"Yes, Ishallbetold, buthewascarousingthatnight, squanderingmoney; hewasshowntohavehadfifteenhundredroubles—wheredidhegetthemoney? Buttheveryfactthatonlyfifteenhundredcouldbefound, andtheotherhalfofthesumcouldnowherebediscovered, showsthatthatmoneywasnotthesame, 'swithoutgoinghome, ', gentlemen? Isn'tthissuppositionreallytoofantasticandtooromantic? Andobserve, ifthatsuppositionbreaksdown, thewholechargeofrobberyisscatteredtothewinds, forinthatcasewhatcouldhavebecomeoftheotherfifteenhundredroubles? Bywhatmiraclecouldtheyhavedisappeared, sinceit'sprovedtheprisonerwentnowhereelse? Andwearereadytoruinaman'slifewithsuchtales!
"Ishallbetoldthathecouldnotexplainwherehegotthefifteenhundredthathehad, , pray? Theprisonerhasmadeaclearandunflinchingstatementofthesourceofthatmoney, andifyouwillhaveitso, gentlemenofthejury, nothingcanbemoreprobablethanthatstatement, , whohadbroughthimselftotakethethreethousandsoinsultinglyofferedbyhisbetrothed, couldnot, wearetold, havesetasidehalfandsewnitup, butwould, evenifhehaddoneso, haveunpickediteverytwodaysandtakenoutahundred, , youwillremember, ? Whatifyou'vebeenweavingaromance, andaboutquiteadifferentkindofman? That'sjustit, youhaveinventedquiteadifferentman!
"Ishallbetold, perhaps, therearewitnessesthathespentononedayallthatthreethousandgivenhimbyhisbetrothedamonthbeforethecatastrophe, ? , inanotherman'shandacrustalwaysseemslarger, andnooneofthesewitnessescountedthatmoney; , gentlemenofthejury, .
