1 In the middle of the crowd stood a carriage.
2 It was probably a carriage builder's or carpenter's shed; the whole place from the entrance was black with coal dust.
3 At last red circles flashed before his eyes, the houses seemed moving, the passers-by, the canal banks, the carriages, all danced before his eyes.
4 He was met, too, by luxurious carriages and by men and women on horseback; he watched them with curious eyes and forgot about them before they had vanished from his sight.
5 But while he stood at the railing, still looking angry and bewildered after the retreating carriage, and rubbing his back, he suddenly felt someone thrust money into his hand.
6 It was evident that the carriage belonged to a rich and important person who was awaiting it somewhere; the police, of course, were in no little anxiety to avoid upsetting his arrangements.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor DostoevskyContextHighlight In PART 2: CHAPTER VII 7 An elegant carriage stood in the middle of the road with a pair of spirited grey horses; there was no one in it, and the coachman had got off his box and stood by; the horses were being held by the bridle.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor DostoevskyContextHighlight In PART 2: CHAPTER VII 8 I at once fixed on my plan, sat down by the mother, and began by saying that I too was a stranger and that people here were ill-bred and that they couldn't distinguish decent folks and treat them with respect, gave her to understand that I had plenty of money, offered to take them home in my carriage.