and be fed," Raskolnikov said loudly and distinctly.
"Yes, you did very sensibly.

But the worst of it is that at that point Mr.Tchebarov turns up, a business man.

Pashenka would never have thought of doing anything on her own account, she is too retiring; but the business man is by no means retiring, and first thing he puts the question, 'Is there any hope of realising the I O U ?' Answer: there is, because he has a mother who would save her Rodya with her hundred and twenty-five roubles pension, if she has to starve herself; and a sister, too, who would go into bondage for his sake.

That's what he was building upon....

Why do you start?
I know all the ins and outs of your affairs now, my dear boy--it's not for nothing that you were so open with Pashenka when you were her prospective son-in-law, and I say all this as a friend....