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Crime and PunishmentDostoyevsky, Fyodor

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A reason to turn the page

A shot rings out—why does Raskolnikov still climb the stairs as if nothing has happened?

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Svidrigaïlov pulled the trigger.

CHAPTER VII

The same day, about seven o’clock in the evening, Raskolnikov was on his way to his mother’s and sister’s lodging--the lodging in Bakaleyev’s house which Razumihin had found for them. The stairs went up from the street. Raskolnikov walked with lagging steps, as though still hesitating whether to go or not. But nothing would have turned him back: his decision was taken.