Also known as wooden pledge, silver cigarette case.
The false pledge Raskolnikov prepares as a decoy for Alyona Ivanovna. Its wrapping is meant to make her pause and untie the package, buying him the seconds in which a rehearsed crime can begin.
Part I, Chapter VII
The decoy does its work at the door of the murder scene, turning the ordinary ritual of pawning into a trap.
Epilogue
The wrapped wood and iron strip later appear among the strange material details used to explain the crime.
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