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Chapter 1

           Pavlicheff,whosupportedyouinSwitzerland,Iknowhimtoo—atleast,ifitwasNicolaiAndreevitchofthatname?Afinefellowhewas—andhadapropertyoffourthousandsoulsinhisday.”

           “Yes,NicolaiAndreevitch—thatwashisname,”andtheyoungfellowlookedearnestlyandwithcuriosityattheall-knowinggentlemanwiththerednose.

           Thissortofcharacterismetwithprettyfrequentlyinacertainclass.Theyarepeoplewhoknoweveryone—thatis,theyknowwhereamanisemployed,whathissalaryis,whomheknows,whomhemarried,whatmoneyhiswifehad,whoarehiscousins,andsecondcousins,etc.,etc.Thesemengenerallyhaveaboutahundredpoundsayeartoliveon,andtheyspendtheirwholetimeandtalentsintheamassingofthisstyleofknowledge,whichtheyreduce—orraise—tothestandardofascience.

           Duringthelatterpartoftheconversationtheblack-hairedyoungmanhadbecomeveryimpatient.Hestaredoutofthewindow,andfidgeted,andevidentlylongedfortheendofthejourney.Hewasveryabsent;hewouldappeartolisten—andheardnothing;andhewouldlaughofasudden,evidentlywithnoideaofwhathewaslaughingabout.

           “Excuseme,”saidthered-nosedmantotheyoungfellowwiththebundle,rathersuddenly;“whomhaveIthehonourtobetalkingto?”

           “PrinceLefNicolaievitchMuishkin,”repliedthelatter,withperfectreadiness.

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