, andthathewouldafterwardshavetorepeathisevidenceonoath, howeverywitnesswascalledupontosigntheprotocolofhisevidence, , thatis, wasthesumspenthere, atMokroe, byMityaonthefirstoccasion, amonthbefore, threethousandorfifteenhundred? Andagainhadhespentthreethousandorfifteenhundredyesterday? Alas, , andsomewitnessesintroducednew, almostcrushingfacts, incontradictionofhis, Mitya's, , onthecontrary, anairofsternandsevereindignationwiththeaccused, , andwithreserve, waitedtobequestioned, , thatallthepeasantsaboutherewouldtestifythattheyhadheardthesumofthreethousandmentionedbyDmitriFyodorovitchhimself."Whatalotofmoneyheflungawayonthegypsygirlsalone! Hewastedathousand, Idaresay, onthemalone."

"Idon'tbelieveIgavethemfivehundred," wasMitya'sgloomycommentonthis."It'sapityIdidn'tcountthemoneyatthetime, butIwasdrunk...."

, withamelancholyandexhaustedair, asthoughhewouldsay:

"Oh, ."

"Morethanathousandwentonthem, DmitriFyodorovitch," retortedTrifonBorissovitchfirmly.", thievishlot, horse-stealers, they'vebeendrivenawayfromhere, ormaybethey', myself—countitIdidn't, youdidn'tletme, that'strueenough—butbythelookofitIshouldsayitwasfarmorethanfifteenhundred...fifteenhundred, indeed! We'...."

AsforthesumspentyesterdayheassertedthatDmitriFyodorovitchhadtoldhim, assoonashearrived, thathehadbroughtthreethousandwithhim.

"Comenow, isthatso, TrifonBorissovitch?" repliedMitya."SurelyIdidn'tdeclaresopositivelythatI'dbroughtthreethousand?"