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Chapter 1

           

           Aglayahadsimplyfrightenedhim;yethedidnotgiveupallthoughtsofherthoughheneverseriouslyhopedthatshewouldcondescendtohim.Atthetimeofhis“adventure”withNastasiaPhilipovnahehadcometotheconclusionthatmoneywashisonlyhopemoneyshoulddoallforhim.

           AtthemomentwhenhelostAglaya,andafterthescenewithNastasia,hehadfeltsolowinhisowneyesthatheactuallybroughtthemoneybacktotheprince.Ofthisreturningofthemoneygiventohimbyamadwomanwhohadreceiveditfromamadman,hehadoftenrepentedsincethoughheneverceasedtobeproudofhisaction.DuringtheshorttimethatMuishkinremainedinPetersburgGaniahadhadtimetocometohatehimforhissympathy,thoughtheprincetoldhimthatitwas“noteveryonewhowouldhaveactedsonobly”astoreturnthemoney.Hehadlongpondered,too,overhisrelationswithAglaya,andhadpersuadedhimselfthatwithsuchastrange,childish,innocentcharacterashers,thingsmighthaveendedverydifferently.Remorsethenseizedhim;hethrewuphispost,andburiedhimselfinself-tormentandreproach.

           HelivedatPtitsin’s,andopenlyshowedcontemptforthelatter,thoughhealwayslistenedtohisadvice,andwassensibleenoughtoaskforitwhenhewantedit.GavrilaArdalionovitchwasangrywithPtitsinbecausethelatterdidnotcaretobecomeaRothschild.“IfyouaretobeaJew,”hesaid,“doitproperlysqueezepeoplerightandleft,showsomecharacter;betheKingoftheJewswhileyouareaboutit.

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