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Chapter 2

           

           Thenoncemorewithprideanddignityshescannedhervisitors,andsuddenlyinquiredaloudacrossthetableofthedeafman:“Wouldn’thehavesomemoremeat,andhadhebeengivensomewine?”Theoldmanmadenoanswerandforalongwhilecouldnotunderstandwhathewasasked,thoughhisneighboursamusedthemselvesbypokingandshakinghim.Hesimplygazedabouthimwithhismouthopen,whichonlyincreasedthegeneralmirth.

           “Whatanimbecile!Look,look!Whywashebrought?ButastoPyotrPetrovitch,Ialwayshadconfidenceinhim,”KaterinaIvanovnacontinued,“and,ofcourse,heisnotlike...”withanextremelysternfacesheaddressedAmaliaIvanovnasosharplyandloudlythatthelatterwasquitedisconcerted,“notlikeyourdressedupdraggletailswhommyfatherwouldnothavetakenascooksintohiskitchen,andmylatehusbandwouldhavedonethemhonourifhehadinvitedtheminthegoodnessofhisheart.”

           “Yes,hewasfondofdrink,hewasfondofit,hediddrink!”criedthecommissariatclerk,gulpingdownhistwelfthglassofvodka.

           “Mylatehusbandcertainlyhadthatweakness,andeveryoneknowsit,”KaterinaIvanovnaattackedhimatonce,“buthewasakindandhonourableman,wholovedandrespectedhisfamily.Theworstofitwashisgoodnaturemadehimtrustallsortsofdisreputablepeople,andhedrankwithfellowswhowerenotworththesoleofhisshoe.

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