People gather around zoisma thinking a miracle would happen but instead a stench comes from him and people start to think he was an evildoer inside. Alyosha wonders why god would do this to a loved man and why hes leaving he is offered a sausage and vodka which he accepts although it is lent and a monk isn't allowed to eat them!!! Alyosha agrees to visit grushenka with Rakitin.Grushenka asks Alyosha to tell dmitri she loved him briefly.They both helped eachother briefly on how they were feeling.Alyoha wakes and goes outside were he kisses the earth he has a deeper understanding of life, faith and god. Dmitri trys to make a deal with samsonov to earn money he owes katerina. Dmitri hits grigory with a pestel he tries to help the wound but leaves the scene and throws the pestel into the darkness.
This book is becoming even more confusing.