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Chapter 10

           ButitsohappenedthattheprincecalledatHippolyte’shouselateron,andheardfromhismotherthatshehadbeenintownallday,andhadtherereceivedavisitfromRogojin,whohadmadeinquiriesaboutPavlofsk.Oninquiry,itturnedoutthatRogojinvisitedtheoldladyintownatalmostthesamemomentwhenNastasiadeclaredthatshehadseenhiminthegarden;sothatthewholethingturnedouttobeanillusiononherpart.NastasiaimmediatelywentacrosstoHippolyte’stoinquiremoreaccurately,andreturnedimmenselyrelievedandcomforted.

           Onthedaybeforethewedding,theprinceleftNastasiainastateofgreatanimation.Herwedding-dressandallsortsoffineryhadjustarrivedfromtown.Muishkinhadnotimaginedthatshewouldbesoexcitedoverit,buthepraisedeverything,andhispraiserenderedherdoublyhappy.

           ButNastasiacouldnothidethecauseofherintenseinterestinherweddingsplendour.Shehadheardoftheindignationinthetown,andknewthatsomeofthepopulacewasgettingupasortofcharivariwithmusic,thatverseshadbeencomposedfortheoccasion,andthattherestofPavlofsksocietymoreorlessencouragedthesepreparations.So,sinceattemptswerebeingmadetohumiliateher,shewantedtoholdherheadevenhigherthanusual,andtooverwhelmthemallwiththebeautyandtasteofhertoilette.“Letthemshoutandwhistle,iftheydare!”Hereyesflashedatthethought.But,underneaththis,shehadanothermotive,ofwhichshedidnotspeak.

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