Crime and Punishment, Part 2, Chapter 6 summary

What happens

1. Raskolnikov secretly leaves with his money, wanders through crowded streets, gives away coins, and reflects on the desire to stay alive.
2. At the Palais de Cristal, he reads murder reports and unsettles Zametov with criminal schemes and a question about his own guilt.
3. He rejects Razumihin’s help and invitation, leaving his friend worried that he might drown himself.
4. At X—— Bridge, he watches police rescue Afrosinya from the canal and then starts toward the police station.
5. He detours into the murder apartment, rings its bell repeatedly, and asks the workmen about the vanished blood.
6. After a porter throws him out, he again considers the police station but walks toward a crowd surrounding a carriage.

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What to notice

Raskolnikov turns speculation into a direct question about his own guilt. The conditional wording exposes him without becoming an outright confession.

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