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Chapter 10

           

           Muishkingavehimexcellentcigarstosmoke,andLebedeff,forhispart,regaledhimwithliqueurs,broughtinbyVera,towhomthedoctor—amarriedmanandthefatherofafamily—addressedsuchcomplimentsthatshewasfilledwithindignation.Theypartedfriends,and,afterleavingtheprince,thedoctorsaidtoLebedeff:“Ifallsuchpeoplewereputunderrestraint,therewouldbenooneleftforkeepers.”Lebedeffthen,intragictones,toldoftheapproachingmarriage,whereupontheothernoddedhisheadandrepliedthat,afterall,marriageslikethatwerenotsorare;thathehadheardthattheladywasveryfascinatingandofextraordinarybeauty,whichwasenoughtoexplaintheinfatuationofawealthyman;that,further,thankstotheliberalityofTotskiandofRogojin,shepossessed—sohehadheard—notonlymoney,butpearls,diamonds,shawls,andfurniture,andconsequentlyshecouldnotbeconsideredabadmatch.Inbrief,itseemedtothedoctorthattheprince’schoice,farfrombeingasignoffoolishness,denoted,onthecontrary,ashrewd,calculating,andpracticalmind.Lebedeffhadbeenmuchstruckbythispointofview,andheterminatedhisconfessionbyassuringtheprincethathewasready,ifneedbe,toshedhisverylife’sbloodforhim.

           Hippolyte,too,wasasourceofsomedistractiontotheprinceatthistime;hewouldsendforhimatanyandeveryhouroftheday.

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