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Chapter 7

           ,andthegirls,allbrokeofftheirownconversationsandlistened.Aglayaseemedalittlestartled;asforLizabethaProkofievna,herheartsankwithinher.

           ThiswasoddofLizabethaProkofievnaandherdaughters.Theyhadthemselvesdecidedthatitwouldbebetteriftheprincedidnottalkalltheevening.Yetseeinghimsittingsilentandalone,butperfectlyhappy,theyhadbeenonthepointofexertingthemselvestodrawhimintooneofthegroupsoftalkersaroundtheroom.Nowthathewasinthemidstofatalktheybecamemorethaneveranxiousandperturbed.

           “Thathewasasplendidmanisperfectlytrue;youarequiteright,”repeatedIvanPetrovitch,butseriouslythistime.“Hewasafineandaworthyfellow—worthy,onemaysay,ofthehighestrespect,”headded,moreandmoreseriouslyateachpause;“anditisagreeabletosee,onyourpart,such—”

           “Wasn’titthissamePavlicheffaboutwhomtherewasastrangestoryinconnectionwithsomeabbot?Idon’trememberwhotheabbotwas,butIrememberatonetimeeverybodywastalkingaboutit,”remarkedtheolddignitary.

           “Yes—AbbotGurot,aJesuit,”saidIvanPetrovitch.“Yes,that’sthesortofthingourbestmenareapttodo.Amanofrank,too,andrich—amanwho,ifhehadcontinuedtoserve,mighthavedoneanything;andthentothrowuptheserviceandeverythingelseinordertogoovertoRomanCatholicismandturnJesuit—openly,too—almosttriumphantly.

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