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Chapter 1

           

           Littlebylittle,therumoursspreadabouttownbecamelostinamazeofuncertainty.Itwassaidthatsomefoolishyoungprince,nameunknown,hadsuddenlycomeintopossessionofagiganticfortune,andhadmarriedaFrenchballetdancer.Thiswascontradicted,andtherumourcirculatedthatitwasayoungmerchantwhohadcomeintotheenormousfortuneandmarriedthegreatballetdancer,andthatattheweddingthedrunkenyoungfoolhadburnedseventythousandroublesatacandleoutofpurebravado.

           However,alltheserumourssoondieddown,towhichcircumstancecertainfactslargelycontributed.Forinstance,thewholeoftheRogojintroophaddeparted,withhimattheirhead,forMoscow.ThiswasexactlyaweekafteradreadfulorgyattheEkaterinhofgardens,whereNastasiaPhilipovnahadbeenpresent.ItbecameknownthatafterthisorgyNastasiaPhilipovnahadentirelydisappeared,andthatshehadsincebeentracedtoMoscow;sothattheexodusoftheRogojinbandwasfoundconsistentwiththisreport.

           TherewererumourscurrentastoGania,too;butcircumstancessooncontradictedthese.Hehadfallenseriouslyill,andhisillnessprecludedhisappearanceinsociety,andevenatbusiness,foroveramonth.Assoonashehadrecovered,however,hethrewuphissituationinthepubliccompanyunderGeneralEpanchin’sdirection,forsomeunknownreason,andthepostwasgiventoanother.HeneverwentneartheEpanchins’houseatall,andwasexceedinglyirritableanddepressed.

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