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Chapter 11

           Theyhadwanderedoutforawalk,andcalledin“byaccident,”andtalkedforalmostthewholeofthetimetheywerewithhimaboutacertainmostlovelytreeinthepark,whichAdelaidahadsetherheartuponforapicture.This,andalittleamiableconversationonPrinceS.’spart,occupiedthetime,andnotawordwassaidaboutlastevening’sepisodes.AtlengthAdelaidaburstoutlaughing,apologized,andexplainedthattheyhadcomeincognito;fromwhich,andfromthecircumstancethattheysaidnothingabouttheprince’seitherwalkingbackwiththemorcomingtoseethemlateron,thelatterinferredthathewasinMrs.Epanchin’sblackbooks.Adelaidamentionedawatercolourthatshewouldmuchliketoshowhim,andexplainedthatshewouldeithersenditbyColia,orbringitherselfthenextdaywhichtotheprinceseemedverysuggestive.

           Atlength,however,justasthevisitorswereonthepointofdeparting,PrinceS.seemedsuddenlytorecollecthimself.“Ohyes,by-the-by,”hesaid,“doyouhappentoknow,mydearLefNicolaievitch,whothatladywaswhocalledouttoEvgeniePavlovitchlastnight,fromthecarriage?”

           “ItwasNastasiaPhilipovna,”saidtheprince;“didn’tyouknowthat?Icannottellyouwhohercompanionwas.”

           “Butwhatonearthdidshemean?Iassureyouitisarealriddletometome,andtoothers,too!”PrinceS.seemedtobeundertheinfluenceofsincereastonishment.

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