Two men who have appointments approach the door and ring. At first they are annoyed that the occupants have forgotten their appointments, but then they realize that the door is latched from the inside and that something must be wrong. One leaves to get the porter and the other waits at the door for a while before getting fed up and leaving also. Now that the coast is clear, Raskolnikov slips out the door and hides in a vacant apartment that is being painted. The men approach with the porter and head for the apartment. Just as they enter the apartment, which is now unlatched, Raskolnikov hurries out of the building and back to his flat, replacing the ax in the porter's room and falling asleep on his couch. .
He awakes in the middle of the night and realizes that he should hide all the evidence and lock his door. When he awakes in the morning he is met by Nastasia and the porter which has a summons for him. Extremely anxious, weak and unstable, he dresses and walks to the police station. On the way into the building the thought occurs to him to fall on my knees and.tell all. A strong smell of paint is in the air when he arrives in the station, and he finds it nauseating. He is informed that the reason for his summons is that his landlady is suing for unpaid rent. Feeling a sudden rush of relief and joy, he goes into a long explanation of his prior engagement to the landlady's daughter, who died. He is given an I.O.U. to sign and the clerk mentions that he seems ill. The thought again occurs to him to confess. At this moment, he overhears the officers discussing the murder and he collapses in a faint. When he awakes, he is worried that they are suspicious of him and runs home. He hides the stolen items beneath a rock in a vacant lot. .
After several days having a fever, delirium and illness, Raskolnikov awakes to discover Nastasia and a tradesman, whom he does not know, at his bedside. Razumikhin, who has been caring for him, enters the room.
