"Youwillgiveyourevidencehonorably," saidAlyosha; "that'sallthat'swanted."
"Womenareoftendishonorable," shesnarled."OnlyanhouragoIwasthinkingIfeltafraidtotouchthatmonster...asthoughhewereareptile...butno, heisstillahumanbeingtome! Butdidhedoit? Ishethemurderer?" shecried, allofasudden, hysterically, , perhapsonlyamomentbeforehecamein, andnotforthefirsttime, butforthehundredth, andthattheyhadendedbyquarreling.
"I'vebeentoseeSmerdyakov....Itwasyou, 'sonlyyouIbelieved!" shecontinued, .
"Well, that'senough, anyway," Ivancutshorttheconversation."Iamgoing.I'llcometo-morrow." Andturningatonce, hewalkedoutoftheroomandwentstraightdownstairs.
Withanimperiousgesture, KaterinaIvanovnaseizedAlyoshabybothhands.
"Followhim! Overtakehim! Don'tleavehimaloneforaminute!" shesaid, inahurriedwhisper."He'smad! Don'tyouknowthathe'smad? Heisinafever, , runafterhim...."
AlyoshajumpedupandranafterIvan, whowasnotfiftypacesaheadofhim.
"Whatdoyouwant?" HeturnedquicklyonAlyosha, seeingthathewasrunningafterhim."Shetoldyoutocatchmeup, becauseI'," headdedirritably.
"Sheismistaken, ofcourse; butsheisrightthatyouareill," saidAlyosha.", Ivan."
.
"Anddoyouknow, AlexeyFyodorovitch, howpeopledogooutoftheirmind?" Ivanaskedinavoicesuddenlyquiet, withoutatraceofirritation, withanoteofthesimplestcuriosity.
"No, Idon'."
"Andcanoneobservethatone'sgoingmadoneself?"
"Iimagineonecan'tseeoneselfclearlyinsuchcircumstances," Alyoshaansweredwithsurprise.
Ivanpausedforhalfaminute.
"Ifyouwanttotalktome, pleasechangethesubject," hesaidsuddenly.
