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Chapter 2

           Theolderandmorerespectableofthemall,asifbycommonconsent,stayedaway.PyotrPetrovitchLuzhin,forinstance,whomightbesaidtobethemostrespectableofallthelodgers,didnotappear,thoughKaterinaIvanovnahadtheeveningbeforetoldalltheworld,thatisAmaliaIvanovna,Polenka,SoniaandthePole,thathewasthemostgenerous,noble-heartedmanwithalargepropertyandvastconnections,whohadbeenafriendofherfirsthusband’s,andaguestinherfather’shouse,andthathehadpromisedtouseallhisinfluencetosecureheraconsiderablepension.ItmustbenotedthatwhenKaterinaIvanovnaexaltedanyone’sconnectionsandfortune,itwaswithoutanyulteriormotive,quitedisinterestedly,forthemerepleasureofaddingtotheconsequenceofthepersonpraised.Probably“takinghiscue”fromLuzhin,“thatcontemptiblewretchLebeziatnikovhadnotturnedupeither.Whatdidhefancyhimself?HewasonlyaskedoutofkindnessandbecausehewassharingthesameroomwithPyotrPetrovitchandwasafriendofhis,sothatitwouldhavebeenawkwardnottoinvitehim.”

           Amongthosewhofailedtoappearwere“thegenteelladyandherold-maidishdaughter,”whohadonlybeenlodgersinthehouseforthelastfortnight,buthadseveraltimescomplainedofthenoiseanduproarinKaterinaIvanovna’sroom,especiallywhenMarmeladovhadcomebackdrunk.

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