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Chapter 2

           Shewaswearingadressofthindarkstuffandshehadawhitetransparentscarfroundherneck.Razumihinsoondetectedsignsofextremepovertyintheirbelongings.HadAvdotyaRomanovnabeendressedlikeaqueen,hefeltthathewouldnotbeafraidofher,butperhapsjustbecauseshewaspoorlydressedandthathenoticedallthemiseryofhersurroundings,hisheartwasfilledwithdreadandhebegantobeafraidofeverywordheuttered,everygesturehemade,whichwasverytryingforamanwhoalreadyfeltdiffident.

           “You’vetoldusagreatdealthatisinterestingaboutmybrother’scharacter...andhavetolditimpartially.Iamglad.Ithoughtthatyouweretoouncriticallydevotedtohim,”observedAvdotyaRomanovnawithasmile.“Ithinkyouarerightthatheneedsawoman’scare,”sheaddedthoughtfully.

           “Ididn’tsayso;butIdaresayyouareright,only...”

           “What?”

           “Helovesnooneandperhapsheneverwill,”Razumihindeclareddecisively.

           “Youmeanheisnotcapableoflove?”

           “Doyouknow,AvdotyaRomanovna,youareawfullylikeyourbrother,ineverything,indeed!”heblurtedoutsuddenlytohisownsurprise,butrememberingatoncewhathehadjustbeforesaidofherbrother,heturnedasredasacrabandwasovercomewithconfusion.AvdotyaRomanovnacouldn’thelplaughingwhenshelookedathim.

           “YoumaybothbemistakenaboutRodya,”PulcheriaAlexandrovnaremarked,slightlypiqued.“Iamnottalkingofourpresentdifficulty,Dounia.

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