But the police had called merely to ask him to pay a debt his landlady had reported to them. When he discovered what they wanted, he collapsed from relief.

• 然而警方召他去的目的只不过是要他还清女房东向警方控告他所欠下的房租。拉斯柯尔尼科夫了解警局的意图后,如释重负,竟然晕了过去。