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Chapter 9

           Butpleasedon’tletmekeepanyone,”sheaddedsuddenlytoherhusbandanddaughters,inatoneofresentment,asthoughtheyhadgrievouslyoffendedher.“Icancomehomealonequitewell.”

           Buttheydidnotletherfinish,andgatheredroundhereagerly.Theprinceimmediatelyinvitedeveryonetostayfortea,andapologizedfornothavingthoughtofitbefore.Thegeneralmurmuredafewpolitewords,andaskedLizabethaProkofievnaifshedidnotfeelcoldontheterrace.HeverynearlyaskedHippolytehowlonghehadbeenattheUniversity,butstoppedhimselfintime.EvgeniePavlovitchandPrinceS.suddenlygrewextremelygayandamiable.AdelaidaandAlexandrahadnotrecoveredfromtheirsurprise,butitwasnowmingledwithsatisfaction;inshort,everyoneseemedverymuchrelievedthatLizabethaProkofievnahadgotoverherparoxysm.Aglayaalonestillfrowned,andsatapartinsilence.Alltheotherguestsstayedonaswell;noonewantedtogo,notevenGeneralIvolgin,butLebedeffsaidsomethingtohiminpassingwhichdidnotseemtopleasehim,forheimmediatelywentandsulkedinacorner.TheprincetookcaretoofferteatoBurdovskyandhisfriendsaswellastherest.Theinvitationmadethemratheruncomfortable.TheymutteredthattheywouldwaitforHippolyte,andwentandsatbythemselvesinadistantcorneroftheverandah.Teawasservedatonce;Lebedeffhadnodoubtordereditforhimselfandhisfamilybeforetheothersarrived.Itwasstrikingeleven.

           

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