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Chapter 10

           However,Lebedeffhadnotlostheart,andwentofftoacleverlawyer,aworthyandrespectableman,whomheknewwell.ThisoldgentlemaninformedhimthatthethingwasperfectlyfeasibleifhecouldgetholdofcompetentwitnessesastoMuishkin’smentalincapacity.Then,withtheassistanceofafewinfluentialpersons,hewouldsoonseethematterarranged.

           Lebedeffimmediatelyprocuredtheservicesofanolddoctor,andcarriedthelatterawaytoPavlofsktoseetheprince,bywayofviewingtheground,asitwere,andtogivehim(Lebedeff)counselastowhetherthethingwastobedoneornot.Thevisitwasnottobeofficial,butmerelyfriendly.

           Muishkinrememberedthedoctor’svisitquitewell.HerememberedthatLebedeffhadsaidthathelookedill,andhadbetterseeadoctor;andalthoughtheprincescoutedtheidea,Lebedeffhadturnedupalmostimmediatelywithhisoldfriend,explainingthattheyhadjustmetatthebedsideofHippolyte,whowasveryill,andthatthedoctorhadsomethingtotelltheprinceaboutthesickman.

           Theprincehad,ofcourse,atoncereceivedhim,andhadplungedintoaconversationaboutHippolyte.HehadgiventhedoctoranaccountofHippolyte’sattemptedsuicide;andhadproceededthereaftertotalkofhisownmalady,ofSwitzerland,ofSchneider,andsoon;andsodeeplywastheoldmaninterestedbytheprince’sconversationandhisdescriptionofSchneider’ssystem,thathesatonfortwohours.

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