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Chapter 2

           KaterinaIvanovnaatoncepointedouttoher,thatasshewasaslutshecouldnotjudgewhatmadeonereallyalady.AmaliaIvanovnaatoncedeclaredthather“VaterausBerlinwasavery,veryimportantman,andbothhandsinpocketswent,andalwaysusedtosay:‘Poof!poof!’”andsheleaptupfromthetabletorepresentherfather,stickingherhandsinherpockets,puffinghercheeks,andutteringvaguesoundsresembling“poof!poof!”amidloudlaughterfromallthelodgers,whopurposelyencouragedAmaliaIvanovna,hopingforafight.

           ButthiswastoomuchforKaterinaIvanovna,andsheatoncedeclared,sothatallcouldhear,thatAmaliaIvanovnaprobablyneverhadafather,butwassimplyadrunkenPetersburgFinn,andhadcertainlyoncebeenacookandprobablysomethingworse.AmaliaIvanovnaturnedasredasalobsterandsquealedthatperhapsKaterinaIvanovnaneverhadafather,“butshehadaVaterausBerlinandthatheworealongcoatandalwayssaidpoof-poof-poof!”

           KaterinaIvanovnaobservedcontemptuouslythatallknewwhatherfamilywasandthatonthatverycertificateofhonouritwasstatedinprintthatherfatherwasacolonel,whileAmaliaIvanovna’sfatherifshereallyhadonewasprobablysomeFinnishmilkman,butthatprobablysheneverhadafatheratall,sinceitwasstilluncertainwhetherhernamewasAmaliaIvanovnaorAmaliaLudwigovna

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