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Chapter 5

           

           ItisimpossibletodescribeAglaya’sirritation.Sheflaredup,andsaidsomeindignantwordsabout“allthesesillyinsinuations.”Sheaddedthat“shehadnointentionsasyetofreplacinganybody’smistress.”

           Thesewordspainfullyimpressedthewholeparty;butespeciallyherparents.LizabethaProkofievnasummonedasecretcounciloftwo,andinsisteduponthegeneral’sdemandingfromtheprinceafullexplanationofhisrelationswithNastasiaPhilipovna.ThegeneralarguedthatitwasonlyawhimofAglaya’s;andthat,hadnotPrinceS.unfortunatelymadethatremark,whichhadconfusedthechildandmadeherblush,sheneverwouldhavesaidwhatshedid;andthathewassureAglayaknewwellthatanythingshemighthaveheardoftheprinceandNastasiaPhilipovnawasmerelythefabricationofmalicioustongues,andthatthewomanwasgoingtomarryRogojin.HeinsistedthattheprincehadnothingwhatevertodowithNastasiaPhilipovna,sofarasanyliaisonwasconcerned;and,ifthetruthweretobetoldaboutit,headded,neverhadhad.

           Meanwhilenothingputtheprinceout,andhecontinuedtobeintheseventhheavenofbliss.Ofcoursehecouldnotfailtoobservesomeimpatienceandill-temperinAglayanowandthen;buthebelievedinsomethingelse,andnothingcouldnowshakehisconviction.Besides,Aglaya’sfrownsneverlastedlong;theydisappearedofthemselves.

           Perhapshewastooeasyinhismind.SothoughtHippolyte,atallevents,whomethimintheparkoneday.

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