Part 5

Chapter 1

           

           ThemorningthatfollowedthefatefulinterviewwithDouniaandhermotherbroughtsoberinginfluencestobearonPyotrPetrovitch.Intenselyunpleasantasitwas,hewasforcedlittlebylittletoacceptasafactbeyondrecallwhathadseemedtohimonlythedaybeforefantasticandincredible.Theblacksnakeofwoundedvanityhadbeengnawingathisheartallnight.Whenhegotoutofbed,PyotrPetrovitchimmediatelylookedinthelooking-glass.Hewasafraidthathehadjaundice.Howeverhishealthseemedunimpairedsofar,andlookingathisnoble,clear-skinnedcountenancewhichhadgrownfattishoflate,PyotrPetrovitchforaninstantwaspositivelycomfortedintheconvictionthathewouldfindanotherbrideand,perhaps,evenabetterone.Butcomingbacktothesenseofhispresentposition,heturnedasideandspatvigorously,whichexcitedasarcasticsmileinAndreySemyonovitchLebeziatnikov,theyoungfriendwithwhomhewasstaying.ThatsmilePyotrPetrovitchnoticed,andatoncesetitdownagainsthisyoungfriend’saccount.Hehadsetdownagoodmanypointsagainsthimoflate.HisangerwasredoubledwhenhereflectedthatheoughtnottohavetoldAndreySemyonovitchabouttheresultofyesterday’sinterview.Thatwasthesecondmistakehehadmadeintemper,throughimpulsivenessandirritability....Moreover,allthatmorningoneunpleasantnessfollowedanother.Heevenfoundahitchawaitinghiminhislegalcaseinthesenate.

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