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Chapter 1

           

           VarvaraArdalionovnamarriedPtitsinthiswinter,anditwassaidthatthefactofGania’sretirementfrombusinesswastheultimatecauseofthemarriage,sinceGaniawasnownotonlyunabletosupporthisfamily,butevenrequiredhelphimself.

           WemaymentionthatGaniawasnolongermentionedintheEpanchinhouseholdanymorethantheprincewas;butthatacertaincircumstanceinconnectionwiththefataleveningatNastasia’shousebecameknowntothegeneral,and,infact,toallthefamilytheverynextday.ThisfactwasthatGaniahadcomehomethatnight,buthadrefusedtogotobed.Hehadawaitedtheprince’sreturnfromEkaterinhofwithfeverishimpatience.

           Onthelatter’sarrival,atsixinthemorning,Ganiahadgonetohiminhisroom,bringingwithhimthesingedpacketofmoney,whichhehadinsistedthattheprinceshouldreturntoNastasiaPhilipovnawithoutdelay.ItwassaidthatwhenGaniaenteredtheprince’sroom,hecamewithanythingbutfriendlyfeelings,andinaconditionofdespairandmisery;butthatafterashortconversation,hehadstayedonforacoupleofhourswithhim,sobbingcontinuouslyandbitterlythewholetime.Theyhadpartedupontermsofcordialfriendship.

           TheEpanchinsheardaboutthis,aswellasabouttheepisodeatNastasiaPhilipovna’s.Itwasstrange,perhaps,thatthefactsshouldbecomesoquickly,andfairlyaccurately,known.

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