Chapter 9

           

           Arrivedatherhouse,LizabethaProkofievnapausedinthefirstroom.Shecouldgonofarther,andsubsidedontoacouchquiteexhausted;toofeebletoremembersomuchastoasktheprincetotakeaseat.Thiswasalargereception-room,fullofflowers,andwithaglassdoorleadingintothegarden.

           AlexandraandAdelaidacameinalmostimmediately,andlookedinquiringlyattheprinceandtheirmother.

           Thegirlsgenerallyroseataboutnineinthemorninginthecountry;Aglaya,oflate,hadbeeninthehabitofgettingupratherearlierandhavingawalkinthegarden,butnotatseveno’clock;abouteightoralittlelaterwasherusualtime.

           LizabethaProkofievna,whoreallyhadnotsleptallnight,roseatabouteightonpurposetomeetAglayainthegardenandwalkwithher;butshecouldnotfindhereitherinthegardenorinherownroom.

           Thisagitatedtheoldladyconsiderably;andsheawokeherotherdaughters.Next,shelearnedfromthemaidthatAglayahadgoneintotheparkbeforeseveno’clock.ThesistersmadeajokeofAglaya’slastfreak,andtoldtheirmotherthatifshewentintotheparktolookforher,Aglayawouldprobablybeveryangrywithher,andthatshewasprettysuretobesittingreadingonthegreenbenchthatshehadtalkedoftwoorthreedayssince,andaboutwhichshehadnearlyquarrelledwithPrinceS.,whodidnotseeanythingparticularlylovelyinit.

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