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Chapter 9

           

           “Ofcourseitisalunaticasylum!”repeatedAglayasharply,butherwordswereoverpoweredbyothervoices.Everybodywastalkingloudly,makingremarksandcomments;somediscussedtheaffairgravely,otherslaughed.IvanFedorovitchEpanchinwasextremelyindignant.Hestoodwaitingforhiswifewithanairofoffendeddignity.Lebedeff’snephewtookupthewordagain.

           “Well,prince,todoyoujustice,youcertainlyknowhowtomakethemostofyourletuscallitinfirmity,forthesakeofpoliteness;youhavesetaboutofferingyourmoneyandfriendshipinsuchawaythatnoself-respectingmancouldpossiblyacceptthem.Thisisanexcessofingenuousnessorofmaliceyououghttoknowbetterthananyonewhichwordbestfitsthecase.”

           “Allowme,gentlemen,”saidGavrilaArdalionovitch,whohadjustexaminedthecontentsoftheenvelope,“thereareonlyahundredroubleshere,nottwohundredandfifty.Ipointthisout,prince,topreventmisunderstanding.”

           “Nevermind,nevermind,”saidtheprince,signingtohimtokeepquiet.

           “Butwedomind,”saidLebedeff’snephewvehemently.“Prince,your‘nevermind’isaninsulttous.Wehavenothingtohide;ouractionscanbeardaylight.Itistruethatthereareonlyahundredroublesinsteadoftwohundredandfifty,butitisallthesame.”

           “Why,no,itishardlythesame,”remarkedGavrilaArdalionovitch,withanairofingenuoussurprise.

           “Don’tinterrupt,wearenotsuchfoolsasyouthink,Mr.

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