Also known as the murder of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov, the Karamazov case.
The murder first arrives at Mokroe as a formal accusation against Dmitri. The officials enter the rooms after the revel and tell him that he is charged with murdering his father, Fyodor Pavlovitch, that same night. At this point the fact is public only as an accusation and a shock, with Dmitri stunned before the assembled authorities.
IX-II. The Alarm
The death is confirmed at Fyodor Pavlovitch's house: he is found on his back with his skull battered in, his light dressing-gown and white shirt soaked with blood. The empty envelope for Grushenka and the pink ribbon turn the killing into a case of murder and robbery.
IX-V. The Third Ordeal
The inquiry fixes on the garden entrance: the officials say the open door proves the murderer went into the room and out again, while Dmitri insists it was shut when he was in the garden. The same chapter also raises, and leaves unsettled, the possibility of Smerdyakov.
IX-IX. They Carry Mitya Away
Dmitri is committed for trial while still denying his father's blood. He accepts public shame and punishment for what he meant and might have done, but not for the murder itself.
XI-VIII. The Third And Last Interview With Smerdyakov
Smerdyakov tells Ivan that he killed Fyodor Pavlovitch, used the agreed signal to get the door opened, took the three thousand roubles, and arranged the envelope and ribbon to point toward Dmitri.
XII-I. The Fatal Day
The case opens in court with the murder charge at its center. The dressing-gown, pestle, bloodstained clothes, envelope, and ribbon lie on the table of material proofs before the judges, jury, public, and prisoner.
XII-XIV. The Peasants Stand Firm
The jury finds Dmitri guilty of the murder and robbery. The verdict settles the court's judgment even while the private knowledge around Smerdyakov and Ivan makes the moral truth more divided.
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