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Chapter 8

           

           Gania’svoicewasfullofthemostuncontrolledanduncontrollableirritation.

           Theprinceturnedatthedoortosaysomething,butperceivinginGania’sexpressionthattherewasbutthatonedropwantingtomakethecupoverflow,hechangedhismindandlefttheroomwithoutaword.Afewminuteslaterhewasawarefromthenoisyvoicesinthedrawingroom,thattheconversationhadbecomemorequarrelsomethaneverafterhisdeparture.

           Hecrossedthesalonandtheentrance-hall,soastopassdownthecorridorintohisownroom.Ashecamenearthefrontdoorheheardsomeoneoutsidevainlyendeavouringtoringthebell,whichwasevidentlybroken,andonlyshookalittle,withoutemittinganysound.

           Theprincetookdownthechainandopenedthedoor.HestartedbackinamazementfortherestoodNastasiaPhilipovna.Heknewheratoncefromherphotograph.Hereyesblazedwithangerasshelookedathim.Shequicklypushedbyhimintothehall,shoulderinghimoutofherway,andsaid,furiously,asshethrewoffherfurcloak:

           “Ifyouaretoolazytomendyourbell,youshouldatleastwaitinthehalltoletpeopleinwhentheyrattlethebellhandle.There,now,you’vedroppedmyfurcloakdummy!”

           Sureenoughthecloakwaslyingontheground.Nastasiahadthrownitoffhertowardstheprince,expectinghimtocatchit,buttheprincehadmissedit.

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