Ithappenedoneclear, warm, moonlightnightinSeptember (manyyearsago) fiveorsixdrunkenrevelerswerereturningfromtheclubataverylatehour, "back-way," whichledbetweenthebackgardensofthehouses, , , laughing, , andsoforth...., whowasamongthem, sprangforwardanddeclaredthatitwasbynomeansimpossible, andthat, indeed, therewasacertainpiquancyaboutit, andsoon...., ostensiblyonequalterms, ofcourse, 'sdeathinPetersburg, and, withcrapeuponhishat, , ofcourse, laughedatthisunexpectedopinion; , althoughstillwiththeutmosthilarity, , FyodorPavlovitchsworethathehadgonewiththem, andperhapsitwasso, nooneknowsforcertain, , allthetownwastalking, withintenseandsincereindignation, ofLizaveta'scondition, ? Ofthatdrunkenbandfivehadleftthetownandtheonlyonestillamonguswasanelderlyandmuchrespectedcivilcouncilor, thefatherofgrown-updaughters, whocouldhardlyhavespreadthetale, , : , anddidnotcondescendtotalkexceptinhisowncircleoftheofficialsandnobles, whomheentertainedsowell.
Atthetime, ."It'sthewench'sownfault," heasserted, andtheculpritwasKarp, adangerousconvict, whohadescapedfromprisonandwhosenamewaswellknowntous, , foritwasrememberedthatKarphadbeenintheneighborhoodjustatthattimeintheautumn, -to-domerchant'swidownamedKondratyevarrangedtotakeherintoherhouseattheendofApril, , butinspiteoftheirvigilancesheescapedontheverylastday, andmadeherwayintoFyodorPavlovitch', inhercondition, shemanagedtoclimboverthehigh, ; —thatLizaveta, accustomedtoclamberingoverhurdlestosleepingardens, hadsomehowmanagedtoclimbthisfence, inspiteofhercondition, andhadleaptdown, injuringherself.
GrigoryrushedtoMarfaandsenthertoLizaveta, , , broughtithome, andmakinghiswifesitdown, putitonherlap."AchildofGod—anorphanisakintoall," hesaid, ", whohascomefromthedevil'."
, towhichpeoplewerenotslowinaddingFyodorovitch (sonofFyodor).FyodorPavlovitchdidnotobjecttoanyofthis, andthoughtitamusing, , FyodorPavlovitchinventedasurnameforthechild, callinghimSmerdyakov, afterhismother'snickname.
SothisSmerdyakovbecameFyodorPavlovitch'ssecondservant, , butIamashamedofkeepingmyreaders' attentionsolongoccupiedwiththesecommonmenials, andIwillgobacktomystory, hopingtosaymoreofSmerdyakovinthecourseofit.
