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Chapter 5

           

           LizabethaProkofievnawellunderstoodthattheoldladywasangryatthefailureofEvgeniePavlovitchherownrecommendation.ShereturnedhometoPavlofskinaworsehumourthanwhensheleft,andofcourseeverybodyinthehousesuffered.Shepitchedintoeveryone,because,shedeclared,theyhad‘gonemad.’Whywerethingsalwaysmismanagedinherhouse?Whyhadeverybodybeeninsuchafrantichurryinthismatter?Sofarasshecouldsee,nothingwhateverhadhappened.Surelytheyhadbetterwaitandseewhatwastohappen,insteadofmakingmountainsoutofmolehills.

           Andsotheconclusionofthematterwasthatitwouldbefarbettertotakeitquietly,andwaitcoollytoseewhatwouldturnup.But,alas!peacedidnotreignformorethantenminutes.ThefirstblowdealttoitspowerwasincertainnewscommunicatedtoLizabethaProkofievnaastoeventswhichhadhappenedduringhertriptoseetheprincess.(ThistriphadtakenplacethedayafterthatonwhichtheprincehadturnedupattheEpanchinsatnearlyoneo’clockatnight,thinkingitwasnine.)

           Thesistersrepliedcandidlyandfullyenoughtotheirmother’simpatientquestionsonherreturn.

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