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Chapter 5

           

           ToallthishermotherrepliedthatAlexandrawasafreethinker,andthatallthiswasduetothat“cursedwoman’srightsquestion.”

           Halfanhourafterthisconversation,shewentofftotown,andthencetotheKammennyOstrof,[“StoneIsland,”asuburbandparkofSt.Petersburg]toseePrincessBielokonski,whohadjustarrivedfromMoscowonashortvisit.TheprincesswasAglaya’sgodmother.

           “OldBielokonski”listenedtoallthefeveredanddespairinglamentationsofLizabethaProkofievnawithouttheleastemotion;thetearsofthissorrowfulmotherdidnotevokeansweringsighsinfact,shelaughedather.Shewasadreadfulolddespot,thisprincess;shecouldnotallowequalityinanything,noteveninfriendshipoftheoldeststanding,andsheinsistedontreatingMrs.Epanchinasherprotégée,asshehadbeenthirty-fiveyearsago.ShecouldneverputupwiththeindependenceandenergyofLizabetha’scharacter.Sheobservedthat,asusual,thewholefamilyhadgonemuchtoofarahead,andhadconvertedaflyintoanelephant;that,sofarasshehadheardtheirstory,shewaspersuadedthatnothingofanyseriousnesshadoccurred;thatitwouldsurelybebettertowaituntilsomethingdidhappen;thattheprince,inheropinion,wasaverydecentyoungfellow,thoughperhapsalittleeccentric,throughillness,andnotquiteasweightyintheworldasonecouldwish.Theworstfeaturewas,shesaid,NastasiaPhilipovna.

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