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Chapter 4

           D’youknowIhadafeelingthattherewouldbealotofpeopleheretonight?It’snotthefirsttimethatmypresentimentshavebeenfulfilled.IwishIhadknownitwasyourbirthday,I’dhavebroughtyouapresentperhapsIhavegotapresentforyou!Whoknows?Ha,ha!Howlongisitnowbeforedaylight?”

           “Notacoupleofhours,”saidPtitsin,lookingathiswatch.“What’sthegoodofdaylightnow?Onecanreadallnightintheopenairwithoutit,”saidsomeone.

           “Thegoodofit!Well,Iwantjusttoseearayofthesun,”saidHippolyte.“Canonedrinktothesun’shealth,doyouthink,prince?”

           “Oh,Idaresayonecan;butyouhadbetterbecalmandliedown,Hippolytethat’smuchmoreimportant.”

           “Youarealwayspreachingaboutresting;youarearegularnursetome,prince.Assoonasthesunbeginsto‘resound’intheskywhatpoetsaidthat?‘Thesunresoundedinthesky.’Itisbeautiful,thoughthere’snosenseinit!thenwewillgotobed.Lebedeff,tellme,isthesunthesourceoflife?Whatdoesthesource,or‘spring,’oflifereallymeanintheApocalypse?Youhaveheardofthe‘StarthatiscalledWormwood,’prince?”

           “IhaveheardthatLebedeffexplainsitastherailroadsthatcoverEuropelikeanet.”

           Everybodylaughed,andLebedeffgotupabruptly.

           “No!Allowme,thatisnotwhatwearediscussing!”hecried,wavinghishandtoimposesilence.“Allowme!Withthesegentlemen...

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