Event
Katerina's Visit to Dmitri
Also known as that ‘adventure’ with Katerina Ivanovna, that fatal, accursed day, visit gentlemen in the dusk for money, brought your beauty for sale, that day, fatal day.
Katerina Ivanovna comes alone to Dmitri's lodging when her father is in danger over missing government money. Dmitri has cruelly suggested that she come to him for help, but when she stands before him he silently gives her a five-thousand-rouble note and opens the door for her. She answers with a deep bow to the floor before leaving. In Dmitri's telling, the moment contains both his basest impulse and the sudden act that binds her gratitude to him.
III-X. Both Together
At Katerina Ivanovna's House, Grushenka uses the secret of the visit as a weapon, saying that Katerina once went to a gentleman in the dusk for money.
III-XI. Another Reputation Ruined
Dmitri realizes that he told Grushenka about the fatal day during the earlier spree at Mokroe, turning his own disclosure into a fresh humiliation for Katerina.
This entry is sealed. You have not yet read far enough to open it.