11 0 The Brothers Karamazov
which I will describe directly. Indeed, when the witnesses a
decharge, that is, called the defence, began giving evidence,
fortune seemed all at once markedly more favourable
to Mitya, and what was particularly striking, this was a
surprise even to the counsel for the defence. But before Kat-
erina Ivanovna was called, Alyosha was examined, and he
recalled a fact which seemed to furnish positive evidence
against one important point made by the prosecution.