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Chapter 11

           

           Hesatisfiedtheircuriosity,inasfewwordsaspossible,withregardtothewedding,buttheirexclamationsandsighsweresonumerousandsincerethathewasobligedtotellthewholestoryinashortform,ofcourse.TheadviceofalltheseagitatedladieswasthattheprinceshouldgoatonceandknockatRogojin’suntilhewasletin:andwhenletininsistuponasubstantialexplanationofeverything.IfRogojinwasreallynotathome,theprincewasadvisedtogotoacertainhouse,theaddressofwhichwasgiven,wherelivedaGermanlady,afriendofNastasiaPhilipovna’s.Itwaspossiblethatshemighthavespentthenightthereinheranxietytoconcealherself.

           Theprincerosefromhisseatinaconditionofmentalcollapse.Thegoodladiesreportedafterwardsthat“hispallorwasterribletosee,andhislegsseemedtogivewayunderneathhim.”Withdifficultyhewasmadetounderstandthathisnewfriendswouldbegladofhisaddress,inordertoactwithhimifpossible.Afteramoment’sthoughthegavetheaddressofthesmallhotel,onthestairsofwhichhehadhadafitsomefiveweekssince.HethensetoffoncemoreforRogojin’s.

           ThistimetheyneitheropenedthedooratRogojin’sflatnorattheoneopposite.Theprincefoundtheporterwithdifficulty,butwhenfound,themanwouldhardlylookathimoranswerhisquestions,pretendingtobebusy.Eventually,however,hewaspersuadedtoreplysofarastostatethatRogojinhadleftthehouseearlyinthemorningandgonetoPavlofsk,andthathewouldnotreturntodayatall.

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