# Book 9 Chapter 9 - They Carry Mitya Away, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Librivox Audiobook

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## Transcript

[0:02] Speaker 1: When the protocol had been signed, Nikolai Parfenovich turned solemnly
[0:06] Speaker 1: to the prisoner and read him the committal, setting forth
[0:09] Speaker 1: that in such a year, on such a day, In
[0:32] Speaker 1: such a place, the investigating lawyer of such and such
[0:35] Speaker 1: a district court, having examined so-and-so, to wit, Mitya, accused
[0:40] Speaker 1: of this and of that, all the charges were carefully
[0:44] Speaker 1: written out, and having considered that the accused, not pleading
[0:48] Speaker 1: guilty to the charges made against him, had brought forward
[0:51] Speaker 1: nothing in his defense, while the witnesses, so-and-so, and so-and-so,
[0:56] Speaker 1: and the circumstances such and such testify against him, acting
[1:01] Speaker 1: in accordance with such and such articles of the statute book,
[1:04] Speaker 1: and so on, has ruled that, in order to preclude so-and-so, Mitya,
[1:10] Speaker 1: from all means of evading pursuit and judgment, he be
[1:14] Speaker 1: detained in such and such a prison, which he hereby
[1:17] Speaker 1: notifies to the accused, and communicates a copy of this
[1:20] Speaker 1: same committal to the deputy prosecutor, and so on, and
[1:24] Speaker 1: so on. In brief, Mitya was informed that he was,
[1:29] Speaker 1: from that moment, prisoner, and that he would be driven
[1:32] Speaker 1: at once to the town, and there shut up in
[1:35] Speaker 1: a very unpleasant place. Mitya listened attentively, and only shrugged
[1:40] Speaker 1: his shoulders. Well, gentlemen, I don't blame you. I'm ready.
[1:46] Speaker 1: I understand that there's nothing else for you to do.
[1:49] Speaker 1: Nikolai Parfenovich informed him gently that he would be escorted
[1:53] Speaker 1: at once by the rural police officer, Mavriky Mavrikevich, who
[1:57] Speaker 1: happened to be on the spot. Stay! Mitya interrupted suddenly,
[2:02] Speaker 1: and impelled by an uncontrollable feeling, he pronounced, addressing all
[2:06] Speaker 1: in the room, Gentlemen, we're all cruel, we're all monsters.
[2:12] Speaker 1: We all make men weep, and mothers, and babes at
[2:14] Speaker 1: the breast. But of all, let it be settled here, now.
[2:18] Speaker 1: Of all, I am the lowest reptile. I've sworn to amend,
[2:22] Speaker 1: and every day I've done the same filthy things. I
[2:25] Speaker 1: understand now that such men as I need a blow.
[2:28] Speaker 1: a blow of destiny to catch them as with a noose,
[2:31] Speaker 1: and bind them by force from without. Never, never should
[2:35] Speaker 1: I have risen of myself. But the thunderbolt has fallen.
[2:38] Speaker 1: I accept the torture of accusation and my public shame.
[2:42] Speaker 1: I want to suffer, and by suffering I shall be purified.
[2:46] Speaker 1: Perhaps I shall be purified, gentlemen. But listen, for the
[2:50] Speaker 1: last time, I am not guilty of my father's blood.
[2:53] Speaker 1: I accept my punishment. Not because I killed him, but
[2:57] Speaker 1: because I meant to kill him. and perhaps I really
[3:00] Speaker 1: might have killed him. Still, I mean to fight it
[3:03] Speaker 1: out with you. I warn you of that. I'll fight
[3:07] Speaker 1: it out with you to the end, and then God
[3:08] Speaker 1: will decide. Goodbye, gentlemen. Don't be vexed with me for
[3:13] Speaker 1: having shouted at you during the examination. Oh, I was
[3:16] Speaker 1: still such a fool then. In another minute I shall
[3:19] Speaker 1: be a prisoner, but for now, for the last time,
[3:22] Speaker 1: as a free man. Dmitri Karamazov offers you his hand.
[3:26] Speaker 1: Saying goodbye to you, I say it to all men.
