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Chapter 5

           

           Heairedhisownviewsonvariousmatters,someofhismostprivateopinionsandobservations,manyofwhichwouldhaveseemedratherfunny,sohishearersagreedafterwards,hadtheynotbeensowellexpressed.

           Thegenerallikedserioussubjectsofconversation;butbothheandLizabethaProkofievnafeltthattheywerehavingalittletoomuchofagoodthingtonight,andastheeveningadvanced,theybothgrewmoreorlessmelancholy;buttowardsnight,theprincefelltotellingfunnystories,andwasalwaysthefirsttoburstoutlaughinghimself,whichheinvariablydidsojoyouslyandsimplythattherestlaughedjustasmuchathimasathisstories.

           AsforAglaya,shehardlysaidawordalltheevening;butshelistenedwithallherearstoLefNicolaievitch’stalk,andscarcelytookhereyesoffhim.

           “Shelookedathim,andstaredandstared,andhungoneverywordhesaid,”saidLizabethaafterwards,toherhusband,“andyet,tellherthatsheloveshim,andsheisfurious!”

           “What’stobedone?It’sfate,”saidthegeneral,shrugginghisshoulders,and,foralongwhileafter,hecontinuedtorepeat:“It’sfate,it’sfate!”

           WemayaddthattoabusinessmanlikeGeneralEpanchinthepresentpositionofaffairswasmostunsatisfactory.Hehatedtheuncertaintyinwhichtheyhadbeen,perforce,left.However,hedecidedtosaynomoreaboutit,andmerelytolookon,andtakehistimeandtunefromLizabethaProkofievna.

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