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Chapter 23

           thereaderwenton,andthenpaused(“Doyousee,”shoutedtheyouthvictoriously,“he’sgoingtoclearupthewholeaffairforyou....”),“indestroyingthem,andwillsendthesevisitorstothedevil.Iwillcomebacktodinner,andwe’llsettowork.Wewilldo,completelydo,andundothesescoundrels.”

           Thelastwordswerereadoutinthemidstofcompletesilence.Thetallladhunghisheadgloomily.Itwasevidentthatnoonehadunderstoodthelastpart.Inparticular,thewords“Iwillcomebacktodinner,”evidentlydispleasedbothreaderandaudience.Thepeople’smindsweretunedtoahighpitchandthiswastoosimpleandneedlesslycomprehensible—itwaswhatanyoneofthemmighthavesaidandthereforewaswhatanukáseemanatingfromthehighestauthorityshouldnotsay.

           Theyallstooddespondentandsilent.Thetallyouthmovedhislipsandswayedfromsidetoside.

           “Weshouldaskhim...that’shehimself?”...“Yes,askhimindeed!...Whynot?He’llexplain”...voicesintherearofthecrowdweresuddenlyheardsaying,andthegeneralattentionturnedtothepolicesuperintendent’strapwhichdroveintothesquareattendedbytwomounteddragoons.

           Thesuperintendentofpolice,whohadgonethatmorningbyCountRostopchín’sorderstoburnthebargesandhadinconnectionwiththatmatteracquiredalargesumofmoneywhichwasatthatmomentinhispocket,onseeingacrowdbearingdownuponhimtoldhiscoachmantostop.

           “Whatpeoplearethese?”heshoutedtothemen,whoweremovingsinglyandtimidlyinthedirectionofhistrap

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