ButFetyukovitchremainedanenigmatoalluptotheveryend, , thathewasworkingtowardssomeobject, -reliancewereunmistakable, , moreover, thathe, aftersoshortastay, notmorethanthreedays, perhaps, amongus, hadsowonderfullysucceededinmasteringthecaseand "hadstudiedittoanicety." Peopledescribedwithrelish, afterwards, howcleverlyhehad "takendown" allthewitnessesfortheprosecution, andasfaraspossibleperplexedthemand, what'smore, , sotospeak, forprofessionalglory, toshownothinghadbeenomittedoftheacceptedmethods, forallwereconvincedthathecoulddonorealgoodbysuchdisparagementofthewitnesses, andprobablywasmoreawareofthisthananyone, havingsomeideaofhisowninthebackground, someconcealedweaponofdefense, , consciousofhisstrength, heseemedtobedivertinghimself.
So, forinstance, whenGrigory, FyodorPavlovitch'soldservant, whohadgiventhemostdamningpieceofevidenceabouttheopendoor, wasexamined, , , , heyetborewitnessthathehadbeenunjusttoMityaand "hadn''dhavebeendevouredbylicewhenhewaslittle, ifithadn'tbeenforme," headded, describingMitya'searlychildhood."Itwasn'tfaireitherofthefathertowronghissonoverhismother'sproperty, whichwasbyrighthis."
