handkerchief to her lips and showed it to the priest, pressing her

other hand to her aching chest. The handkerchief was covered with

blood. The priest bowed his head and said nothing.

Marmeladov was in the last agony; he did not take his eyes off the

face of Katerina Ivanovna, who was bending over him again. He kept

trying to say something to her; he began moving his tongue with

difficulty and articulating indistinctly, but Katerina Ivanovna,

understanding that he wanted to ask her forgiveness, called