Wherewasherunning? "WherecouldshebeexceptatFyodorPavlovitch's? ShemusthaverunstraighttohimfromSamsonov's, , thewholedeceitwasevident."...'s."Therewasnoneedtogothere...nottheslightestneed...hemustraisenoalarm...theywouldrunandtelldirectly....MaryaKondratyevnawasclearlyintheplot, Smerdyakovtoo, hetoo, allhadbeenboughtover!"

Heformedanotherplanofaction: heranalongwayroundFyodorPavlovitch'shouse, crossingthelane, runningdownDmitrovskyStreet, thenoverthelittlebridge, andsocamestraighttothedesertedalleyattheback, whichwasemptyanduninhabited, with, ononesidethehurdlefenceofaneighbor'skitchengarden, ontheotherthestronghighfence, thatranallroundFyodorPavlovitch', apparentlytheveryplace, whereaccordingtothetradition, heknewLizavetahadonceclimbedoverit: "Ifshecouldclimboverit," thethought, Godknowswhy, occurredtohim, "surelyIcan." Hedidinfactjumpup, , inthegardenstoodthebath-house, butfromthefencehecouldseethelightedwindowsofthehousetoo.

"Yes, theoldman''sthere!" , too, andthattherewasnoonetohearhim, heinstinctivelyhidhimself, stoodstill, , asthoughofdesign, completestillness, nottheslightestbreathofwind.

"Andnaughtbutthewhisperingsilence," thelineforsomereasonrosetohismind."Ifonlynooneheardmejumpoverthefence! Ithinknot." Standingstillforaminute, hewalkedsoftlyoverthegrassinthegarden, , creepingstealthilyateverystep, -handside, wasshut; hehadcarefullylookedonpurposetosee, ."Imustwaitnow," hethought, "toreassurethem, incasetheyheardmyfootstepsandarelistening...ifonlyIdon'tcoughorsneeze."