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Chapter 3

           Petersburg,andshowinglittlechangefromtheiroriginalformandcolour.Theyaresolidlybuilt,andareremarkableforthethicknessoftheirwalls,andforthefewnessoftheirwindows,manyofwhicharecoveredbygratings.Ontheground-floorthereisusuallyamoney-changer’sshop,andtheownerlivesoverit.Withoutaswellaswithin,thehousesseeminhospitableandmysteriousanimpressionwhichisdifficulttoexplain,unlessithassomethingtodowiththeactualarchitecturalstyle.Thesehousesarealmostexclusivelyinhabitedbythemerchantclass.

           Arrivedatthegate,theprincelookedupatthelegendoverit,whichran:

           “HouseofRogojin,hereditaryandhonourablecitizen.”

           Hehesitatednolonger;butopenedtheglazeddooratthebottomoftheouterstairsandmadehiswayuptothesecondstorey.Theplacewasdarkandgloomy-looking;thewallsofthestonestaircasewerepaintedadullred.Rogojinandhismotherandbrotheroccupiedthewholeofthesecondfloor.TheservantwhoopenedthedoortoMuishkinledhim,withouttakinghisname,throughseveralroomsandupanddownmanystepsuntiltheyarrivedatadoor,whereheknocked.

           ParfenRogojinopenedthedoorhimself.

           Onseeingtheprincehebecamedeadlywhite,andapparentlyfixedtotheground,sothathewasmorelikeamarblestatuethanahumanbeing.Theprincehadexpectedsomesurprise,butRogojinevidentlyconsideredhisvisitanimpossibleandmiraculousevent.

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