The story is divided into two parts.
Dejected, under the instigation of a friend Makhin, Mitya simply changes a 2.50 rouble bond Coupon to read 12.50 roubles, but this one evil deed sets off a chain of events that affects the lives of dozens of others, when his one falsehood indirectly causes a man to murder a woman at the end of Part I, and then seek redemption through r.
In Part I, schoolboy Mitya is in desperate need of money to repay a debt, but his father angrily denies him assistance.
The story is divided into two parts