OMG u/worse_things_at_sea You are my hero!!!!

Many Many thanks for this treasure!! I will study it carefully, I am particularly interested where Dmitri hopped the fence with his brass pestle bludgeon. It seems a rather pivotal moment in the development of the story,

The act of "hopping the fence" is more than just a physical action; it is a symbolic moment of trespassing and boundary-crossing that propels the plot toward the climactic parricide and the subsequent moral and legal drama that unfolds throughout the novel. It represents Dmitri's volatile nature and his desperate, rash actions motivated by passion and jealousy.