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Chapter 6

           Hewasalwaysverycooltohim,whiletakingadvantageofhisreadyservices,andwouldinstantlyhaveputanotherinhisplaceiftherehadbeentheslightestreasonforthechange.

           Anotherguestwasanelderly,important-lookinggentleman,adistantrelativeofLizabethaProkofievna’s.Thisgentlemanwasrich,heldagoodposition,wasagreattalker,andhadthereputationofbeing“oneofthedissatisfied,”thoughnotbelongingtothedangeroussectionsofthatclass.Hehadthemanners,tosomeextent,oftheEnglisharistocracy,andsomeoftheirtastes(especiallyinthematterofunder-doneroastbeef,harness,men-servants,etc.).Hewasagreatfriendofthedignitary’s,andLizabethaProkofievna,forsomereasonorother,hadgotholdoftheideathatthisworthyintendedatnodistantdatetooffertheadvantagesofhishandandhearttoAlexandra.

           Besidestheelevatedandmoresolidindividualsenumerated,therewerepresentafewyoungerthoughnotlesselegantguests.BesidesPrinceS.andEvgeniePavlovitch,wemustnametheeminentandfascinatingPrinceN.oncethevanquisheroffemaleheartsalloverEurope.Thisgentlemanwasnolongerinthefirstbloomofyouthhewasforty-five,butstillveryhandsome.Hewaswelloff,andlived,asarule,abroad,andwasnotedasagoodtellerofstories.Thencameafewguestsbelongingtoalowerstratumofsocietypeoplewho,liketheEpanchinsthemselves,movedonlyoccasionallyinthisexaltedsphere.

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