Just as they reach the rooming house where his mother and sister are staying, Rodya parts from
Razumihkin promising to return shortly. The parting is again difficult. Rodya flees to his room to
search for any scraps of evidence, but he can find nothing.
As he is leaving his room, the porter points out a man who was inquiring after him. When
approached, the mysterious stranger calls him "Murderer!" and leaves. Even though Rodya follows
him, nothing is resolved. This episode leaves him visibly agitated and confused, and rather than
going to his mother's, he returns to his room and sleeps.
Alone, he begins to examine the basis of his theory. He still believes in the nobility of the theory, but
he worries about whether he might not have destroyed some of its nobility by practicing it on a
disgusting object like the old pawnbroker. Napoleon was a real ruler "to whom everything is
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