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Chapter 9

           Theprincewasdelightedtoseehim,andimmediatelybegantospeakoftheEpanchins;whichsimpleandstraightforwardopeningquitetookEvgenie’sfancy,sothathemeltedatonce,andplungedinmediasreswithoutceremony.

           Theprincedidnotknow,uptothis,thattheEpanchinshadlefttheplace.Hegrewverypaleonhearingthenews;butamomentlaterhenoddedhishead,andsaidthoughtfully:

           “Iknewitwasboundtobeso.”Thenheaddedquickly:

           “Wherehavetheygoneto?”

           Evgeniemeanwhileobservedhimattentively,andtherapidityofthequestions,theirsimplicity,theprince’scandour,andatthesametime,hisevidentperplexityandmentalagitation,surprisedhimconsiderably.However,hetoldMuishkinallhecould,kindlyandindetail.Theprincehardlyknewanything,forthiswasthefirstinformantfromthehouseholdwhomhehadmetsincetheestrangement.

           EvgeniereportedthatAglayahadbeenreallyill,andthatfortwonightsshehadnotsleptatall,owingtohighfever;thatnowshewasbetterandoutofseriousdanger,butstillinanervous,hystericalstate.

           “It’sagoodthingthatthereispeaceinthehouse,atallevents,”hecontinued.“Theyneverutterahintaboutthepast,notonlyinAglaya’spresence,butevenamongthemselves.Theoldpeoplearetalkingofatripabroadintheautumn,immediatelyafterAdelaida’swedding;Aglayareceivedthenewsinsilence.”

           Evgeniehimselfwasverylikelygoingabroadalso;sowerePrinceS.

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