[3:29] Speaker 1: His voice quivered and he stretched out his hand, but
[3:32] Speaker 1: Nikolai Parfenovitch, who happened to stand nearest to him, with
[3:36] Speaker 1: a sudden, almost nervous movement, hid his hands behind his back.
[3:41] Speaker 1: Mitya instantly noticed this and started. He let his outstretched
[3:46] Speaker 1: hand fall at once. The preliminary inquiry is not yet over,
[3:51] Speaker 1: Nikolai Parfenovitch faltered, somewhat embarrassed. We will continue it in
[3:55] Speaker 1: the town, and I, for my part, of course— am
[3:59] Speaker 1: ready to wish you all success in your defense. As
[4:02] Speaker 1: a matter of fact, Dmitri Fyodorovich, I have always been
[4:06] Speaker 1: disposed to regard you as, so to speak, more unfortunate
[4:10] Speaker 1: than guilty. All of us here, if I may make
[4:13] Speaker 1: bold to speak for all, we are all ready to
[4:15] Speaker 1: recognize that you are, at bottom, a young man of honor,
[4:19] Speaker 1: but alas, one who has been carried away by certain
[4:22] Speaker 1: passions to a somewhat excessive degree. Nikolai Parfenovitch's little figure
[4:28] Speaker 1: was positively majestic by the time he had finished speaking.
[4:32] Speaker 1: It struck Mitya that in another minute this boy would
[4:35] Speaker 1: take his arm, lead him to another corner, and renew
[4:39] Speaker 1: their conversation about girls. But many quite irrelevant and inappropriate
[4:43] Speaker 1: thoughts sometimes occur even to a prisoner when he is
[4:46] Speaker 1: being led out to execution. Gentlemen, you are good, you
[4:51] Speaker 1: are humane. May I see her to say good-bye for
[4:54] Speaker 1: the last time? asked Mitya. Certainly, but considering... In fact,
[5:01] Speaker 1: now it's impossible except in the presence of... Oh, well.
[5:05] Speaker 1: If it must be so, it must. Grushenka was brought in,
[5:10] Speaker 1: but the farewell was brief, in a few words, and
[5:12] Speaker 1: did not at all satisfy Nikolai Parfenovich. Grushenka made a
[5:16] Speaker 1: deep bow to Mitya. I have told you I am yours,
[5:20] Speaker 1: and I will be yours. I will follow you forever,
[5:23] Speaker 1: wherever they may send you. farewell you are guiltless though
[5:28] Speaker 1: you've been your own undoing her lips quivered tears flowed
[5:32] Speaker 1: from her eyes forgive me grusha for my love for
[5:36] Speaker 1: ruining you too with my love mitya would have said
[5:39] Speaker 1: something more but he broke off and went out he
[5:42] Speaker 1: was at once surrounded by men who kept a constant
[5:45] Speaker 1: watch on him at the bottom of the steps to
[5:47] Speaker 1: which he had been driven up with such a dash
[5:49] Speaker 1: the day before with andrii's three horses two carts stood
[5:53] Speaker 1: in readiness Mavriky Mavrikevich, a sturdy, thick-set man with a
[5:58] Speaker 1: wrinkled face, was annoyed about something, some sudden irregularity. He
[6:04] Speaker 1: was shouting angrily. He asked Mitya to get into the
[6:08] Speaker 1: cart with somewhat excessive surliness. When I stood him drinks
[6:12] Speaker 1: in the tavern, the man had quite a different face,
[6:15] Speaker 1: thought Mitya as he got in. At the gates there
[6:18] Speaker 1: was a crowd of people, peasants, women, and drivers. Trifon Borisovich,
[6:23] Speaker 1: came down from the steps, too. All stared at Mitya.
[6:28] Speaker 1: Forgive me at parting, good people, Mitya shouted suddenly from
[6:31] Speaker 1: the cart. Forgive us, too, he heard two or three voices.
