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Chapter 8

           HeappearstohavebeenoneofthoseRussianparasiteswholeadanidleexistenceabroad,spendingthesummeratsomespa,andthewinterinParis,tothegreaterprofitoftheorganizersofpublicballs.ItmaysafelybesaidthatthemanageroftheChateaudesFleurs(luckyman!)pocketedatleastathirdofthemoneypaidbyRussianpeasantstotheirlordsinthedaysofserfdom.Howeverthismaybe,thegayPbroughtuptheorphanlikeaprince,providedhimwithtutorsandgovernesses(pretty,ofcourse!)whomhechosehimselfinParis.Butthelittlearistocrat,thelastofhisnoblerace,wasanidiot.Thegovernesses,recruitedattheChateaudesFleurs,labouredinvain;attwentyyearsofagetheirpupilcouldnotspeakinanylanguage,notevenRussian.Butignoranceofthelatterwasstillexcusable.AtlastPwasseizedwithastrangenotion;heimaginedthatinSwitzerlandtheycouldchangeanidiotintoamanofsense.Afterall,theideawasquitelogical;aparasiteandlandownernaturallysupposedthatintelligencewasamarketablecommoditylikeeverythingelse,andthatinSwitzerlandespeciallyitcouldbeboughtformoney.ThecasewasentrustedtoacelebratedSwissprofessor,andcostthousandsofroubles;thetreatmentlastedfiveyears.Needlesstosay,theidiotdidnotbecomeintelligent,butitisallegedthathegrewintosomethingmoreorlessresemblingaman.AtthisstagePdiedsuddenly,and,asusual,hehadmadenowillandlefthisaffairsindisorder.

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