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Chapter 2

           WhatPyotrPetrovitchwritesinthisletterandwhatyouandIhavesupposedmaybemistaken,butyoucan’timagine,DmitriProkofitch,howmoodyand,sotosay,capriciousheis.Inevercoulddependonwhathewoulddowhenhewasonlyfifteen.AndIamsurethathemightdosomethingnowthatnobodyelsewouldthinkofdoing...Well,forinstance,doyouknowhowayearandahalfagoheastoundedmeandgavemeashockthatnearlykilledme,whenhehadtheideaofmarryingthatgirlwhatwashernamehislandlady’sdaughter?”

           “Didyouhearaboutthataffair?”askedAvdotyaRomanovna.

           “DoyousupposePulcheriaAlexandrovnacontinuedwarmly.“Doyousupposethatmytears,myentreaties,myillness,mypossibledeathfromgrief,ourpovertywouldhavemadehimpause?No,hewouldcalmlyhavedisregardedallobstacles.Andyetitisn’tthathedoesn’tloveus!”

           “Hehasneverspokenawordofthataffairtome,”Razumihinansweredcautiously.“ButIdidhearsomethingfromPraskovyaPavlovnaherself,thoughsheisbynomeansagossip.AndwhatIheardcertainlywasratherstrange.”

           “Andwhatdidyouhear?”boththeladiesaskedatonce.

           “Well,nothingveryspecial.Ionlylearnedthatthemarriage,whichonlyfailedtotakeplacethroughthegirl’sdeath,wasnotatalltoPraskovyaPavlovna’sliking.Theysay,too,thegirlwasnotatallpretty,infactIamtoldpositivelyugly...andsuchaninvalid...andqueer.Butsheseemstohavehadsomegoodqualities.

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