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Chapter 12

           ItseemedtoEvgeniePavlovitchthattherewasnotyetperfectharmonybetweenAdelaidaandherfiance,buthethoughtthatintimetheimpulsiveyounggirlwouldletherselfbeguidedbyhisreasonandexperience.Besides,therecenteventsthathadbefallenherfamilyhadgivenAdelaidamuchtothinkabout,especiallythesadexperiencesofheryoungersister.Withinsixmonths,everythingthatthefamilyhaddreadedfromthemarriagewiththePolishcounthadcometopass.Heturnedouttobeneithercountnorexileatleast,inthepoliticalsenseofthewordbuthadhadtoleavehisnativelandowingtosomeratherdubiousaffairofthepast.Itwashisnoblepatriotism,ofwhichhemadeagreatdisplay,thathadrenderedhimsointerestinginAglaya’seyes.Shewassofascinatedthat,evenbeforemarryinghim,shejoinedacommitteethathadbeenorganizedabroadtoworkfortherestorationofPoland;andfurther,shevisitedtheconfessionalofacelebratedJesuitpriest,whomadeanabsolutefanaticofher.Thesupposedfortuneofthecounthaddwindledtoamerenothing,althoughhehadgivenalmostirrefutableevidenceofitsexistencetoLizabethaProkofievnaandPrinceS.

           Besidesthis,beforetheyhadbeenmarriedhalfayear,thecountandhisfriendthepriestmanagedtobringaboutaquarrelbetweenAglayaandherfamily,sothatitwasnowseveralmonthssincetheyhadseenher.Inaword,therewasagreatdealtosay;butMrs.Epanchin,andherdaughters,andevenPrinceS

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