', wheneverythingwasquietagainandeveryoneunderstoodwhathadhappened, thecourtushercameinforareprimand, thoughheveryreasonablyexplainedthatthewitnesshadbeenquitewell, thatthedoctorhadseenhimanhourago, whenhehadaslightattackofgiddiness, butthat, untilhehadcomeintothecourt, hehadtalkedquiteconsecutively, sothatnothingcouldhavebeenforeseen—thathehad, infact, , , shriekingloudly, butrefusedtoleavethecourt, struggled, :
"ThereismoreevidenceImustgiveatonce...atonce! Hereisadocument, aletter...takeit, readitquickly, quickly! It'saletterfromthatmonster...thatmanthere, there!" shepointedtoMitya."Itwashekilledhisfather, ! Buttheotheroneisill, heisill, heisdelirious!" shekeptcryingout, besideherself.
ThecourtushertookthedocumentsheheldouttothePresident, andshe, droppingintoherchair, hidingherfaceinherhands, beganconvulsivelyandnoiselesslysobbing, shakingallover, "Metropolis" tavern, whichIvanhadspokenofasa "mathematicalproof." Alas! itsmathematicalconclusivenesswasrecognized, andhaditnotbeenforthatletter, Mityamighthaveescapedhisdoomor, atleast, , Irepeat, , Isuppose, haveatoncepassedonthedocumenttothejudges, thejury, , KaterinaIvanovnaexclaimedimpetuously:
"Iamready, Iamready! Iamquiteequaltoansweringyou," sheadded, .
