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Chapter 8

           

           “Silence!”criedNastasiaPhilipovna.“Youareaboutasfittounderstandmeasthehousemaidhere,whoborewitnessagainstherloverincourttheotherday.Shewouldunderstandmebetterthanyoudo.”

           “Probablyanhonestgirllivingbyherowntoil.Whydoyouspeakofahousemaidsocontemptuously?”

           “Idonotdespisetoil;Idespiseyouwhenyouspeakoftoil.”

           “Ifyouhadcaredtobeanhonestwoman,youwouldhavegoneoutasalaundress.”

           Bothhadrisen,andweregazingatoneanotherwithpallidfaces.

           “Aglaya,don’t!Thisisunfair,”criedtheprince,deeplydistressed.

           Rogojinwasnotsmilingnow;hesatandlistenedwithfoldedarms,andlipstightcompressed.

           “There,lookather,”criedNastasia,tremblingwithpassion.“Lookatthisyounglady!AndIimaginedheranangel!Didyoucometomewithoutyourgoverness,AglayaIvanovna?Oh,fie,nowshallIjusttellyouwhyyoucameheretoday?ShallItellyouwithoutanyembellishments?Youcamebecauseyouwereafraidofme!”

           “Afraidofyou?”askedAglaya,besideherselfwithnaiveamazementthattheothershoulddaretalktoherlikethis.

           “Yes,me,ofcourse!Ofcourseyouwereafraidofme,oryouwouldnothavedecidedtocome.Youcannotdespiseoneyoufear.

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