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Chapter 11

           

           ButallthesameGaniawasinhaste,forhissisterwaswaitingatLebedeff’stoconsulthimonanurgentmatterofbusiness.Ifhehadanticipatedimpatientquestions,orimpulsiveconfidences,hewassoonundeceived.Theprincewasthoughtful,reserved,evenalittleabsent-minded,andaskednoneofthequestionsoneinparticularthatGaniahadexpected.Soheimitatedtheprince’sdemeanour,andtalkedfastandbrilliantlyuponallsubjectsbuttheoneonwhichtheirthoughtswereengaged.AmongotherthingsGaniatoldhishostthatNastasiaPhilipovnahadbeenonlyfourdaysinPavlofsk,andthateveryonewastalkingaboutheralready.ShewasstayingwithDariaAlexeyevna,inanuglylittlehouseinMattrosskyStreet,butdroveaboutinthesmartestcarriageintheplace.Acrowdoffollowershadpursuedherfromthefirst,youngandold.Someescortedheronhorse-backwhenshetooktheairinhercarriage.

           Shewasascapriciousaseverinthechoiceofheracquaintances,andadmittedfewintohernarrowcircle.Yetshealreadyhadanumerousfollowingandmanychampionsonwhomshecoulddependintimeofneed.Onegentlemanonhisholidayhadbrokenoffhisengagementonheraccount,andanoldgeneralhadquarrelledwithhisonlysonforthesamereason.

           Shewasaccompaniedsometimesinhercarriagebyagirlofsixteen,adistantrelativeofherhostess.Thisyoungladysangverywell;infact,hermusichadgivenakindofnotorietytotheirlittlehouse.Nastasia,however,wasbehavingwithgreatdiscretiononthewhole.

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