embrace them, he could not. His mother and sister clasped him in their

arms, kissed him, laughed and cried. He took a step, tottered and fell

Anxiety, cries of horror, moans... Razumihin who was standing in the

doorway flew into the room, seized the sick man in his strong arms and

in a moment had him on the sofa.

"It's nothing, nothing!" he cried to the mother and sister- "it's

only a faint, a mere trifle! Only just now the doctor said he was much

better, that he is perfectly well! Water! See, he is coming to