Have You Been Drinking With Him?

"There were twelve silver rubles left in the chest. Can he have drunk it all? There were 12 silver rublesleft in the chest," she cried. She seized him by the hair and dragged him into the room. Marmeladov seconded her efforts by meekly crawling along on his knees. And this is a consolation to me. This does not hurt me, but is a positive consolation, honored sir!" The young man was hastening away without uttering a word. Chorus laughing faces with pipes and cigarettes thrust themselves in at the doorway.