Chapter 6

           

           Lebedeff’scountry-housewasnotlarge,butitwasprettyandconvenient,especiallythepartwhichwaslettotheprince.

           Arowoforangeandlemontreesandjasmines,plantedingreentubs,stoodonthefairlywideterrace.AccordingtoLebedeff,thesetreesgavethehouseamostdelightfulaspect.Someweretherewhenheboughtit,andhewassocharmedwiththeeffectthathepromptlyaddedtotheirnumber.Whenthetubscontainingtheseplantsarrivedatthevillaandweresetintheirplaces,Lebedeffkeptrunningintothestreettoenjoytheviewofthehouse,andeverytimehedidsotherenttobedemandedfromthefuturetenantwentupwithabound.

           Thiscountryvillapleasedtheprinceverymuchinhisstateofphysicalandmentalexhaustion.OnthedaythattheyleftforPavlofsk,thatisthedayafterhisattack,heappearedalmostwell,thoughinrealityhefeltveryfarfromit.Thefacesofthosearoundhimforthelastthreedayshadmadeapleasantimpression.Hewaspleasedtosee,notonlyColia,whohadbecomehisinseparablecompanion,butLebedeffhimselfandallthefamily,exceptthenephew,whohadleftthehouse.HewasalsogladtoreceiveavisitfromGeneralIvolgin,beforeleavingSt.Petersburg.

           ItwasgettinglatewhenthepartyarrivedatPavlofsk,butseveralpeoplecalledtoseetheprince,andassembledintheverandah.Ganiawasthefirsttoarrive.Hehadgrownsopaleandthinthattheprincecouldhardlyrecognizehim.ThencameVariaandPtitsin,whowererusticatingintheneighbourhood.

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