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Chapter 3

           

           Theprincewasratheralarmedatallthis,andwasobligedtoendbyappointingthesamehourofthefollowingdayfortheinterviewdesired.Thegenerallefthimmuchcomfortedandfarlessagitatedthanwhenhehadarrived.

           Atsevenintheevening,theprincesenttorequestLebedefftopayhimavisit.Lebedeffcameatonce,and“esteemeditanhonour,”asheobserved,theinstantheenteredtheroom.Heactedasthoughtherehadneverbeentheslightestsuspicionofthefactthathehadsystematicallyavoidedtheprinceforthelastthreedays.

           Hesatdownontheedgeofhischair,smilingandmakingfaces,andrubbinghishands,andlookingasthoughhewereindelightedexpectationofhearingsomeimportantcommunication,whichhadbeenlongguessedbyall.

           Theprincewasinstantlycoveredwithconfusion;foritappearedtobeplainthateveryoneexpectedsomethingofhimthateveryonelookedathimasthoughanxioustocongratulatehim,andgreetedhimwithhints,andsmiles,andknowinglooks.

           Keller,forinstance,hadrunintothehousethreetimesoflate,“justforamoment,”andeachtimewiththeairofdesiringtoofferhiscongratulations.Colia,too,inspiteofhismelancholy,hadonceortwicebegunsentencesinmuchthesamestrainofsuggestionorinsinuation.

           Theprince,however,immediatelybegan,withsomeshowofannoyance,toquestionLebedeffcategorically,astothegeneral’spresentcondition,andhisopinionthereon.Hedescribedthemorning’sinterviewinafewwords.

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