ButthefactwasthathehadneverknownMadameHohlakovwell, andhadseennothingofherforthelastmonth, , whileshehad, forsomereason, suddenlyconceivedthedesirethatKaterinaIvanovnashouldthrowhimover, andmarrythe "charming, chivalrouslyrefinedIvan, whohadsuchexcellentmanners." Mitya', : "IfsheissoanxiousIshouldnotmarryKaterinaIvanovna"(andheknewshewaspositivelyhystericaluponthesubject) "whyshouldsherefusemenowthatthreethousand, , iftheysettheirheartsonanything, , she'ssorich," Mityaargued.
Asforhis "plan" itwasjustthesameasbefore; itconsistedoftheofferofhisrightstoTchermashnya—butnotwithacommercialobject, asithadbeenwithSamsonov, nottryingtoalluretheladywiththepossibilityofmakingaprofitofsixorseventhousand—, Mityawasenchantedwithit, butsoitalwayswaswithhiminallhisundertakings, , whenhemountedthestepsofMadameHohlakov', asamathematicalcertainty, thatthiswashislasthope, thatifthisbrokedown, nothingelsewaslefthimintheworld, butto "robandmurdersomeoneforthethreethousand." Itwashalf-pastsevenwhenherangatthebell.
."Asthoughshewerewaitingforme," thoughtMitya, andassoonashehadbeenledtothedrawing-room, theladyofthehouseherselfranin, anddeclaredatoncethatshewasexpectinghim.
"Iwasexpectingyou! Iwasexpectingyou! ThoughI'dnoreasontosupposeyouwouldcometoseeme, , , DmitriFyodorovitch, butIwasconvincedallthemorningthatyouwouldcome."
