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Chapter 8

           Hisheadremainedsoplacedforafewsecondswhilehequietlyscrutinizedtheroom;thedoorthenopenedenoughtoadmithisbody;butstillhedidnotenter.Hestoodonthethresholdandexaminedtheprincecarefully.Atlasthegavethedoorafinalshove,entered,approachedtheprince,tookhishandandseatedhimselfandtheowneroftheroomontwochairssidebyside.

           “Ferdishenko,”hesaid,gazingintentlyandinquiringlyintotheprince’seyes.

           “Verywell,whatnext?”saidthelatter,almostlaughinginhisface.

           “Alodgerhere,”continuedtheother,staringasbefore.

           “Doyouwishtomakeacquaintance?”askedtheprince.

           “Ah!”saidthevisitor,passinghisfingersthroughhishairandsighing.Hethenlookedovertotheothersideoftheroomandaroundit.“Gotanymoney?”heasked,suddenly.

           “Notmuch.”

           “Howmuch?”

           “Twenty-fiveroubles.”

           “Let’sseeit.”

           TheprincetookhisbanknoteoutandshowedittoFerdishenko.Thelatterunfoldeditandlookedatit;thenheturneditroundandexaminedtheotherside;thenheheldituptothelight.

           “Howstrangethatitshouldhavebrownedso,”hesaid,reflectively.“Thesetwenty-fiveroublenotesbrowninamostextraordinaryway,whileothernotesoftengrowpaler.Takeit.”

           Theprincetookhisnote.Ferdishenkorose.

           “Icameheretowarnyou,”hesaid.

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