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Chapter 11

           TheprincerefusedtobelievethatLebedeffcouldhavegivensuchaninterpretation,andtheydecidedtoaskhimaboutitattheearliestopportunity.VerarelatedhowKellerhadtakenuphisabodewiththemonthepreviousevening.Shethoughthewouldremainforsometime,ashewasgreatlypleasedwiththesocietyofGeneralIvolginandofthewholefamily.Buthedeclaredthathehadonlycometotheminordertocompletehiseducation!TheprincealwaysenjoyedthecompanyofLebedeff’schildren,andtodayitwasespeciallywelcome,forColiadidnotappearallday.EarlythatmorninghehadstartedforPetersburg.Lebedeffalsowasawayonbusiness.ButGavrilaArdalionovitchhadpromisedtovisitMuishkin,whoeagerlyawaitedhiscoming.

           Aboutsevenintheevening,soonafterdinner,hearrived.Atthefirstglanceitstrucktheprincethathe,atanyrate,mustknowallthedetailsoflastnight’saffair.Indeed,itwouldhavebeenimpossibleforhimtoremaininignoranceconsideringtheintimaterelationshipbetweenhim,VarvaraArdalionovna,andPtitsin.Butalthoughheandtheprincewereintimate,inasense,andalthoughthelatterhadplacedtheBurdovskyaffairinhishandsandthiswasnottheonlymarkofconfidencehehadreceiveditseemedcurioushowmanymatterstherewerethatweretacitlyavoidedintheirconversations.MuishkinthoughtthatGaniaattimesappearedtodesiremorecordialityandfrankness.Itwasapparentnow,whenheentered,thathewasconvincedthatthemomentforbreakingtheicebetweenthemhadcomeatlast.

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