undertone what to write.
“Write it down? You want to write that down? Well, write it; I consent, I give my full consent, gentlemen, only … do you see? … Stay, stay, write this.
Of disorderly conduct I am guilty, of violence on a poor old man I am guilty. And there is something else at the bottom of my heart, of which I am guilty, too—but that you need not write down” (he turned suddenly to the secretary); “that’s my personal life, gentlemen, that doesn’t concern you, the bottom of my heart, that’s to say. … But of the murder of my old father I’m not guilty. That’s a wild idea. It’s quite a wild idea! … I will prove you that and you’ll be convinced directly. … You will laugh, gentlemen. You’ll laugh yourselves at your suspicion! …”
“Be calm, Dmitri Fyodorovitch,” said the