IthappenedthatJuly, duringthesummerholidays, thatthemotherandsonwenttoanotherdistrict, forty-fivemilesaway, tospendaweekwithadistantrelation, whosehusbandwasanofficialattherailwaystation (theverystation, thenearestonetoourtown, fromwhichamonthlaterIvanFyodorovitchKaramazovsetoffforMoscow).ThereKolyabeganbycarefullyinvestigatingeverydetailconnectedwiththerailways, , othersintheneighborhood; thereweresixorsevenofthem, allbetweentwelveandfifteen, , andonthefourthorfifthdayofKolya'sstayatthestation, , whowasalmosttheyoungestofthepartyandratherlookeddownuponbytheothersinconsequence, wasmovedbyvanityorbyrecklessbravadotobetthemtworoublesthathewouldliedownbetweentherailsatnightwhentheeleveno'clocktrainwasdue, , fromwhichitappearedthatitwaspossibletoliesoflatbetweentherailsthatthetraincouldpassoverwithouttouching, buttolietherewasnojoke! , calledhimalittleliar, abraggart, , andwereatfirstdisposedtotreathimas "asmallboy," notfittoassociatewiththem, andthatwasanunendurableinsult.
Andsoitwasresolvedtogointheevening, halfamilefromthestation, , , theirheartsbeatingwithsuspense, ; themonsterroaredasitapproached.
"Run, runawayfromtherails," theboyscriedtoKolyafromthebushes, : , , butthefactwasthathereallyhadlostconsciousness, "adesperatecharacter," , , 'smotherhastenedtoentreatthemastersonherboy'sbehalf, andintheendDardanelov, arespectedandinfluentialteacher, exertedhimselfinhisfavor, andtheaffairwasignored.
