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Chapter 5

           Butnosoonerhadthisideatakenroot,thanallatoncedeclaredthattheyhadseenandobserveditlongago;thattheyhadremarkeditatthetimeofthe“poorknight”joke,andevenbefore,thoughtheyhadbeenunwillingtobelieveinsuchnonsense.

           Sosaidthesisters.Ofcourse,LizabethaProkofievnahadforeseenitlongbeforetherest;her“hearthadbeensore”foralongwhile,shedeclared,anditwasnowsosorethatsheappearedtobequiteoverwhelmed,andtheverythoughtoftheprincebecamedistastefultoher.

           Therewasaquestiontobedecided—mostimportant,butmostdifficult;somuchso,thatMrs.Epanchindidnotevenseehowtoputitintowords.Wouldtheprincedoornot?Wasallthisgoodorbad?Ifgood(whichmightbethecase,ofcourse),whygood?Ifbad(whichwashardlydoubtful),wherein,especially,bad?Eventhegeneral,thepaterfamilias,thoughastonishedatfirst,suddenlydeclaredthat,“uponhishonour,hereallybelievedhehadfanciedsomethingofthekind,afterall.Atfirst,itseemedanewidea,andthen,somehow,itlookedasfamiliaraspossible.”Hiswifefrownedhimdownthere.Thiswasinthemorning;butintheevening,alonewithhiswife,hehadgiventongueagain.

           “Well,really,youknow”—(silence)—“ofcourse,youknowallthisisverystrange,iftrue,whichIcannotdeny;but”—(silence).

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