HereIppolitKirillovitchpassedtoadetaileddescriptionofallMitya', hisjourneytoLyagavy."Harassed, jeeredat, hungry, aftersellinghiswatchtopayforthejourney (thoughhetellsushehadfifteenhundredroublesonhim—alikelystory), torturedbyjealousyathavinglefttheobjectofhisaffectionsinthetown, suspectingthatshewouldgotoFyodorPavlovitchinhisabsence, hereturnedatlasttothetown, tofind, tohisjoy, .(Strangetosay, hedoesn'tseemtohavebeenjealousofSamsonov, whichispsychologicallyinteresting.) Thenhehastensbacktohisambushinthebackgardens, andtherelearnsthatSmerdyakovisinafit, thattheotherservantisill—thecoastisclearandheknowsthe 'signals'—whatatemptation! Stillheresistsit; hegoesofftoaladywhohasforsometimebeenresidinginthetown, andwhoishighlyesteemedamongus, , whohadlongwatchedhiscareerwithcompassion, gavehimthemostjudiciousadvice, togiveuphisdissipatedlife, hisunseemlylove-affair, thewasteofhisyouthandvigorinpot-housedebauchery, andtosetofftoSiberiatothegold-mines: 'thatwouldbeanoutletforyourturbulentenergies, yourromanticcharacter, yourthirstforadventure.' "
AfterdescribingtheresultofthisconversationandthemomentwhentheprisonerlearntthatGrushenkahadnotremainedatSamsonov's, thesuddenfrenzyofthelucklessmanwornoutwithjealousyandnervousexhaustion, atthethoughtthatshehaddeceivedhimandwasnowwithhisfather, IppolitKirillovitchconcludedbydwellinguponthefatalinfluenceofchance."HadthemaidtoldhimthathermistresswasatMokroewithherformerlover, , shecouldonlyswearandprotestherignorance, andiftheprisonerdidnotkillheronthespot, itwasonlybecauseheflewinpursuitofhisfalsemistress.
"Butnote, franticashewas, ? Whynotsomeotherweapon? Butsincehehadbeencontemplatinghisplanandpreparinghimselfforitforawholemonth, , soheinstantly, withouthesitation, , bynomeansinvoluntarily, 'sgarden—thecoastisclear, therearenowitnesses, , withhim, withhisrival, inhisarms, andperhapslaughingathimatthatmoment—, thedeceptionwasopen, , inthatlightedroom, shemustbebehindthescreen; andtheunhappymanwouldhaveusbelievethathestoleuptothewindow, peepedrespectfullyin, anddiscreetlywithdrew, , us, whounderstandhischaracter, whoknowhisstateofmindatthemoment, andthatheknewthesignalsbywhichhecouldatonceenterthehouse." , andeveryonerealizedthat, althoughheprofessedtodespisethatsuspicion, hethoughtthesubjectofgreatimportance.
