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Chapter 7

           

           Fourpersonsentered,ledbyGeneralIvolgin,inastateofgreatexcitement,andtalkingeloquently.

           “Heisforme,undoubtedly!”thoughttheprince,withasmile.Coliaalsohadjoinedtheparty,andwastalkingwithanimationtoHippolyte,wholistenedwithajeeringsmileonhislips.

           Theprincebeggedthevisitorstositdown.Theywereallsoyoungthatitmadetheproceedingsseemevenmoreextraordinary.IvanFedorovitch,whoreallyunderstoodnothingofwhatwasgoingon,feltindignantatthesightoftheseyouths,andwouldhaveinterferedinsomewayhaditnotbeenfortheextremeinterestshownbyhiswifeintheaffair.Hethereforeremained,partlythroughcuriosity,partlythroughgood-nature,hopingthathispresencemightbeofsomeuse.ButthebowwithwhichGeneralIvolgingreetedhimirritatedhimanew;hefrowned,anddecidedtobeabsolutelysilent.

           Astotherest,onewasamanofthirty,theretiredofficer,nowaboxer,whohadbeenwithRogojin,andinhishappierdayshadgivenfifteenroublesatatimetobeggars.Evidentlyhehadjoinedtheothersasacomradetogivethemmoral,andifnecessarymaterial,support.Themanwhohadbeenspokenofas“Pavlicheff’sson,”althoughhegavethenameofAntipBurdovsky,wasabouttwenty-twoyearsofage,fair,thinandrathertall.

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