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Chapter 10

           

           “Theverytimewhenhewascringingbeforeyouandmakingprotestationsofdevotion!Oh,themeanwretches!IwillhavenothingtodowithyourPushkin,andyourdaughtershallnotsetfootinmyhouse!”

           LizabethaProkofievnawasabouttorise,whenshesawHippolytelaughing,andturneduponhimwithirritation.

           “Well,sir,Isupposeyouwantedtomakemelookridiculous?”

           “Heavenforbid!”heanswered,withaforcedsmile.“ButIammorethaneverstruckbyyoureccentricity,LizabethaProkofievna.IadmitthatItoldyouofLebedeff’sduplicity,onpurpose.Iknewtheeffectitwouldhaveonyou,onyoualone,fortheprincewillforgivehim.Hehasprobablyforgivenhimalready,andisrackinghisbrainstofindsomeexcuseforhimisnotthatthetruth,prince?”

           Hegaspedashespoke,andhisstrangeagitationseemedtoincrease.

           “Well?”saidMrs.Epanchinangrily,surprisedathistone;“well,whatmore?”

           “Ihaveheardmanythingsofthekindaboutyou...theydelightedme...Ihavelearnedtoholdyouinthehighestesteem,”continuedHippolyte.

           Hiswordsseemedtingedwithakindofsarcasticmockery,yethewasextremelyagitated,castingsuspiciousglancesaroundhim,growingconfused,andconstantlylosingthethreadofhisideas.Allthis,togetherwithhisconsumptiveappearance,andthefrenziedexpressionofhisblazingeyes,naturallyattractedtheattentionofeveryonepresent.

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