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Chapter 15

           SeeingGania,hesmiledvenomouslyandmutteredtohimself,“Lookatthat!”

           HegazedatTotskiandthegeneralwithnoapparentconfusion,andwithverylittlecuriosity.ButwhenheobservedthattheprincewasseatedbesideNastasiaPhilipovna,hecouldnottakehiseyesoffhimforalongwhile,andwasclearlyamazed.Hecouldnotaccountfortheprince’spresencethere.ItwasnotintheleastsurprisingthatRogojinshouldbe,atthistime,inamoreorlessdeliriouscondition;fornottospeakoftheexcitementsoftheday,hehadspentthenightbeforeinthetrain,andhadnotsleptmorethanawinkforforty-eighthours.

           “This,gentlemen,isahundredthousandroubles,”saidNastasiaPhilipovna,addressingthecompanyingeneral,“here,inthisdirtyparcel.ThisafternoonRogojinyelled,likeamadman,thathewouldbringmeahundredthousandintheevening,andIhavebeenwaitingforhimallthewhile.Hewasbargainingforme,youknow;firstheofferedmeeighteenthousand;thenherosetoforty,andthentoahundredthousand.Andhehaskepthisword,see!Mygoodness,howwhiteheis!Allthishappenedthisafternoon,atGania’s.Ihadgonetopayhismotheravisitmyfuturefamily,youknow!Andhissistersaidtomyveryface,surelysomebodywillturnthisshamelesscreatureout.AfterwhichshespatinherbrotherGania’sfaceagirlofcharacter,that!”

           “NastasiaPhilipovna!”beganthegeneral,reproachfully.Hewasbeginningtoputhisowninterpretationontheaffair.

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