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Chapter 16

           WhatmatterthatRogojincamebargaininghere,andthatGavrilaArdalionovitchwouldhavedeceivedyouifhecould?Whydoyoucontinuallyremindusofthesefacts?Iassureyouoncemorethatveryfewcouldfinditinthemtoactasyouhaveactedthisday.AsforyourwishtogowithRogojin,thatwassimplytheideaofadeliriousandsufferingbrain.Youarestillquitefeverish;yououghttobeinbed,nothere.YouknowquitewellthatifyouhadgonewithRogojin,youwouldhavebecomeawasher-womannextday,ratherthanstaywithhim.Youareproud,NastasiaPhilipovna,andperhapsyouhavereallysufferedsomuchthatyouimagineyourselftobeadesperatelyguiltywoman.Yourequireagreatdealofpettingandlookingafter,NastasiaPhilipovna,andIwilldothis.Isawyourportraitthismorning,anditseemedquiteafamiliarfacetome;itseemedtomethattheportrait-facewascallingtomeforhelp.IIshallrespectyouallmylife,NastasiaPhilipovna,”concludedtheprince,asthoughsuddenlyrecollectinghimself,andblushingtothinkofthesortofcompanybeforewhomhehadsaidallthis.

           Ptitsinbowedhisheadandlookedattheground,overcomebyamixtureoffeelings.Totskimutteredtohimself:“Hemaybeanidiot,butheknowsthatflatteryisthebestroadtosuccesshere.”

           TheprinceobservedGania’seyesflashingathim,asthoughtheywouldgladlyannihilatehimthenandthere.

           “That’sakind-heartedman,ifyoulike,”saidDariaAlexeyevna,whosewrathwasquicklyevaporating.

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