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Chapter 2

           

           Buttheyoungofficerhadrecoveredhimself,andwasnolongerlistening.AtthismomentRogojinappeared,elbowingthroughthecrowd;hetookNastasia’shand,drewitthroughhisarm,andquicklyledheraway.Heappearedtobeterriblyexcited;hewastremblingallover,andwasaspaleasacorpse.AshecarriedNastasiaoff,heturnedandgrinnedhorriblyintheofficer’sface,andwithlowmaliceobserved:

           “Tfu!lookwhatthefellowgot!Lookatthebloodonhischeek!Ha,ha!”

           Recollectinghimself,however,andseeingataglancethesortofpeoplehehadtodealwith,theofficerturnedhisbackonbothhisopponents,andcourteously,butconcealinghisfacewithhishandkerchief,approachedtheprince,whowasnowrisingfromthechairintowhichhehadfallen.

           “PrinceMuishkin,Ibelieve?ThegentlemantowhomIhadthehonourofbeingintroduced?”

           “Sheismad,insaneIassureyou,sheismad,”repliedtheprinceintremblingtones,holdingoutbothhishandsmechanicallytowardstheofficer.

           “Icannotboastofanysuchknowledge,ofcourse,butIwishedtoknowyourname.”

           Hebowedandretiredwithoutwaitingforananswer.

           Fivesecondsafterthedisappearanceofthelastactorinthisscene,thepolicearrived.Thewholeepisodehadnotlastedmorethanacoupleofminutes

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