Ch 5• At 7am Raskolnikov goes to the police station.• He's waiting for Porfiry and can't understand why nobody seems interested in him.• That man from yesterday, the one who called him a murderer, must not have been real.• If the man was real, Raskolnikov thinks the cops and they would have arrested him as soon

as he stepped into the police station.• He thinks about how much he hates Porfiry and decides he won't give the man any

information at all. Then, he's called into Porfiry's office.• Porfiry is alone. He closes the door behind Raskolnikov.• Raskolnikov gives him the statement he wrote, in regards to the pawned items he wants to

claim, and asks if it's OK.• Porfiry takes the paper from Raskolnikov without much interest and seems distracted.• Raskolnikov, who is nervous and agitated, asks him if he wants to question him about the

murder of the two women.• Porfiry says there is plenty of time for that, and then begins to talk about the new house he's

having fixed up and will move into soon.• Angry, Raskolnikov asks him if it's a tradition among detectives to make small talk to distract a

suspect and then to spring the accusations on him when his guard is down.• Porfiry takes this as a joke and starts to laugh. Raskolnikov laughs too, but then gets mad

again and frowns.• Irritated, Raskolnikov stands up and tells Porfiry that, if he wants to question him, he should

do so, but that he doesn't have time for small talk.• Porfiry says he doesn't want to question Raskolnikov, but just wants to hang out with him for a

few minutes – like friends.• He then spends a long time explaining some of his detective methods to Raskolnikov.• Basically, Porfiry tells Raskolnikov, all criminals eventually confess and it's important to give a

criminal time and space to make the confession.• If a criminal is arrested before the time is right, before there is exact proof, it will disrupt this

process.• He says that, once a criminal is aware of Porfiry, the criminal will keep coming around Porfiry

until he gives himself away, all on his own.• Raskolnikov fantasizes about choking Porfiry while he talks on and on about how ingenious

his methods are. Raskolnikov can't take anymore and turns white.• Getting up, Raskolnikov demands that they throw him in jail right now if he's a suspect, or to

leave him alone if he isn't.• Porfiry tries to get Raskolnikov to drink water, saying that he must be sick again.• He tells Raskolnikov that he's just hallucinating. He's seen cases like this before. A guy has

been sick, a murder happens, and so the sick man comes to imagine that he is the killer, or that he has some involvement in the murder.

• Porfiry says that's why Raskolnikov went to visit the scene of the crime the other day, when he asked the workmen if they had cleaned all the blood off the floor.

• Raskolnikov says he wasn't delusional when he did that.• They go back and forth like this for a while until finally Raskolnikov asks him to just tell him

whether or not he is a suspect.• Porfiry won't give him a straight answer. He claims that he only wants to be Raskolnikov's

friend.• Raskolnikov says he doesn't want his friendship and goes to the door.• This is amusing to Porfiry, who tells Raskolnikov he can't leave without seeing Porfiry's

"surprise." He tells him to open a door in his office to find the surprise.• The door is locked and Raskolnikov is furious. When Porfiry hold out the key to him,

Raskolnikov freaks out, trying to attack the man, who threatens to have him restrained.

• Raskolnikov says there is no evidence against him, but that he knows they plan to arrest him anyway. It's all in your head, Porfiry tells him.

• Raskolnikov hears a noise outside the door and thinks he's about to be arrested.But then, something completely unexpected happens.

Ch 6• This is how Raskolnikov will remember the scene at some point in the future:• Commotion is building outside the door.• Porfiry is puzzled and claims he gave orders that he shouldn't be disturbed.• He asks what the people at the door want. They say that Nikolay (the painter accused of

murder) wants to see him.• Apparently Nikolay was supposed to come after Raskolnikov, but Nikolay bursts into the room

and confesses to murdering the two women.• Porfiry doesn't buy it and questions him to be sure.• Porfiry momentarily forgot about Raskolnikov, and now tells Raskolnikov that they should

catch up later.• Raskolnikov, sneering, reminds him about the big "surprise."• As usual, Porfiry doesn't answer the question, but makes witty remarks instead.• Porfiry says he'll see Raskolnikov later. Raskolnikov says Porfiry will not see him later.• They go on that way for a few minutes.• Then Raskolnikov apologizes to him for getting so worked up.• Porfiry reassures him that everything is OK and that he wants them to spend lots of time

together. He asks if Raskolnikov is going to a "birthday party."• "A funeral," Raskolnikov tells him. Then he tells Porfiry that he thinks his department is like a

bad comedy. (Translation: Porfiry is silly.)• Raskolnikov says that it's funny the way Porfiry harasses poor Nikolay until he prefers to

confess than play the game.• Porfiry chuckles, and congratulates Raskolnikov on his cleverness (still trying to shoo him

away), then says Raskolnikov reminds him of a character by Gogol (an excellent and tragically funny Russian writer. Click here for more.)

• Finally, Raskolnikov actually leaves. He can't imagine what Nikolay's confession means. It's too complicated to think about. The meeting with Porfiry has freaked him out.

• He wonders what's up with this weird business about a surprise? Is this all a joke, or is he a suspect?

• Suddenly, Raskolnikov gets happy. He wants to get to the funeral, so that he can get to the dinner and see (insert sigh) Sonia.

• Then he looks like he's in anguish, and says out loud, "To-day! To-day. Yes, to-day! So it must be...."

• Then he sees the scary man from yesterday (the one who accused him of being a murderer).• The man says he falsely accused Raskolnikov. He was there at the pawnbroker's building

when Raskolnikov asked about the blood and pretended he wanted a room.• He found out what he could about Raskolnikov and then went to Porfiry.• This man was supposed to be Porfiry's "surprise."• Raskolnikov asks if he heard the interview with Nikolay, but apparently Porfiry gave him the

boot just after he'd given it to Raskolnikov.• The man says, "Forgive me for my evil thoughts and my slander."• Raskolnikov says he hopes God forgives the man. (He's not mean about it.)Now that all that's cleared up, Raskolnikov is "confident" once again. He beats himself up for having been afraid.