The Brothers Karamazov
He again dismissed the ‘romantic’ aspect of the case and
passed to the serious one, that is, to the question of most
importance, concerning the three thousand roubles. Grush-
enka confirmed the statement that three thousand roubles
had certainly been spent on the first carousal at Mokroe,
and, though she had not counted the money herself, she
had heard that it was three thousand from Dmitri Fyodo-
rovitch’s own lips.
‘Did he tell you that alone, or before someone else, or did
you only hear him speak of it to others in your presence?’
the prosecutor inquired immediately.
To which Grushenka replied that she had heard him say
so before other people, and had heard him say so when they
were alone.
‘Did he say it to you alone once, or several times?’ inquired
the prosecutor, and learned that he had told Grushenka so
several times.
Ippolit Kirillovitch was very well satisfied with this piece
of evidence. Further examination elicited that Grushenka
knew, too, where that money had come from, and that Dmi-
tri Fyodorovitch had got it from Katerina Ivanovna.
‘And did you never, once, hear that the money spent a
month ago was not three thousand, but less, and that Dmi-
tri Fyodorovitch had saved half that sum for his own use?’
‘No, I never heard that,’ answered Grushenka.
It was explained further that Mitya had, on the contrary,
often told her that he hadn’t a farthing.
‘He was always expecting to get some from his father,’
said Grushenka in conclusion.