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Chapter 8

           Hehasabusedyourcredulityandinvolvedyouallinanattemptedfraud,forwhenallissaidanddonethisclaimisnothingelse!”

           “What!afraud?What,heisnotPavlicheff’sson?Impossible!”

           Theseexclamationsbutfeeblyexpressedtheprofoundbewildermentintowhichtheprince’swordshadplungedBurdovsky’scompanions.

           “Certainlyitisafraud!SinceMr.BurdovskyisnotPavlicheff’sson,hisclaimisneithermorenorlessthanattemptedfraud(supposing,ofcourse,thathehadknownthetruth),butthefactisthathehasbeendeceived.Iinsistonthispointinordertojustifyhim;Irepeatthathissimple-mindednessmakeshimworthyofpity,andthathecannotstandalone;otherwisehewouldhavebehavedlikeascoundrelinthismatter.ButIfeelcertainthathedoesnotunderstandit!IwasjustthesamemyselfbeforeIwenttoSwitzerland;Istammeredincoherently;onetriestoexpressoneselfandcannot.Iunderstandthat.IamallthebetterabletopityMr.Burdovsky,becauseIknowfromexperiencewhatitistobelikethat,andsoIhavearighttospeak.Well,thoughthereisnosuchpersonas‘Pavlicheff’sson,’anditisallnothingbutahumbug,yetIwillkeeptomydecision,andIampreparedtogiveuptenthousandroublesinmemoryofPavlicheff.BeforeMr.Burdovskymadethisclaim,Iproposedtofoundaschoolwiththismoney,inmemoryofmybenefactor,butIshallhonourhismemoryquiteaswellbygivingthetenthousandroublestoMr.

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