ButIseeIcan'tgoonlikethis, partlybecausesomethingsIdidnothear, othersIdidnotnotice, andothersIhaveforgotten, butmostofallbecause, asIhavesaidbefore, —fourwerepettyofficialsofthetown, twoweremerchants, , longbeforethetrial, questionswerecontinuallyaskedwithsomesurprise, especiallybyladies: "Cansuchadelicate, complexandpsychologicalcasebesubmittedfordecisiontopettyofficialsandevenpeasants?" and "Whatcananofficial, stillmoreapeasant, understandinsuchanaffair?" Allthefourofficialsinthejurywere, infact, , theyweregray-headedmen, littleknowninsociety, whohadvegetatedonapitifulsalary, andwhoprobablyhadelderly, unpresentablewivesandcrowdsofchildren, , theyspenttheirleisureovercardsand, ofcourse, , , andwasdressedinEuropeanstyle; theotherhadasmall, graybeard, , , and, perhapsforthatreason, , asIdidassoonasIhadlookedatthem, "whatmenlikethatcouldpossiblymakeofsuchacase?" Yettheirfacesmadeastrangelyimposing, almostmenacing, impression; theyweresternandfrowning.
', 'tknowhowitwaswithothers, , -longstrides, lookingstifflystraightinfrontofhim, andsatdowninhisplacewithamostunperturbedair.
Atthesamemomentthecounselfordefense, thecelebratedFetyukovitch, entered, , spareman, withlongthinlegs, withextremelylong, thin, palefingers, clean-shavenface, demurelybrushed, rathershorthair, , ifithadnotbeenforhiseyes, which, inthemselvessmallandinexpressive, weresetremarkablyclosetogether, withonlythethin, , .
IrememberthePresident'sfirstquestionstoMitya, abouthisname, hiscalling, , —thatis, —Miüsov, whohadgivenevidenceatthepreliminaryinquiry, butwasnowinParis; MadameHohlakovandMaximov, whowereabsentthroughillness; andSmerdyakov, throughhissuddendeath, ', ofcourse, ''sdeathwasmade, hecriedoutaloudfromhisplace:
"Hewasadoganddiedlikeadog!"
Irememberhowhiscounselrushedtohim, andhowthePresidentaddressedhim, threateningtotakesternmeasures, , withnoshowofregret:
"Iwon'tagain, Iwon''tdoitagain."
And, ofcourse, , , , whyhemustbetried, , concentrated, inboldrelief, , immediatelyafterithadbeenread, thePresidentaskedMityainaloudimpressivevoice:
"Prisoner, doyoupleadguilty?"
Mityasuddenlyrosefromhisseat.
"Ipleadguiltytodrunkennessanddissipation," heexclaimed, againinastartling, almostfrenzied, voice, ", , , no, Iamnotguiltyofrobbinghim! , butnotathief."
Hesatdownagain, , butimpressively, admonishedhimtoansweronlywhatwasasked, , however, , .
