CHAPTER1THEFATALDAY
Atteno'clockinthemorningofthedayfollowingtheeventsIhavedescribed, thetrialofDmitriKaramazovbeganinourdistrictcourt.
IhastentoemphasizethefactthatIamfarfromesteemingmyselfcapableofreportingallthattookplaceatthetrialinfulldetail, , , , .
And, tobeginwith, beforeenteringthecourt, , asitappearedlater, everyonewassurprisedatit, , thateveryonewasburningwithimpatienceforthetrialtobegin, thatithadbeenasubjectoftalk, conjecture, , too, thatthecasehadbecomeknownthroughoutRussia, butyetwehadnotimaginedthatithadarousedsuchburning, suchintense, interestineveryone, notonlyamongourselves, .
Visitorshadarrivednotonlyfromthechieftownofourprovince, butfromseveralotherRussiantowns, , ladies, ; arowofarm-chairshadbeenplacedthere—somethingexceptional, —notlessthanhalfofthepublic—, , behindtheplatform, aspecialpartitionhurriedlyputup, behindwhichalltheselawyerswereadmitted, andtheythoughtthemselvesluckytohavestandingroomthere, forallchairshadbeenremovedforthesakeofspace, andthecrowdbehindthepartitionstoodthroughoutthecasecloselypacked, shouldertoshoulder.
