- Luzhin wants to see Sonia.
- Everything goes quiet. He walks by Raskolnikov without paying any attention to him.
- Apologizing for intruding, he accuses Sonia of stealing 100 roubles from him.
- Everybody is watching. Luzhin pressures Sonia for an answer. She says she didn't do it.
- So, he launches into a long argument explaining how it had to be Sonia that took his cash. He says that Andrey Semyonovitch saw the whole thing and will back him up.
- Sonia is firm—she says all she has is the 10. Katerina grabs it and throws it at Luzhin. He calls her crazy. Sonia thinks everybody is looking at her meanly.
- Apparently, Raskolnikov is looking at her, too, and his eyes are "glowing."
- Luzhin threatens to call the police.
- Katerina argues in Sonia's defense with extreme passion and conviction. To prove Sonia's innocence, she searches her. The 100 rouble bill is found on her.
- Luzhin is excited. Amelia wants Sonia sent to Siberia.
- Sonia swears she's innocent. Katerina swears that she believes her and asks Raskolnikov to stick up for her. Raskolnikov and Luzhin stare at each other.
- Sonia's family cries and clings to her.
- All of a sudden, Andrey Semyonovitch comes on the scene. He's been listening at the door.
- He says Luzhin is making up the whole thing, that he saw him put the money in Sonia's pocket when he was showing her the door.
- He thought Luzhin was just being nice, trying not to embarrass Sonia by publicly giving her charity.
- But, he had been worried all night about Sonia losing the money and he'd come to tell her it was in her pocket.
- Luzhin denies everything, but nobody believes him. "Murmurs of disapproval" are floating around. Even though Andrey Semyonovitch isn't a great speaker, everybody in the room is convinced.
- He wants to tell his story to the police.
- Raskolnikov pipes up. He's figured out Luzhin's motivation and he explains it.
- He tells the crowd everything that's been going on with Luzhin and his family.
- If Luzhin can make Sonia look really bad, Dounia will think he was sincere and correct in thinking Sonia was bad news.
- Then, there would be trouble between Dounia and Raskolnikov. Maybe Raskolnikov would be alienated from the family and Luzhin could step in.
- Andrey Semyonovitch agrees with Raskolnikov and adds some more details to show why.
- Raskolnikov is about to pipe up again, but nobody lets him.
- Andrey Semyonovitch tells Luzhin to move out, now. Luzhin makes his exit, threatening legal action.
- A clerk tries to hit Luzhin with a glass but hits Amalia instead.
- Sonia can't take it, so she leaves.
- The landlady goes wild, telling Katerina to move out, and even throws her stuff around.
- Katerina leaves the kids, with Polenka in charge, so she can go find help.
- The landlady continues her freakout. Raskolnikov leaves to go to Sonia's place.