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Chapter 10

           

           “Iassureyou,prince,thatLebedeffisintriguingagainstyou.Hewantstoputyouundercontrol.Imaginethat!Totake‘fromyoutheuseofyourfree-willandyourmoney’thatistosay,thetwothingsthatdistinguishusfromtheanimals!Ihavehearditsaidpositively.Itisthesobertruth.”

           Theprincerecollectedthatsomebodyhadtoldhimsomethingofthekindbefore,andhehad,ofcourse,scoffedatit.Heonlylaughednow,andforgotthehintatonce.

           Lebedeffreallyhadbeenbusyforsomelittlewhile;but,asusual,hisplanshadbecometoocomplextosucceed,throughsheerexcessofardour.Whenhecametotheprincetheverydaybeforetheweddingtoconfess(forhealwaysconfessedtothepersonsagainstwhomheintrigued,especiallywhentheplanfailed),heinformedourherothathehimselfwasabornTalleyrand,butforsomeunknownreasonhadbecomesimpleLebedeff.Hethenproceededtoexplainhiswholegametotheprince,interestingthelatterexceedingly.

           AccordingtoLebedeff’saccount,hehadfirsttriedwhathecoulddowithGeneralEpanchin.Thelatterinformedhimthathewishedwelltotheunfortunateyoungman,andwouldgladlydowhathecouldto“savehim,”butthathedidnotthinkitwouldbeseemlyforhimtointerfereinthismatter.LizabethaProkofievnawouldneitherhearnorseehim.PrinceS.andEvgeniePavlovitchonlyshruggedtheirshoulders,andimpliedthatitwasnobusinessoftheirs.

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