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Chapter 9

           Surely—surelyAglayahasnotthesameexpressionnowasshehadatthemomentwhensheranaway?Oh,yes!IamguiltyandIknowit—Iknowit!ProbablyIaminfaultallround—Idon’tquiteknowhow—butIaminfault,nodoubt.Thereissomethingelse,butIcannotexplainittoyou,EvgeniePavlovitch.Ihavenowords;butAglayawillunderstand.IhavealwaysbelievedAglayawillunderstand—Iamassuredshewill.”

           “No,prince,shewillnot.Aglayalovedlikeawoman,likeahumanbeing,notlikeanabstractspirit.Doyouknowwhat,mypoorprince?Themostprobableexplanationofthematteristhatyouneverlovedeithertheoneortheotherinreality.”

           “Idon’tknow—perhapsyouarerightinmuchthatyouhavesaid,EvgeniePavlovitch.Youareverywise,EvgeniePavlovitch—oh!howmyheadisbeginningtoacheagain!Cometoher,quick—forGod’ssake,come!”

           “ButItellyousheisnotinPavlofsk!She’sinColmina.”

           “Oh,cometoColmina,then!Come—letusgoatonce!”

           “No—no,impossible!”saidEvgenie,rising.

           “Lookhere—I’llwritealetter—takealetterforme!”

           “No—no,prince;youmustforgiveme,butIcan’tundertakeanysuchcommissions!Ireallycan’t.”

           Andsotheyparted.

           EvgeniePavlovitchleftthehousewithstrangeconvictions.He,too,feltthattheprincemustbeoutofhismind

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