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Chapter 9

           Secondly,itappearsthattherewasnointentionofcheatinginthiscase,evenonthepartofTchebaroff.Iwishtosaythisquiteplainly,becausetheprincehintedawhileagothatItoothoughtitanattemptatrobberyandextortion.Onthecontrary,everyonehasbeenquitesincereinthematter,andalthoughTchebaroffmaybesomewhatofarogue,inthisbusinesshehasactedsimplyasanysharplawyerwoulddounderthecircumstances.Helookedatitasacasethatmightbringhiminalotofmoney,andhedidnotcalculatebadly;becauseontheonehandhespeculatedonthegenerosityoftheprince,andhisgratitudetothelateMr.Pavlicheff,andontheothertohischivalrousideasastotheobligationsofhonourandconscience.AstoMr.Burdovsky,allowingforhisprinciples,wemayacknowledgethatheengagedinthebusinesswithverylittlepersonalaiminview.AttheinstigationofTchebaroffandhisotherfriends,hedecidedtomaketheattemptintheserviceoftruth,progress,andhumanity.Inshort,theconclusionmaybedrawnthat,inspiteofallappearances,Mr.Burdovskyisamanofirreproachablecharacter,andthustheprincecanallthemorereadilyofferhimhisfriendship,andtheassistanceofwhichhespokejustnow...”

           “Hush!hush!GavrilaArdalionovitch!”criedMuishkinindismay,butitwastoolate.

           “Isaid,andIhaverepeateditoverandoveragain,”shoutedBurdovskyfuriously,“thatIdidnotwantthemoney.Iwillnottakeit...why...Iwillnot...

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