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Chapter 3

           

           Thecourseofeventshadmarchedinthefollowingorder.WhenLebedeffreturned,incompanywiththegeneral,aftertheirexpeditiontotownafewdayssince,forthepurposeofinvestigation,hebroughttheprincenoinformationwhatever.Ifthelatterhadnothimselfbeenoccupiedwithotherthoughtsandimpressionsatthetime,hemusthaveobservedthatLebedeffnotonlywasveryuncommunicative,butevenappearedanxioustoavoidhim.

           Whentheprincedidgivethematteralittleattention,herecalledthefactthatduringthesedayshehadalwaysfoundLebedefftobeinradiantlygoodspirits,whentheyhappenedtomeet;andfurther,thatthegeneralandLebedeffwerealwaystogether.Thetwofriendsdidnotseemevertobepartedforamoment.

           Occasionallytheprinceheardloudtalkingandlaughingupstairs,andoncehedetectedthesoundofajollysoldier’ssonggoingonabove,andrecognizedtheunmistakablebassofthegeneral’svoice.Butthesuddenoutbreakofsongdidnotlast;andforanhourafterwardstheanimatedsoundofapparentlydrunkenconversationcontinuedtobeheardfromabove.Atlengththerewastheclearestevidenceofagrandmutualembracing,andsomeoneburstintotears.Shortlyafterthis,however,therewasaviolentbutshort-livedquarrel,withloudtalkingonbothsides.

           AllthesedaysColiahadbeeninastateofgreatmentalpreoccupation.Muishkinwasusuallyoutallday,andonlycamehomelateatnight.OnhisreturnhewasinvariablyinformedthatColiahadbeenlookingforhim.

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