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Chapter 16

           

           Theprincehurrieddowntothefrontgatewherethepartyweresettlingintothetroikas,allthebellstinklingamerryaccompanimentthewhile.Thegeneralcaughthimuponthestairs:

           “Prince,prince!”hecried,seizingholdofhisarm,“recollectyourself!Dropher,prince!Youseewhatsortofawomansheis.Iamspeakingtoyoulikeafather.”

           Theprinceglancedathim,butsaidnothing.Heshookhimselffree,andrushedondownstairs.

           Thegeneralwasjustintimetoseetheprincetakethefirstsledgehecouldget,and,givingtheordertoEkaterinhof,startoffinpursuitofthetroikas.Thenthegeneral’sfinegreyhorsedraggedthatworthyhome,withsomenewthoughts,andsomenewhopesandcalculationsdevelopinginhisbrain,andwiththepearlsinhispocket,forhehadnotforgottentobringthemalongwithhim,beingamanofbusiness.Amidhisnewthoughtsandideastherecame,onceortwice,theimageofNastasiaPhilipovna.Thegeneralsighed.

           “I’msorry,reallysorry,”hemuttered.“She’saruinedwoman.Mad!mad!However,theprinceisnotforNastasiaPhilipovnanow,perhapsit’saswell.”

           TwomoreofNastasia’sguests,whowalkedashortdistancetogether,indulgedinhighmoralsentimentsofasimilarnature.

           “Doyouknow,Totski,thisisallverylikewhattheysaygoesonamongtheJapanese?”saidPtitsin

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