Chapter 6

           

           AstotheeveningpartyattheEpanchins’atwhichPrincessBielokonskiwastobepresent,Variahadreportedwithaccuracy;thoughshehadperhapsexpressedherselftoostrongly.

           Thethingwasdecidedinahurryandwithacertainamountofquiteunnecessaryexcitement,doubtlessbecause“nothingcouldbedoneinthishouselikeanywhereelse.”

           TheimpatienceofLizabethaProkofievna“togetthingssettled”explainedagooddeal,aswellastheanxietyofbothparentsforthehappinessoftheirbeloveddaughter.Besides,PrincessBielokonskiwasgoingawaysoon,andtheyhopedthatshewouldtakeaninterestintheprince.Theywereanxiousthatheshouldentersocietyundertheauspicesofthislady,whosepatronagewasthebestofrecommendationsforanyyoungman.

           Evenifthereseemssomethingstrangeaboutthematch,thegeneralandhiswifesaidtoeachother,the“world”willacceptAglaya’sfiancewithoutanyquestionifheisunderthepatronageoftheprincess.Inanycase,theprincewouldhavetobe“shown”soonerorlater;thatis,introducedintosociety,ofwhichhehad,sofar,nottheleastidea.Moreover,itwasonlyaquestionofasmallgatheringofafewintimatefriends.BesidesPrincessBielokonski,onlyoneotherladywasexpected,thewifeofahighdignitary.EvgeniePavlovitch,whowastoescorttheprincess,wastheonlyyoungman.

           Muishkinwastoldoftheprincess’svisitthreedaysbeforehand,butnothingwassaidtohimaboutthepartyuntilthenightbeforeitwastotakeplace.

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