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Chapter 3

           Heopenedtheletteratlast,stillwiththesamelookofstrangewonderonhisface.Then,slowlyandattentively,hebeganreading,andreaditthroughtwice.PulcheriaAlexandrovnashowedmarkedanxiety,andallindeedexpectedsomethingparticular.

           “Whatsurprisesme,”hebegan,afterashortpause,handingthelettertohismother,butnotaddressinganyoneinparticular,“isthatheisabusinessman,alawyer,andhisconversationispretentiousindeed,andyethewritessuchanuneducatedletter.”

           Theyallstarted.Theyhadexpectedsomethingquitedifferent.

           “Buttheyallwritelikethat,youknow,”Razumihinobserved,abruptly.

           “Haveyoureadit?”

           “Yes.”

           “Weshowedhim,Rodya.We...consultedhimjustnow,”PulcheriaAlexandrovnabegan,embarrassed.

           “That’sjustthejargonofthecourts,”Razumihinputin.“Legaldocumentsarewrittenlikethattothisday.”

           “Legal?Yes,it’sjustlegalbusinesslanguagenotsoveryuneducated,andnotquiteeducatedbusinesslanguage!”

           “PyotrPetrovitchmakesnosecretofthefactthathehadacheapeducation,heisproudindeedofhavingmadehisownway,”AvdotyaRomanovnaobserved,somewhatoffendedbyherbrother’stone.

           “Well,ifhe’sproudofit,hehasreason,Idon’tdenyit.Youseemtobeoffended,sister,atmymakingonlysuchafrivolouscriticismontheletter,andtothinkthatIspeakofsuchtriflingmattersonpurposetoannoyyou.

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