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Chapter 6

           

           TheprincetookthefirstopportunityofinformingtheEpanchinladiesthathehadintendedtopaythemavisitthatday,iftheyhadnotthemselvescomethisafternoon,andLizabethaProkofievnarepliedthatshehopedhewouldstilldoso.

           Bythistimesomeofthevisitorshaddisappeared.

           PtitsinhadtactfullyretreatedtoLebedeff’swing;andGaniasoonfollowedhim.

           Thelatterhadbehavedmodestly,butwithdignity,onthisoccasionofhisfirstmeetingwiththeEpanchinssincetherupture.TwiceMrs.Epanchinhaddeliberatelyexaminedhimfromheadtofoot;buthehadstoodfirewithoutflinching.Hewascertainlymuchchanged,asanyonecouldseewhohadnotmethimforsometime;andthisfactseemedtoaffordAglayaagooddealofsatisfaction.

           “ThatwasGavrilaArdalionovitch,whojustwentout,wasn’tit?”sheaskedsuddenly,interruptingsomebodyelse’sconversationtomaketheremark.

           “Yes,itwas,”saidtheprince.

           “Ihardlyknewhim;heismuchchanged,andforthebetter!”

           “Iamveryglad,”saidtheprince.

           “Hehasbeenveryill,”addedVaria.

           “Howhashechangedforthebetter?”askedMrs.Epanchin.“Idon’tseeanychangeforthebetter!What’sbetterinhim?Wheredidyougetthatideafrom?what’sbetter?”

           “There’snothingbetterthanthe‘poorknight’!”saidColia,whowasstandingnearthelastspeaker’schair.

           “Iquiteagreewithyouthere!”saidPrinceS.

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