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Chapter 12

           Drunkenfool!Whyhavetheynotgotridofhim?Sokolovitchowesallthehappinesshehashadintheserviceandinhisprivatelifetome,andmealone,but...hereweare.”

           Theprincefollowedquietly,makingnofurtherobjectionforfearofirritatingtheoldman.AtthesametimeheferventlyhopedthatGeneralSokolovitchandhisfamilywouldfadeawaylikeamirageinthedesert,sothatthevisitorscouldescape,bymerelyreturningdownstairs.ButtohishorrorhesawthatGeneralIvolginwasquitefamiliarwiththehouse,andreallyseemedtohavefriendsthere.Ateverystephenamedsometopographicalorbiographicaldetailthatleftnothingtobedesiredonthescoreofaccuracy.Whentheyarrivedatlast,onthefirstfloor,andthegeneralturnedtoringthebelltotheright,theprincedecidedtorunaway,butacuriousincidentstoppedhimmomentarily.

           “Youhavemadeamistake,general,”saidhe.“ThenameonthedoorisKoulakoff,andyouweregoingtoseeGeneralSokolovitch.”

           “Koulakoff...Koulakoffmeansnothing.ThisisSokolovitch’sflat,andIamringingathisdoor....WhatdoIcareforKoulakoff?...Herecomessomeonetoopen.”

           Infact,thedooropeneddirectly,andthefootmaninformedthevisitorsthatthefamilywereallaway.

           “Whatapity!Whatapity!It’sjustmyluck!”repeatedArdalionAlexandrovitchoverandoveragain,inregretfultones.

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