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Chapter 16

           Shecontinuedtositstillinherplace,lookingaroundatherguestswithastrange,bewilderedexpression,asthoughsheweretryingtocollectherthoughts,andcouldnot.Thenshesuddenlyturnedtotheprince,andglaredathimwithfrowningbrows;butthisonlylastedonemoment.Perhapsitsuddenlystruckherthatallthiswasajest,buthisfaceseemedtoreassureher.Shereflected,andsmiledagain,vaguely.

           “SoIamreallyaprincess,”shewhisperedtoherself,ironically,andglancingaccidentallyatDariaAlexeyevna’sface,sheburstoutlaughing.

           “Ha,ha,ha!”shecried,“thisisanunexpectedclimax,afterall.Ididn’texpectthis.Whatareyouallstandingupfor,gentlemen?Sitdown;congratulatemeandtheprince!Ferdishenko,juststepoutandordersomemorechampagne,willyou?Katia,Pasha,”sheaddedsuddenly,seeingtheservantsatthedoor,“comehere!I’mgoingtobemarried,didyouhear?Totheprince.Hehasamillionandahalfofroubles;heisPrinceMuishkin,andhasaskedmetomarryhim.Here,prince,comeandsitbyme;andherecomesthewine.Nowthen,ladiesandgentlemen,whereareyourcongratulations?”

           “Hurrah!”criedanumberofvoices.ArushwasmadeforthewinebyRogojin’sfollowers,though,evenamongthem,thereseemedsomesortofrealizationthatthesituationhadchanged.Rogojinstoodandlookedon,withanincreduloussmile,screwinguponesideofhismouth.

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