Crime and Punishment | Chapter IV - Page 4

“Too clever! No, my boy, you're too clever. That beats everything.”

“But, why, why?”

“Why, because everything fits too well…it's too melodramatic.”

“A-ach!” Razumihin was exclaiming, but at that moment the door opened and a personage came in who was a stranger to all present.

  • melodramatic – exaggerated, overly dramatic