Inreplytotheprosecutor'squestionwhatgroundshehadforassertingthatFyodorPavlovitchhadwrongedhissonintheirmoneyrelations, Grigory, tothesurpriseofeveryone, hadnoproofatalltobringforward, buthestillpersistedthatthearrangementwiththesonwas "unfair," andthatheought "tohavepaidhimseveralthousandroublesmore." Imustnote, bytheway, thattheprosecutoraskedthisquestionwhetherFyodorPavlovitchhadreallykeptbackpartofMitya'sinheritancewithmarkedpersistenceofallthewitnesseswhocouldbeaskedit, notexceptingAlyoshaandIvan, butheobtainednoexactinformationfromanyone; allallegedthatitwasso, 'sdescriptionofthesceneatthedinnertable, whenDmitrihadburstinandbeatenhisfather, threateningtocomebacktokillhim, madeasinisterimpressiononthecourt, especiallyastheoldservant'scomposureintellingit, hisparsimonyofwordsandpeculiarphraseology, ; hehadforgivenhimlongago, , crossinghimself, thathewasaladofability, butstupidandafflicted, and, worsestill, aninfidel, 'shonestyalmostwithwarmth, andrelatedhowSmerdyakovhadoncefoundthemaster'smoneyintheyard, and, insteadofconcealingit, hadtakenittohismaster, whohadrewardedhimwitha "goldpiece" forit, 'trecallthemall.
