectly new life dawned that night for Xekhludoff, not because he had entered into new conditions of life, but because every- thing he did after that night had a new and quite dift'erent significance than uefore. How this new period of his life will end time alone will prove.