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Chapter 8

           Besidesthesethreeroomstherewasanothersmalloneattheendofthepassage,closetothekitchen,whichwasallottedtoGeneralIvolgin,thenominalmasterofthehouse,whosleptonawidesofa,andwasobligedtopassintoandoutofhisroomthroughthekitchen,andupordownthebackstairs.Colia,Gania’syoungbrother,aschool-boyofthirteen,sharedthisroomwithhisfather.He,too,hadtosleeponanoldsofa,anarrow,uncomfortablethingwithatornrugoverit;hischiefdutybeingtolookafterhisfather,whoneededtobewatchedmoreandmoreeveryday.

           Theprincewasgiventhemiddleroomofthethree,thefirstbeingoccupiedbyoneFerdishenko,whilethethirdwasempty.

           ButGaniafirstconductedtheprincetothefamilyapartments.Theseconsistedofa“salon,”whichbecamethedining-roomwhenrequired;adrawing-room,whichwasonlyadrawing-roominthemorning,andbecameGania’sstudyintheevening,andhisbedroomatnight;andlastlyNinaAlexandrovna’sandVarvara’sbedroom,asmall,closechamberwhichtheysharedtogether.

           Inaword,thewholeplacewasconfined,anda“tightfit”fortheparty.Ganiausedtogrindhisteethwithrageoverthestateofaffairs;thoughhewasanxioustobedutifulandpolitetohismother.However,itwasverysoonapparenttoanyonecomingintothehouse,thatGaniawasthetyrantofthefamily.

           NinaAlexandrovnaandherdaughterwerebothseatedinthedrawing-room,engagedinknitting,andtalkingtoavisitor,IvanPetrovitchPtitsin.

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