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Chapter 11

           Havingengagedhisroom,hewasaskedbythewaiterwhetherhewouldtakedinner;replyingmechanicallyintheaffirmative,hesatdownandwaited;butitwasnotlongbeforeitstruckhimthatdiningwoulddelayhim.Enragedatthisidea,hestartedup,crossedthedarkpassage(whichfilledhimwithhorribleimpressionsandgloomyforebodings),andsetoutoncemoreforRogojin’s.Rogojinhadnotreturned,andnoonecametothedoor.Herangattheoldlady’sdooropposite,andwasinformedthatParfenSemionovitchwouldnotreturnforthreedays.Thecuriositywithwhichtheoldservantstaredathimagainimpressedtheprincedisagreeably.Hecouldnotfindtheporterthistimeatall.

           Asbefore,hecrossedthestreetandwatchedthewindowsfromtheotherside,walkingupanddowninanguishofsoulforhalfanhourorsointhestiflingheat.Nothingstirred;theblindsweremotionless;indeed,theprincebegantothinkthattheapparitionofRogojin’sfacecouldhavebeennothingbutfancy.Soothedbythisthought,hedroveoffoncemoretohisfriendsattheIsmailofskybarracks.Hewasexpectedthere.ThemotherhadalreadybeentothreeorfourplacestolookforNastasia,buthadnotfoundatraceofanykind.

           Theprincesaidnothing,butenteredtheroom,satdownsilently,andstaredatthem,oneaftertheother,withtheairofamanwhocannotunderstandwhatisbeingsaidtohim.Itwasstrangeonemomentheseemedtobesoobservant,thenextsoabsent;hisbehaviourstruckallthefamilyasmostremarkable.

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