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Chapter 6

           

           ItwasafactthatLebedeff,thoughhewassoanxioustokeepeveryoneelsefromdisturbingthepatient,wascontinuallyinandoutoftheprince’sroomhimself.Heinvariablybeganbyopeningthedooracrackandpeeringintoseeiftheprincewasthere,orifhehadescaped;thenhewouldcreepsoftlyuptothearm-chair,sometimesmakingMuishkinjumpbyhissuddenappearance.Healwaysaskedifthepatientwantedanything,andwhenthelatterrepliedthatheonlywantedtobeleftinpeace,hewouldturnawayobedientlyandmakeforthedoorontip-toe,withdeprecatorygesturestoimplythathehadonlyjustlookedin,thathewouldnotspeakaword,andwouldgoawayandnotintrudeagain;whichdidnotpreventhimfromreappearingintenminutesoraquarterofanhour.Coliahadfreeaccesstotheprince,atwhichLebedeffwasquitedisgustedandindignant.Hewouldlistenatthedoorforhalfanhouratatimewhilethetwoweretalking.Coliafoundthisout,andnaturallytoldtheprinceofhisdiscovery.

           “Doyouthinkyourselfmymaster,thatyoutrytokeepmeunderlockandkeylikethis?”saidtheprincetoLebedeff.“Inthecountry,atleast,Iintendtobefree,andyoumaymakeupyourmindthatImeantoseewhomIlike,andgowhereIplease.”

           “Why,ofcourse,”repliedtheclerk,gesticulatingwithhishands.

           Theprincelookedhimsternlyupanddown.

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