Butapartfromtemporaryaberration, thedoctordiagnosedmania, whichpremised, inhiswords, toleadtocompleteinsanityinthefuture.(ItmustbenotedthatIreportthisinmyownwords, thedoctormadeuseofverylearnedandprofessionallanguage.) "Allhisactionsareincontraventionofcommonsenseandlogic," hecontinued."NottorefertowhatIhavenotseen, thatis, thecrimeitselfandthewholecatastrophe, thedaybeforeyesterday, whilehewastalkingtome, , usingstrangewords, 'Bernard!' 'Ethics!' andothersequallyinappropriate." Butthedoctordetectedmania, aboveall, inthefactthattheprisonercouldnotevenspeakofthethreethousandroubles, ofwhichheconsideredhimselftohavebeencheated, withoutextraordinaryirritation, , hehadeveninthepast, wheneverthesubjectofthethreethousandroubleswastouchedon, flownintoaperfectfrenzy, andyethewasreportedtobeadisinterestedandnotgraspingman.
"Astotheopinionofmylearnedcolleague," theMoscowdoctoraddedironicallyinconclusion, "thattheprisonerwould, onenteringthecourt, havenaturallylookedattheladiesandnotstraightbeforehim, Iwillonlysaythat, apartfromtheplayfulnessofthistheory, , onenteringthecourtwherehisfatewillbedecided, wouldnotnaturallylookstraightbeforehiminthatfixedway, andthatthatmayreallybeasignofhisabnormalmentalcondition, atthesametimeImaintainthathewouldnaturallynotlooktotheleftattheladies, but, onthecontrary, totherighttofindhislegaladviser, onwhosehelpallhishopesrestandonwhosedefenseallhisfuturedepends." Thedoctorexpressedhisopinionpositivelyandemphatically.
