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Chapter 2

           Insocietytheynotonlydislikedassertingthemselves,butwereactuallyretiring.Certainlynoonecouldblamethemforbeingtooarrogantorhaughty,andyeteverybodywaswellawarethattheywereproudandquiteunderstoodtheirownvalue.Theeldestwasmusical,whilethesecondwasacleverartist,whichfactshehadconcealeduntillately.Inaword,theworldspokewellofthegirls;buttheywerenotwithouttheirenemies,andoccasionallypeopletalkedwithhorrorofthenumberofbookstheyhadread.

           Theywereinnohurrytomarry.Theylikedgoodsociety,butwerenottookeenaboutit.Allthiswasthemoreremarkable,becauseeveryonewaswellawareofthehopesandaimsoftheirparents.

           Itwasabouteleveno’clockintheforenoonwhentheprincerangthebellatGeneralEpanchin’sdoor.Thegenerallivedonthefirstfloororflatofthehouse,asmodestalodgingashispositionpermitted.Aliveriedservantopenedthedoor,andtheprincewasobligedtoenterintolongexplanationswiththisgentleman,who,fromthefirstglance,lookedathimandhisbundlewithgravesuspicion.Atlast,however,ontherepeatedpositiveassurancethathereallywasPrinceMuishkin,andmustabsolutelyseethegeneralonbusiness,thebewildereddomesticshowedhimintoalittleante-chamberleadingtoawaiting-roomthatadjoinedthegeneral’sstudy,therehandinghimovertoanotherservant,whosedutyitwastobeinthisante-chamberallthemorning,andannouncevisitorstothegeneral.

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