They came out on to the pavement.
"You go to the right, and I to the left, or if you like, the other way. Only adieu, mon plaisir, may we meet again."
And he walked to the right towards the Hay Market.
CHAPTER VRaskolnikov walked after him.
"What's this?" cried Svidrigaïlov turning round, "I thought I said..."
"It means that I am not going to lose sight of you now."
"What?"
Both stood still and gazed at one another, as though measuring their strength.
"From all your half tipsy stories," Raskolnikov observed harshly, "I am positive that you have not given up your designs on my sister, but are pursuing them more actively than ever. I have learnt that my sister received a letter this morning. You have hardly been able to sit still all this time.... You may have unearthed a wife on the