[6:36] Speaker 1: Goodbye to you, too, Trifon Borisovich. But Trifon Borisovich did
[6:40] Speaker 1: not even turn round. He was, perhaps, too busy. He, too,
[6:45] Speaker 1: was shouting and fussing about something. It appeared that everything
[6:49] Speaker 1: was not yet ready in the second cart. in which
[6:51] Speaker 1: two constables were to accompany Mavriky Mavrikayevich. The peasant, who
[6:56] Speaker 1: had been ordered to drive the second cart, was pulling
[6:59] Speaker 1: on his smock, stoutly maintaining that it was not his
[7:02] Speaker 1: turn to go, but Akim's. But Akim was not to
[7:06] Speaker 1: be seen. They ran to look for him. The peasant
[7:10] Speaker 1: persisted and besought them to wait. You see what our
[7:14] Speaker 1: peasants are, Mavriky Mavrikayevich? They've no shame, exclaimed Trifan Borisovich.
[7:20] Speaker 1: Akim gave you twenty-five kopecks the day before yesterday. You've
[7:24] Speaker 1: drunk it all, and now you cry out. I'm simply
[7:27] Speaker 1: surprised at your good nature. With our low peasants, Mavriky Mavrikeyevich,
[7:32] Speaker 1: that's all I can say. But what do we want
[7:35] Speaker 1: a second cart for, Mitya put in? Let's start with
[7:38] Speaker 1: the one, Mavriky Mavrikeyevich. I won't be unruly. I won't
[7:43] Speaker 1: run away from you, old fellow. What do we want
[7:45] Speaker 1: an escort for? I'll trouble you, sir, to learn how
[7:49] Speaker 1: to speak to me if you've never been taught. I'm
[7:52] Speaker 1: not old fellow to you, and you can keep your
[7:55] Speaker 1: advice for another time. Mavriky Mavrikevich snapped out savagely, as
[8:00] Speaker 1: though glad to vent his wrath. Mitya was reduced to silence.
[8:05] Speaker 1: He flushed all over. A moment later he felt suddenly
[8:08] Speaker 1: very cold. The rain had ceased, but the dull sky
[8:12] Speaker 1: was still overcast with clouds, and a keen wind was
[8:15] Speaker 1: blowing straight in his face. I've taken a chill, thought Mitya,
[8:19] Speaker 1: twitching his shoulders. At last, Mavriky Mavrikevich, too, got into
[8:24] Speaker 1: the cart, sat down heavily, and as though without noticing it,
[8:28] Speaker 1: squeezed Mitya into the corner. It is true that he
[8:32] Speaker 1: was out of humor and greatly disliked the task that
[8:35] Speaker 1: had been laid upon him. Goodbye, Trifon Borisovich, Mitya shouted again,
[8:40] Speaker 1: and felt himself that he had not called out this
[8:43] Speaker 1: time from good nature, but involuntarily, from resentment. But Trifon
[8:48] Speaker 1: Brisevich stood proudly, with both hands behind his back, and
[8:52] Speaker 1: staring straight at Mitya with a stern and angry face,
[8:55] Speaker 1: he made no reply.' Good- bye, Dmitri Fyodorovich! Good-bye!' He heard
[9:01] Speaker 1: all at once the voice of Kalganov, who had suddenly
[9:03] Speaker 1: darted out. Running up to the cart, he held out
[9:07] Speaker 1: his hand to Mitya. He had no cap on. Mitya
[9:11] Speaker 1: had time to seize and press his hand.' Good- bye, dear fellow!
[9:15] Speaker 1: I shan't forget your generosity!' he cried warmly. But the
[9:19] Speaker 1: cart moved and their hands parted. The bell began ringing
[9:23] Speaker 1: and Mitya was driven off. Kalganov ran back, sat down
[9:27] Speaker 1: in a corner, bent his head, hid his face in
[9:30] Speaker 1: his hands and burst out crying. For a long while
[9:33] Speaker 1: he sat like that, crying as though he were a
[9:35] Speaker 1: little boy instead of a young man of twenty. Oh,
[9:38] Speaker 1: he believed almost without doubt in Mitya's guilt. What are
[9:42] Speaker 1: these people? What can men be after this? he exclaimed incoherently.
[9:47] Speaker 1: in bitter despondency almost despair at that moment he had
[9:51] Speaker 1: no desire to live is it worth it is it
[9:55] Speaker 1: worth it exclaimed the boy in his grief

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