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Chapter 8

           LizabethaProkofievnawentoffinadirectionexactlycontrarytotheusualone,andallunderstoodverywellwhatshewasdrivingat,butheldtheirpeace,fearingtoirritatethegoodlady.She,asthoughanxioustoavoidanyconversation,walkedahead,silentandalone.AtlastAdelaidaremarkedthatitwasnouseracingalongatsuchapace,andthatshecouldnotkeepupwithhermother.

           “Lookhere,”saidLizabethaProkofievna,turningroundsuddenly;“wearepassinghishouse.WhateverAglayamaythink,andinspiteofanythingthatmayhappen,heisnotastrangertous;besideswhich,heisillandinmisfortune.I,forone,shallcallinandseehim.Letanyonefollowmewhocaresto.”

           Ofcourseeveryoneofthemfollowedher.

           Theprincehastenedtoapologize,veryproperly,foryesterday’smishapwiththevase,andforthescenegenerally.

           “Oh,that’snothing,”repliedLizabetha;“I’mnotsorryforthevase,I’msorryforyou.H’m!soyoucanseethattherewasa‘scene,’canyou?Well,itdoesn’tmattermuch,foreveryonemustrealizenowthatitisimpossibletobehardonyou.Well,aurevoir.Iadviseyoutohaveawalk,andthengotosleepagainifyoucan.Comeinasusual,ifyoufeelinclined;andbeassured,onceforall,whateverhappens,andwhatevermayhavehappened,youshallalwaysremainthefriendofthefamilymine,atallevents.Icananswerformyself.”

           Inresponsetothischallengealltheotherschimedinandre-echoedmamma’ssentiments.

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