Hespentthateveningtillteno’clockgoingfromonelowhaunttoanother。Katiatooturnedupandsanganotherguttersong，howacertain“villainandtyrant”
“begankissingKatia。”
SvidrigailovtreatedKatiaandtheorgan-grinderandsomesingersandthewaitersandtwolittleclerks。Hewasparticularlydrawntotheseclerksbythefactthattheybothhadcrookednoses，onebenttotheleftandtheothertotheright。Theytookhimfinallytoapleasuregarden，wherehepaidfortheirentrance。Therewasonelankythree-year-oldpine-treeandthreebushesinthegarden，besidesa“Vauxhall，”whichwasinrealityadrinking-barwhereteatoowasserved，andtherewereafewgreentablesandchairsstandingroundit。AchorusofwretchedsingersandadrunkenbutexceedinglydepressedGermanclownfromMunichwitharednoseentertainedthepublic。Theclerksquarrelledwithsomeotherclerksandafightseemedimminent。Svidrigailovwaschosentodecidethedispute。Helistenedtothemforaquarterofanhour，buttheyshoutedsoloudthattherewasnopossibilityofunderstandingthem。TheonlyfactthatseemedcertainwasthatoneofthemhadstolensomethingandhadevensucceededinsellingitonthespottoaJew，butwouldnotsharethespoilwithhiscompanion。FinallyitappearedthatthestolenobjectwasateaspoonbelongingtotheVauxhall。Itwasmissedandtheaffairbegantoseemtroublesome。Svidrigailovpaidforthespoon，gotup，andwalkedoutofthegarden。Itwasaboutsixo’clock。Hehadnotdrunkadropofwineallthistimeandhadorderedteamoreforthesakeofappearancesthananything。
Itwasadarkandstiflingevening。Threateningstorm-cloudscameovertheskyaboutteno’clock。Therewasaclapofthunder，andtheraincamedownlikeawaterfall。Thewaterfellnotindrops，butbeatontheearthinstreams。Therewereflashesoflightningeveryminuteandeachflashlastedwhileonecouldcountfive。
Drenchedtotheskin，hewenthome，lockedhimselfin，openedthebureau，tookoutallhismoneyandtoreuptwoorthreepapers。Then，puttingthemoneyinhispocket，hewasabouttochangehisclothes，but，lookingoutofthewindowandlisteningtothethunderandtherain，hegaveuptheidea，tookuphishatandwentoutoftheroomwithoutlockingthedoor。HewentstraighttoSonia。Shewasathome。