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Chapter 5

           Whatonearthdiditallmean?Themostdisturbingfeaturewasthehedgehog.Whatwasthesymbolicsignificationofahedgehog?Whatdidtheyunderstandbyit?Whatunderlayit?Wasitacrypticmessage?

           PoorGeneralEpanchin“puthisfootinit”byansweringtheabovequestionsinhisownway.Hesaidtherewasnocrypticmessageatall.Asforthehedgehog,itwasjustahedgehog,whichmeantnothingunless,indeed,itwasapledgeoffriendship,thesignofforgettingofoffencesandsoon.Atallevents,itwasajoke,and,ofcourse,amostpardonableandinnocentone.

           Wemayaswellremarkthatthegeneralhadguessedperfectlyaccurately.

           Theprince,returninghomefromtheinterviewwithAglaya,hadsatgloomyanddepressedforhalfanhour.HewasalmostindespairwhenColiaarrivedwiththehedgehog.

           Thentheskyclearedinamoment.Theprinceseemedtoarisefromthedead;heaskedColiaallaboutit,madehimrepeatthestoryoverandoveragain,andlaughedandshookhandswiththeboysinhisdelight.

           ItseemedcleartotheprincethatAglayaforgavehim,andthathemightgothereagainthisveryevening;andinhiseyesthatwasnotonlythemainthing,buteverythingintheworld.

           “Whatchildrenwearestill,Colia!”hecriedatlast,enthusiastically,“andhowdelightfulitisthatwecanbechildrenstill!”

           “Simplymydearprince,simplysheisinlovewithyou,that’sthewholeofthesecret!”repliedColia,withauthority.

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