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Chapter 12

           

           TheindividualwhocorrespondsthuswithEvgeniePavlovitch,andwhoengagessomuchofhisattentionandrespect,isVeraLebedeff.Wehaveneverbeenabletodiscoverclearlyhowsuchrelationssprangup.Ofcoursetherootofthemwasintheeventswhichwehavealreadyrecorded,andwhichsofilledVerawithgriefontheprince’saccountthatshefellseriouslyill.Butexactlyhowtheacquaintanceandfriendshipcameabout,wecannotsay.

           WehavespokenoftheseletterschieflybecauseinthemisoftentobefoundsomenewsoftheEpanchinfamily,andofAglayainparticular.EvgeniePavlovitchwroteofherfromParis,thatafterashortandsuddenattachmenttoacertainPolishcount,anexile,shehadsuddenlymarriedhim,quiteagainstthewishesofherparents,thoughtheyhadeventuallygiventheirconsentthroughfearofaterriblescandal.Then,afterasixmonths’silence,EvgeniePavlovitchinformedhiscorrespondent,inalongletter,fullofdetail,thatwhilepayinghislastvisittoDr.Schneider’sestablishment,hehadtherecomeacrossthewholeEpanchinfamily(exceptingthegeneral,whohadremainedinSt.Petersburg)andPrinceS.Themeetingwasastrangeone.TheyallreceivedEvgeniePavlovitchwitheffusivedelight;AdelaidaandAlexandraweredeeplygratefultohimforhis“angelickindnesstotheunhappyprince.”

           LizabethaProkofievna,whenshesawpoorMuishkin,inhisenfeebledandhumiliatedcondition,hadweptbitterly.Apparentlyallwasforgivenhim.

           PrinceS.hadmadeafewjustandsensibleremarks.

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