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Chapter 4

           Thatisnotthequestion.No,thequestionisnow,excellency,Ibelieve,tositdowntothebanquetyouareabouttoprovideforus!”

           Lebedeffhadrousedgreatindignationinsomeofhisauditors(itshouldberemarkedthatthebottleswereconstantlyuncorkedduringhisspeech);butthisunexpectedconclusioncalmedeventhemostturbulentspirits.“That’showacleverbarristermakesagoodpoint!”saidhe,whenspeakingofhisperorationlateron.Thevisitorsbegantolaughandchatteronceagain;thecommitteelefttheirseats,andstretchedtheirlegsontheterrace.KelleralonewasstilldisgustedwithLebedeffandhisspeech;heturnedfromonetoanother,sayinginaloudvoice:

           “Heattackseducation,heboastsofthefanaticismofthetwelfthcentury,hemakesabsurdgrimaces,andaddedtothatheisbynomeanstheinnocenthemakeshimselfouttobe.Howdidhegetthemoneytobuythishouse,allowmetoask?”

           Inanothercornerwasthegeneral,holdingforthtoagroupofhearers,amongthemPtitsin,whomhehadbuttonholed.“Ihaveknown,”saidhe,“arealinterpreteroftheApocalypse,thelateGregorySemeonovitchBurmistroff,andhehepiercedtheheartlikeafieryflash!Hebeganbyputtingonhisspectacles,thenheopenedalargeblackbook;hiswhitebeard,andhistwomedalsonhisbreast,recallingactsofcharity,alladdedtohisimpressiveness.Hebeganinasternvoice,andbeforehimgenerals,hardmenoftheworld,boweddown,andladiesfelltothegroundfainting.

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