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Chapter 3

           

           “WhataboutEvgenie’suncle?”

           “Mygoodness,LefNicolaievitch,why,youcan’thaveheardasinglewordIsaid!Lookatme,I’mstilltremblingalloverwiththedreadfulshock!Itisthatthatkeptmeintownsolate.EvgeniePavlovitch’suncle

           “Well?”criedtheprince.

           “Shothimselfthismorning,atseveno’clock.Arespected,eminentoldmanofseventy;andexactlypointforpointasshedescribedit;asumofmoney,aconsiderablesumofgovernmentmoney,missing!”

           “Why,howcouldshe

           “What,knowofit?Ha,ha,ha!Why,therewasawholecrowdroundherthemomentsheappearedonthesceneshere.Youknowwhatsortofpeoplesurroundhernowadays,andsolicitthehonourofher‘acquaintance.’Ofcourseshemighteasilyhaveheardthenewsfromsomeonecomingfromtown.AllPetersburg,ifnotallPavlofsk,knowsitbynow.LookattheslynessofherobservationaboutEvgenie’suniform!Imean,herremarkthathehadretiredjustintime!There’savenomoushintforyou,ifyoulike!No,no!there’snoinsanitythere!OfcourseIrefusetobelievethatEvgeniePavlovitchcouldhaveknownbeforehandofthecatastrophe;thatis,thatatsuchandsuchadayatseveno’clock,andallthat;buthemightwellhavehadapresentimentofthetruth.AndIallofusPrinceS.andeverybody,believedthathewastoinheritalargefortunefromthisuncle.

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