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Chapter 13

           

           ThecompanyassembledatNastasiaPhilipovna’sconsistedofnonebuthermostintimatefriends,andformedaverysmallpartyincomparisonwithherusualgatheringsonthisanniversary.

           InthefirstplacetherewerepresentTotski,andGeneralEpanchin.Theywerebothhighlyamiable,butbothappearedtobelabouringunderahalf-hiddenfeelingofanxietyastotheresultofNastasia’sdeliberationswithregardtoGania,whichresultwastobemadepublicthisevening.

           Then,ofcourse,therewasGaniawhowasbynomeanssoamiableashiselders,butstoodapart,gloomy,andmiserable,andsilent.HehaddeterminednottobringVariawithhim;butNastasiahadnotevenaskedafterher,thoughnosoonerhadhearrivedthanshehadremindedhimoftheepisodebetweenhimselfandtheprince.Thegeneral,whohadheardnothingofitbefore,begantolistenwithsomeinterest,whileGania,drily,butwithperfectcandour,wentthroughthewholehistory,includingthefactofhisapologytotheprince.Hefinishedbydeclaringthattheprincewasamostextraordinaryman,andgoodnessknowswhyhehadbeenconsideredanidiothitherto,forhewasveryfarfrombeingone.

           Nastasialistenedtoallthiswithgreatinterest;buttheconversationsoonturnedtoRogojinandhisvisit,andthisthemeprovedofthegreatestattractiontobothTotskiandthegeneral.

           PtitsinwasabletoaffordsomeparticularsastoRogojin’sconductsincetheafternoon.

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