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Chapter 8

           

           Itwasstrange,NastasiaPhilipovnafelt,toseeAglayalikethis.Shegazedather,andcouldhardlybelievehereyesandearsforamomentortwo.

           Whethershewereawomanwhohadreadtoomanypoems,asEvgeniePavlovitchsupposed,orwhethersheweremad,astheprincehadassuredAglaya,atallevents,thiswasawomanwho,inspiteofheroccasionallycynicalandaudaciousmanner,wasfarmorerefinedandtrustfulandsensitivethanappeared.Therewasacertainamountofromanticdreaminessandcapriceinher,butwiththefantasticwasmingledmuchthatwasstronganddeep.

           Theprincerealizedthis,andgreatsufferingexpresseditselfinhisface.

           Aglayaobservedit,andtrembledwithanger.

           “Howdareyouspeaksotome?”shesaid,withahaughtinesswhichwasquiteindescribable,replyingtoNastasia’slastremark.

           “YoumusthavemisunderstoodwhatIsaid,”saidNastasia,insomesurprise.

           “Ifyouwishedtopreserveyourgoodname,whydidyounotgiveupyouryour‘guardian,’Totski,withoutallthattheatricalposturing?”saidAglaya,suddenlyaproposofnothing.

           “Whatdoyouknowofmyposition,thatyoudaretojudgeme?”criedNastasia,quiveringwithrage,andgrowingterriblywhite.

           “Iknowthismuch,thatyoudidnotgoouttohonestwork,butwentawaywitharichman,Rogojin,inordertoposeasafallenangel.Idon’twonderthatTotskiwasnearlydriventosuicidebysuchafallenangel.

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