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Chapter 15

           There,thesightofGeneralEpanchinamongtheguests,causedmanyofthemtobeatahastyretreatintotheadjoiningroom,the“boxer”and“beggar”beingamongthefirsttogo.Afewonly,ofwhomLebedeffmadeone,stoodtheirground;hehadcontrivedtowalksidebysidewithRogojin,forhequiteunderstoodtheimportanceofamanwhohadafortuneofamillionoddroubles,andwhoatthismomentcarriedahundredthousandinhishand.Itmaybeaddedthatthewholecompany,notexceptingLebedeff,hadthevaguestideaoftheextentoftheirpowers,andofhowfartheycouldsafelygo.AtsomemomentsLebedeffwassurethatrightwasontheirside;atothershetrieduneasilytoremembervariouscheeringandreassuringarticlesoftheCivilCode.

           Rogojin,whenhesteppedintotheroom,andhiseyesfelluponNastasia,stoppedshort,grewwhiteasasheet,andstoodstaring;itwasclearthathisheartwasbeatingpainfully.Sohestood,gazingintently,buttimidly,forafewseconds.Suddenly,asthoughbereftofhissenses,hemovedforward,staggeringhelplessly,towardsthetable.OnhiswayhecollidedagainstPtitsin’schair,andputhisdirtyfootonthelaceskirtofthesilentlady’sdress;butheneitherapologizedforthis,norevennoticedit.

           Onreachingthetable,heplaceduponitastrange-lookingobject,whichhehadcarriedwithhimintothedrawing-room.Thiswasapaperpacket,somesixorseveninchesthick,andeightornineinlength,wrappedinanoldnewspaper,andtiedroundthreeorfourtimeswithstring.

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