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Chapter 3

           Hisfitsweresofrequentthen,thattheymadealmostanidiotofhim(theprinceusedtheexpression“idiot”himself).PavlicheffhadmetProfessorSchneiderinBerlin,andthelatterhadpersuadedhimtosendtheboytoSwitzerland,toSchneider’sestablishmentthere,forthecureofhisepilepsy,and,fiveyearsbeforethistime,theprincewassentoff.ButPavlicheffhaddiedtwoorthreeyearssince,andSchneiderhadhimselfsupportedtheyoungfellow,fromthatdaytothis,athisownexpense.Althoughhehadnotquitecuredhim,hehadgreatlyimprovedhiscondition;andnow,atlast,attheprince’sowndesire,andbecauseofacertainmatterwhichcametotheearsofthelatter,SchneiderhaddespatchedtheyoungmantoRussia.

           Thegeneralwasmuchastonished.

           “Thenyouhavenoone,absolutelynooneinRussia?”heasked.

           “Noone,atpresent;butIhopetomakefriends;andthenIhavealetterfrom

           “Atallevents,”putinthegeneral,notlisteningtothenewsabouttheletter,“atallevents,youmusthavelearnedsomething,andyourmaladywouldnotpreventyourundertakingsomeeasywork,inoneofthedepartments,forinstance?”

           “Ohdearno,ohno!Asforasituation,IshouldmuchliketofindoneforIamanxioustodiscoverwhatIreallyamfitfor.Ihavelearnedagooddealinthelastfouryears,and,besides,IreadagreatmanyRussianbooks.

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