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Chapter 6

           Heragewasaboutforty-five,sothatshewasaveryyoungwifeforsuchanelderlyhusbandasthedignitary.Shehadbeenabeautyinherdayandstillloved,asmanyladiesofforty-fivedolove,todressalittletoosmartly.Herintellectwasnothingtoboastof,andherliteraryknowledgeverydoubtful.Literarypatronagewas,however,withherasmuchamaniaaswastheloveofgorgeousclothes.Manybooksandtranslationswerededicatedtoherbyherproteges,andafewofthesetalentedindividualshadpublishedsomeoftheirownletterstoher,uponveryweightysubjects.

           This,then,wasthesocietythattheprinceacceptedatonceastruecoin,aspuregoldwithoutalloy.

           Itsohappened,however,thatonthisparticulareveningallthesegoodpeoplewereinexcellenthumourandhighlypleasedwiththemselves.EveryoneofthemfeltthattheyweredoingtheEpanchinsthegreatestpossiblehonourbytheirpresence.Butalas!theprinceneversuspectedanysuchsubtleties!Forinstance,hehadnosuspicionofthefactthattheEpanchins,havingintheirmindsoimportantastepasthemarriageoftheirdaughter,wouldneverthinkofpresumingtotakeitwithouthavingpreviously“shownoff”theproposedhusbandtothedignitarytherecognizedpatronofthefamily.Thelatter,too,thoughhewouldprobablyhavereceivednewsofagreatdisastertotheEpanchinfamilywithperfectcomposure,wouldneverthelesshaveconsidereditapersonaloffenceiftheyhaddaredtomarrytheirdaughterwithouthisadvice,orwemightalmostsay,hisleave.

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