investigating lawyer evidently trying to allay Mitya’s excitement by his own composure. > “Before we go on with our inquiry, I should like, if you will consent to answer, to hear you confirm the statement that you disliked your father, Fyodor Pavlovitch, that you were involved in continual disputes with him. Here at least, a quarter of an hour ago, you exclaimed that you wanted to kill him: ‘I didn’t kill him,’ you said, ‘but I wanted to kill him.’
“Did I exclaim that? Ach, that may be so, gentlemen! Yes, unhappily, I did want to kill him … many times I wanted to … unhappily, unhappily!”
“You wanted to. Would you consent to explain what motives precisely led you to such a sentiment of hatred for your parent?”
“What is there to explain, gentlemen?” Mitya shrugged his shoulders sullenly, looking down. “I have never