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Chapter 4

           allthesegentlemen,”headded,suddenlyaddressingtheprince,“oncertainpoints...thatis...”Hethumpedthetablerepeatedly,andthelaughterincreased.Lebedeffwasinhisusualeveningcondition,andhadjustendedalongandscientificargument,whichhadlefthimexcitedandirritable.Onsuchoccasionshewasapttoevinceasupremecontemptforhisopponents.

           “Itisnotright!Halfanhourago,prince,itwasagreedamongusthatnooneshouldinterrupt,nooneshouldlaugh,thateachpersonwastoexpresshisthoughtsfreely;andthenattheend,wheneveryonehadspoken,objectionsmightbemade,evenbytheatheists.Wechosethegeneralaspresident.Nowwithoutsomesuchruleandorder,anyonemightbeshouteddown,evenintheloftiestandmostprofoundthought....”

           “Goon!Goon!Nobodyisgoingtointerruptyou!”criedseveralvoices.

           “Speak,butkeeptothepoint!”

           “Whatisthis‘star’?”askedanother.

           “Ihavenoidea,”repliedGeneralIvolgin,whopresidedwithmuchgravity.

           “Ilovethesearguments,prince,”saidKeller,alsomorethanhalfintoxicated,movingrestlesslyinhischair.“Scientificandpolitical.”Then,turningsuddenlytowardsEvgeniePavlovitch,whowasseatednearhim:“Doyouknow,IsimplyadorereadingtheaccountsofthedebatesintheEnglishparliament.

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