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Chapter 5

           Heappearedsostrangelydisturbedthatmanyofthosepresentcouldnothelpwondering.

           “Reading?Noneofyourreadingnow!”saidsomebody;“it’ssupper-time.”“Whatsortofanarticleisit?Forapaper?Probablyit’sverydull,”saidanother.Buttheprince’stimidgesturehadimpressedevenHippolyte.

           “ThenI’mnottoreadit?”hewhispered,nervously.“AmInottoreadit?”herepeated,gazingaroundateachfaceinturn.“Whatareyouafraidof,prince?”heturnedandaskedthelattersuddenly.

           “WhatshouldIbeafraidof?”

           “Hasanyoneacoinaboutthem?Givemeatwenty-copeckpiece,somebody!”AndHippolyteleaptfromhischair.

           “Hereyouare,”saidLebedeff,handinghimone;hethoughttheboyhadgonemad.

           “VeraLukianovna,”saidHippolyte,“tossit,willyou?Heads,Iread,tails,Idon’t.”

           VeraLebedefftossedthecoinintotheairandletitfallonthetable.

           Itwas“heads.”

           “ThenIreadit,”saidHippolyte,inthetoneofonebowingtothefiatofdestiny.Hecouldnothavegrownpalerifaverdictofdeathhadsuddenlybeenpresentedtohim.

           “Butafterall,whatisit?IsitpossiblethatIshouldhavejustriskedmyfatebytossingup?”hewenton,shuddering;andlookedroundhimagain.Hiseyeshadacuriousexpressionofsincerity.“Thatisanastonishingpsychologicalfact,”hecried,suddenlyaddressingtheprince,inatoneofthemostintensesurprise.“Itis...

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