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Chapter 3

           However,whentheydidmeet,Colianeverhadanythingparticulartotellhim,exceptingthathewashighlydissatisfiedwiththegeneralandhispresentconditionofmindandbehaviour.

           “Theydrageachotherabouttheplace,”hesaid,“andgetdrunktogetheratthepubclosebyhere,andquarrelinthestreetonthewayhome,andembraceoneanotherafterit,anddon’tseemtopartforamoment.”

           Whentheprincepointedoutthattherewasnothingnewaboutthat,forthattheyhadalwaysbehavedinthismannertogether,Coliadidnotknowwhattosay;infacthecouldnotexplainwhatitwasthatspeciallyworriedhim,justnow,abouthisfather.

           Onthemorningfollowingthebacchanaliansongsandquarrelsrecordedabove,astheprincesteppedoutofthehouseatabouteleveno’clock,thegeneralsuddenlyappearedbeforehim,muchagitated.

           “Ihavelongsoughtthehonourandopportunityofmeetingyou—much-esteemedLefNicolaievitch,”hemurmured,pressingtheprince’shandveryhard,almostpainfullyso;“long—verylong.”

           Theprincebeggedhimtostepinandsitdown.

           “No—Iwillnotsitdown,—Iamkeepingyou,Isee,—anothertime!—IthinkImaybepermittedtocongratulateyouupontherealizationofyourheart’sbestwishes,isitnotso?”

           “Whatbestwishes?”

           Theprinceblushed.Hethought,assomanyinhispositiondo,thatnobodyhadseen,heard,noticed,orunderstoodanything.

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