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Fyodorovitch would go should be ‘included in the case.’
              Kalganov,  when  called,  came  in  reluctantly,  frowning
            and ill-humoured, and he spoke to the lawyers as though
           he had never met them before in his life, though they were
            acquaintances  whom  he  had  been  meeting  every  day  for
            a long time past. He began by saying that ‘he knew noth-
           ing about it and didn’t want to.’ But it appeared that he had
           heard of the’ sixth’ thousand, and he admitted that he had
            been standing close by at the moment. As far as he could see
           he ‘didn’t know’ how much money Mitya had in his hands.
           He affirmed that the Poles had cheated at cards. In reply to
           reiterated questions he stated that, after the Poles had been
           turned out, Mitya’s position with Agrafena Alexandrovna
           had certainly improved, and that she had said that she loved
           him. He spoke of Agrafena Alexandrovna with reserve and
           respect, as though she had been a lady of the best society,
            and did not once allow himself to call her Grushenka. In
            spite of the young man’s obvious repugnance at giving ev-
           idence, Ippolit Kirillovitch examined him at great length,
            and only from him learnt all the details of what made up
           Mitya’s ‘romance,’ so to say, on that night. Mitya did not
            once pull Kalganov up. At last they let the young man go,
            and he left the room with unconcealed indignation.
              The Poles, too, were examined. Though they had gone
           to bed in their room, they had not slept all night, and on
           the arrival of the police officers they hastily dressed and
            got ready, realising that they would certainly be sent for.
           They gave their evidence with dignity, though not without
            some uneasiness. The little Pole turned out to be a retired

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