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Chapter 1

           Hestoodwiththetwoladies,seizingbothbytheirhands,persuadingthem,andgivingthemreasonswithastonishingplainnessofspeech,andatalmosteverywordheuttered,probablytoemphasisehisarguments,hesqueezedtheirhandspainfullyasinavise.HestaredatAvdotyaRomanovnawithouttheleastregardforgoodmanners.Theysometimespulledtheirhandsoutofhishugebonypaws,butfarfromnoticingwhatwasthematter,hedrewthemalltheclosertohim.Ifthey’dtoldhimtojumpheadforemostfromthestaircase,hewouldhavedoneitwithoutthoughtorhesitationintheirservice.ThoughPulcheriaAlexandrovnafeltthattheyoungmanwasreallytooeccentricandpinchedherhandtoomuch,inheranxietyoverherRodyashelookedonhispresenceasprovidential,andwasunwillingtonoticeallhispeculiarities.ButthoughAvdotyaRomanovnasharedheranxiety,andwasnotoftimorousdisposition,shecouldnotseetheglowinglightinhiseyeswithoutwonderandalmostalarm.ItwasonlytheunboundedconfidenceinspiredbyNastasya’saccountofherbrother’squeerfriend,whichpreventedherfromtryingtorunawayfromhim,andtopersuadehermothertodothesame.Sherealised,too,thatevenrunningawaywasperhapsimpossiblenow.Tenminuteslater,however,shewasconsiderablyreassured;itwascharacteristicofRazumihinthatheshowedhistruenatureatonce,whatevermoodhemightbein,sothatpeoplequicklysawthesortofmantheyhadtodealwith.

           “Youcan’tgotothelandlady,that’sperfectnonsense!”hecried.

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