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Chapter 13

           “Youwillremark,gentlemen,thatinsayingthatIcouldnotrecountthestoryofmytheftsoastobebelieved,AfanasyIvanovitchhasveryingeniouslyimpliedthatIamnotcapableofthieving(itwouldhavebeenbadtastetosaysoopenly);andallthetimeheisprobablyfirmlyconvinced,inhisownmind,thatIamverywellcapableofit!Butnow,gentlemen,tobusiness!Putinyourslips,ladiesandgentlemenisyoursin,Mr.Totski?Sothenweareallready;nowprince,draw,please.”Theprincesilentlyputhishandintothehat,anddrewthenames.Ferdishenkowasfirst,thenPtitsin,thenthegeneral,Totskinext,hisownfifth,thenGania,andsoon;theladiesdidnotdraw.

           “Oh,dear!oh,dear!”criedFerdishenko.“Ididsohopetheprincewouldcomeoutfirst,andthenthegeneral.Well,gentlemen,IsupposeImustsetagoodexample!WhatvexesmemuchisthatIamsuchaninsignificantcreaturethatitmattersnothingtoanybodywhetherIhavedonebadactionsornot!Besides,whichamItochoose?It’sanembarrasderichesse.ShallItellhowIbecameathiefononeoccasiononly,toconvinceAfanasyIvanovitchthatitispossibletostealwithoutbeingathief?”

           “Dogoon,Ferdishenko,anddon’tmakeunnecessarypreface,oryou’llneverfinish,”saidNastasiaPhilipovna.Allobservedhowirritableandcrossshehadbecomesinceherlastburstoflaughter;butnonethelessobstinatelydidshesticktoherabsurdwhimaboutthisnewgame.Totskisatlookingmiserableenough

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