Do You Hear?

Raskolnikov listened intently, but with a sick sensation. He felt vexed that he had come here. The tavern, the degraded appearance of the man, the five nights in the hay-barge, and the pot of spirits, yet this poignant love for his wife and children bewildered his listener. Marmeladoff broke off, tried to smile, but suddenly his chin began to twitch. "'Oh, sir, perhaps all this seems a laughing matter to you, as it does to others,' cried Marmelad Off; 'but it is not a laughing Matter to me'