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Chapter 16

           Hecouldnottakehiseyesoffthesmoulderingpacket;butitappearedthatsomethingnewhadcometobirthinhissoulasthoughhewerevowingtohimselfthathewouldbearthistrial.Hedidnotmovefromhisplace.Inafewsecondsitbecameevidenttoallthathedidnotintendtorescuethemoney.

           “Hey!lookatit,it’llburninanotherminuteortwo!”criedNastasiaPhilipovna.“You’llhangyourselfafterwards,youknow,ifitdoes!I’mnotjoking.”

           Thefire,chokedbetweenacoupleofsmoulderingpiecesofwood,haddieddownforthefirstfewmomentsafterthepacketwasthrownuponit.Butalittletongueoffirenowbegantolickthepaperfrombelow,andsoon,gatheringcourage,mountedthesidesoftheparcel,andcreptaroundit.Inanothermoment,thewholeofitburstintoflames,andtheexclamationsofwoeandhorrorwereredoubled.

           “NastasiaPhilipovna!”lamentedLebedeffagain,strainingtowardsthefireplace;butRogojindraggedhimaway,andpushedhimtotherearoncemore.

           ThewholeofRogojin’sbeingwasconcentratedinonerapturousgazeofecstasy.HecouldnottakehiseyesoffNastasia.Hestooddrinkingherin,asitwere.Hewasintheseventhheavenofdelight.

           “Oh,whataqueensheis!”heejaculated,everyotherminute,throwingouttheremarkforanyonewholikedtocatchit.“That’sthesortofwomanforme!Whichofyouwouldthinkofdoingathinglikethat,youblackguards,eh?”heyelled.Hewashopelesslyandwildlybesidehimselfwithecstasy.

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