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Chapter 7

           Withthisresolvefirmlyimpresseduponhermind,sheawokenextday;butduringthemorning,afterherearlylunch,shefellintoaconditionofremarkableinconsistency.

           Inreplytoaveryguardedquestionofhersisters’,Aglayahadansweredcoldly,butexceedinglyhaughtily:

           “Ihavenevergivenhimmywordatall,norhaveIevercountedhimasmyfuturehusbandneverinmylife.Heisjustaslittletomeasalltherest.”

           LizabethaProkofievnasuddenlyflaredup.

           “Ididnotexpectthatofyou,Aglaya,”shesaid.“Heisanimpossiblehusbandforyou,Iknowit;andthankGodthatweagreeuponthatpoint;butIdidnotexpecttohearsuchwordsfromyou.IthoughtIshouldhearaverydifferenttonefromyou.Iwouldhaveturnedouteveryonewhowasintheroomlastnightandkepthim,that’sthesortofmanheis,inmyopinion!”

           Hereshesuddenlypaused,afraidofwhatshehadjustsaid.Butshelittleknewhowunfairshewastoherdaughteratthatmoment.ItwasallsettledinAglaya’smind.Shewasonlywaitingforthehourthatwouldbringthemattertoafinalclimax;andeveryhint,everycarelessprobingofherwound,didbutfurtherlacerateherheart.

           

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