'You Don't Say She Gave It to You,' Cried One of the Newcomers

"I stole from Katarina Ivanovna the key of her box, took out what was left of my earnings," Marmeladoff said. "It's the fifth day since I left home, and they are looking for me there,. It's the end of my employment, and my uniform is lying in a tavern on the Egyptian bridge." He struck his forehead with his fist, clenched his teeth, closed his eyes, and leaned heavily with his elbow on the table. But a minute later, he glanced at Raskolnikov, laughed and said, "'This morning I went to see Sonia. I went to ask her for a pick-me-up' Heh