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Chapter 8

           Acrowdofeagerclaimantsarose,whocarednothingaboutanylastscionofanobleraceundergoingtreatmentinSwitzerland,attheexpenseofthedeceased,asacongenitalidiot.Idiotthoughhewas,thenoblesciontriedtocheathisprofessor,andtheysayhesucceededingettinghimtocontinuethetreatmentgratisfortwoyears,byconcealingthedeathofhisbenefactor.Buttheprofessorhimselfwasacharlatan.Gettinganxiousatlastwhennomoneywasforthcoming,andalarmedaboveallbyhispatient’sappetite,hepresentedhimwithapairofoldgaitersandashabbycloakandpackedhimofftoRussia,thirdclass.ItwouldseemthatFortunehadturnedherbackuponourhero.Notatall;Fortune,wholetswholepopulationsdieofhunger,showeredallhergiftsatonceuponthelittlearistocrat,likeKryloff’sCloudwhichpassesoveranaridplainandemptiesitselfintothesea.HehadscarcelyarrivedinSt.Petersburg,whenarelationofhismother’s(whowasofbourgeoisorigin,ofcourse),diedatMoscow.Hewasamerchant,anOldBeliever,andhehadnochildren.Heleftafortuneofseveralmillionsingoodcurrentcoin,andeverythingcametoournoblescion,ourgaiteredbaron,formerlytreatedforidiocyinaSwisslunaticasylum.Instantlythescenechanged,crowdsoffriendsgatheredroundourbaron,whomeanwhilehadlosthisheadoveracelebrateddemi-mondaine;heevendiscoveredsomerelations;moreoveranumberofyounggirlsofhighbirthburnedtobeunitedtohiminlawfulmatrimony.

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