Marmelodov, Once Already You Have Deceived My Expectations

Marmelodov stopped in violent excitement when a whole party of revelers already drunk came in from the street. He appeared by now to be extremely weak, but as he became more and more drunk, he become more and more talkative. Cross-colnikov listened attentively. "As soon as Katarina Ivanovna and Sonia heard of it, mercy on us, it was as though I stepped into the kingdom of heaven," Marmelodov said.