After the murders, Raskolnikov collapses into fever, delirium, and broken awareness while Nastasya, Razumihin, and Zossimov move around his room. The illness is physical, but it also gives his hidden crime a public form as others watch, interpret, and manage him.
Part III, Chapter III
The arrival of his mother and sister makes the sickroom history impossible to keep separate from family judgement and alarm.
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