Someoftheladies, especiallythosewhocamefromadistance, madetheirappearanceinthegalleryverysmartlydressed, , intense, almostmorbid, —establishedafterwardsbymanyobservations—wasthatalmostalltheladies, or, atleastthevastmajorityofthem, wereonMitya'—KaterinaIvanovna—, amazinganecdotesofherpassionforMitya, "aristocraticconnections" wereparticularlyinsistedupon (shehadcalleduponscarcelyanyoneinthetown).—theproudaristocraticgirland "thehetaira." "thewomanwhohadruinedFyodorPavlovitchandhisunhappyson," andall, almostwithoutexception, wonderedhowfatherandsoncouldbesoinlovewith "suchaverycommon, ordinaryRussiangirl, whowasnotevenpretty."
Inbrief, ', anditwasonlynaturalthatthehusbandsoftheseladies, farfrombeingfavorablydisposedtotheprisoner, , onemaysayprettycertainlythatthemasculine, asdistinguishedfromthefeminine, , frowning, , indeed, , ofcourse, , andthemajorityofthemenwerecertainlyhopingfortheconvictionofthecriminal, exceptperhapsthelawyers, whoweremoreinterestedinthelegalthaninthemoralaspectofthecase.
Everybodywasexcitedatthepresenceofthecelebratedlawyer, , , , too, , andthattheyhadbeenenemiesfromthebeginningoftheircareersinPetersburg, thatthoughoursensitiveprosecutor, whoalwaysconsideredthathehadbeenaggrievedbysomeoneinPetersburgbecausehistalentshadnotbeenproperlyappreciated, waskeenlyexcitedovertheKaramazovcase, andwasevendreamingofrebuildinghisflaggingfortunesbymeansofit, Fetyukovitch, theysaid, , , , theywerewrong, andourprosecutorwas, Ibelieve, .
