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Chapter 2

           ,forperhapsthehundredthtimesincehehadenteredintointimaterelationswiththefamily;buthelikedthese“extraordinarypeople,”allthesame.AsforPrinceLefNicolaievitchhimself,PrinceS.didnotseemquitetolikehim,somehow.Hewasdecidedlypreoccupiedandalittledisturbedastheyallstartedoff.

           EvgeniePavlovitchseemedtobeinalivelyhumour.HemadeAdelaidaandAlexandralaughallthewaytotheVauxhall;buttheybothlaughedsoveryreadilyandpromptlythattheworthyEvgeniebeganatlasttosuspectthattheywerenotlisteningtohimatall.

           Atthisidea,heburstoutlaughingallatonce,inquiteunaffectedmirth,andwithoutgivinganyexplanation.

           Thesisters,whoalsoappearedtobeinhighspirits,nevertiredofglancingatAglayaandtheprince,whowerewalkinginfront.Itwasevidentthattheiryoungersisterwasathoroughpuzzletothemboth.

           PrinceS.triedhardtogetupaconversationwithMrs.Epanchinuponoutsidesubjects,probablywiththegoodintentionofdistractingandamusingher;butheboredherdreadfully.Shewasabsent-mindedtoadegree,andansweredatcrosspurposes,andsometimesnotatall.

           ButthepuzzleandmysteryofAglayawasnotyetoverfortheevening.Thelastexhibitionfelltothelotoftheprincealone.Whentheyhadproceededsomehundredpacesorsofromthehouse,Aglayasaidtoherobstinatelysilentcavalierinaquickhalf-whisper:

           “Looktotheright!”

           Theprinceglancedinthedirectionindicated.

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