The district office where ordinary summonses, debts, complaints, and criminal news meet. Raskolnikov is called there over a debt, not the crime in his mind, and the mismatch makes the place almost unbearable. Its officials and gossip turn bureaucracy into psychological pressure.
Part II, Chapter I
Raskolnikov hears discussion of the pawnbroker murders in the office and faints, giving his fear a public sign.
Part VI, Chapter VIII
He returns there after the Hay Market and makes his confession.
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