It was a strange time for Raskolnikov: Katerina Ivanovna is dead; Dunya has visited him; Svidrigailov, who had overheard his conversation with Sonya, worries him the most. Now Razumihkin comes to accuse him of being a scoundrel for ignoring his family. He informs Rodya that his mother, Pulcheria Alexandrovna, had come to see him thinking he was sick but eventually decided he had forgotten his mother.
Razumihkin is disgusted with Rodya until he hears about Dunya's visit and that Rodya wants him to look after both Dunya and her mother: "Whatever happens to me, wherever I go, you will stay and look after them. I entrust them to you." Razumihkin also tells Rodya that Dunya received a strange letter that upset her greatly. Just before Razumihkin leaves, he tells Rodya that Porfiry, using very complicated psychological terms, explained how the painter confessed to the murder, and again Raskolnikov wonders if Porfiry is again playing the "cat and mouse" game. At this moment, Porfiry knocks at the door.
