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Chapter 1

           Youarepleasedtoreproachme,yourexcellency,butwhatifIprovethatIamrightafterall?NastasiaPhillpovna’sfamilynameisBarashkoff—Iknow,yousee—andsheisaverywellknownlady,indeed,andcomesofagoodfamily,too.SheisconnectedwithoneTotski,AfanasyIvanovitch,amanofconsiderableproperty,adirectorofcompanies,andsoon,andagreatfriendofGeneralEpanchin,whoisinterestedinthesamemattersasheis.”

           “Myeyes!”saidRogojin,reallysurprisedatlast.“Thedeviltakethefellow,howdoesheknowthat?”

           “Why,heknowseverything—Lebedeffknowseverything!IwasamonthortwowithLihachofafterhisfatherdied,yourexcellency,andwhilehewasknockingabout—he’sinthedebtor’sprisonnow—Iwaswithhim,andhecouldn’tdoathingwithoutLebedeff;andIgottoknowNastasiaPhilipovnaandseveralpeopleatthattime.”

           “NastasiaPhilipovna?Why,youdon’tmeantosaythatsheandLihachof—”criedRogojin,turningquitepale.

           “No,no,no,no,no!Nothingofthesort,Iassureyou!”saidLebedeff,hastily.“Ohdearno,notfortheworld!Totski’stheonlymanwithanychancethere.Oh,no!HetakeshertohisboxattheoperaattheFrenchtheatreofanevening,andtheofficersandpeoplealllookatherandsay,‘ByJove,there’sthefamousNastasiaPhilipovna!’butnooneevergetsanyfurtherthanthat,forthereisnothingmoretosay.”

           “Yes,it’squitetrue,”saidRogojin,frowninggloomily;“soZaleshofftoldme.

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