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Chapter 1

           stronger!Theycouldnothaverefusedmesoeasily!Theyarethesortofpeoplethatwouldfeelboundtoreturnmoneyandpresentsiftheybrokeitoff;andtheywouldfindithardtodoit!Andtheirconsciencewouldprickthem:howcanwedismissamanwhohashithertobeensogenerousanddelicate?....H’m!I’vemadeablunder.”

           Andgrindinghisteethagain,PyotrPetrovitchcalledhimselfafoolbutnotaloud,ofcourse.

           Hereturnedhome,twiceasirritatedandangryasbefore.ThepreparationsforthefuneraldinneratKaterinaIvanovna’sexcitedhiscuriosityashepassed.Hehadheardaboutitthedaybefore;hefancied,indeed,thathehadbeeninvited,butabsorbedinhisowncareshehadpaidnoattention.InquiringofMadameLippevechselwhowasbusylayingthetablewhileKaterinaIvanovnawasawayatthecemetery,heheardthattheentertainmentwastobeagreataffair,thatallthelodgershadbeeninvited,amongthemsomewhohadnotknownthedeadman,thatevenAndreySemyonovitchLebeziatnikovwasinvitedinspiteofhispreviousquarrelwithKaterinaIvanovna,thathe,PyotrPetrovitch,wasnotonlyinvited,butwaseagerlyexpectedashewasthemostimportantofthelodgers.AmaliaIvanovnaherselfhadbeeninvitedwithgreatceremonyinspiteoftherecentunpleasantness,andsoshewasverybusywithpreparationsandwastakingapositivepleasureinthem;shewasmoreoverdresseduptothenines,allinnewblacksilk,andshewasproudofit.

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