Also known as To my angel Grushenka, if she will come, For my little chicken, the envelope with the pink ribbon, the fatal three thousand roubles.
Smerdyakov tells Ivan that Fyodor Pavlovitch keeps a big sealed envelope with three thousand roubles promised to Grushenka if she comes to him. The inscription is intimate and ridiculous, but the packet is dangerous because Dmitri knows of it and considers that amount his own. At this horizon, the envelope is temptation, bait, and family money made visible in one object.
IX-VI. The Prosecutor Catches Mitya
During Dmitri's preliminary investigation, the empty envelope is shown on the table as material evidence, and Dmitri insists that only Smerdyakov knew where the money had been hidden.
XI-VIII. The Third And Last Interview With Smerdyakov
In Smerdyakov's confession, Smerdyakov says the money was not under the mattress but behind the icons, and that he opened the envelope and left it on the floor to make the theft look like Dmitri's work.
XII-XI. There Was No Money. There Was No Robbery
The defense argues that the torn envelope proves neither that the notes were still inside nor that any robbery occurred, making the packet a contested sign rather than simple proof.
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