Also known as the box of pistols, the pistol loaded by Mitya at Perhotin's.
These are the pistols Dmitri has pawned to Perhotin, then suddenly redeems on the night he rushes toward Mokroe. At Perhotin's rooms he loads one pistol by candlelight and speaks of a bullet going into his own brain. The case travels with him as part of the frantic baggage of money, blood, and last resolutions that follows Dmitri Karamazov out of town.
VIII-VI. “I Am Coming, Too!”
At Plastunov's Inn, Dmitri has the pistol case brought inside and then sets it aside before entering the blue room.
VIII-VIII. Delirium
During the revel, Dmitri thinks of the pistols again in the dark corner of the wooden balcony, weighing whether to end his life at once.
IX-II. The Alarm
The officials hurry to Mokroe partly because Perhotin reports Dmitri's loaded pistol and fears he may shoot himself before dawn; Trifon has already removed the case from Dmitri's reach.
XII-I. The Fatal Day
At the trial, the loaded pistol taken from Dmitri at Mokroe lies among the material proofs on the courtroom table.
XII-IX. The Galloping Troika. The End Of The Prosecutor’s Speech.
Ippolit Kirillovitch makes the pistol central to his account of Dmitri's intended suicide and the emotional logic of the night.
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