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Chapter 5

           Intalkingoverthequestionofrelationshipitturnedoutthattheprincewasverywellupinthematterandknewhispedigreeoffbyheart.ItwasfoundthatscarcelyanyconnectionexistedbetweenhimselfandMrs.Epanchin,butthetalk,andtheopportunityofconversingaboutherfamilytree,gratifiedthelatterexceedingly,andsherosefromthetableingreatgoodhumour.

           “Let’sallgotomyboudoir,”shesaid,“andtheyshallbringsomecoffeeinthere.That’stheroomwhereweallassembleandbusyourselvesaswelikebest,”sheexplained.“Alexandra,myeldest,here,playsthepiano,orreadsorsews;Adelaidapaintslandscapesandportraits(butneverfinishesany);andAglayasitsanddoesnothing.Idon’tworktoomuch,either.Hereweare,now;sitdown,prince,nearthefireandtalktous.Iwanttohearyourelatesomething.Iwishtomakesureofyoufirstandthentellmyoldfriend,PrincessBielokonski,aboutyou.Iwishyoutoknowallthegoodpeopleandtointerestthem.Nowthen,begin!”

           “Mamma,it’sratherastrangeorder,that!”saidAdelaida,whowasfussingamongherpaintsandpaint-brushesattheeasel.AglayaandAlexandrahadsettledthemselveswithfoldedhandsonasofa,evidentlymeaningtobelisteners.Theprincefeltthatthegeneralattentionwasconcentrateduponhimself.

           “IshouldrefusetosayawordifIwereorderedtotellastorylikethat!”observedAglaya.

           “Why?what’stherestrangeaboutit?Hehasatongue.

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