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Chapter 17

           

           “Volgarinovhasfullyassented,asfarashe’sconcerned,”saidStepanArkadyevitch,turningred.StepanArkadyevitchreddenedatthementionofthatname,becausehehadbeenthatmorningattheJewVolgarinov’s,andthevisithadleftanunpleasantrecollection.

           StepanArkadyevitchbelievedmostpositivelythatthecommitteeinwhichhewastryingtogetanappointmentwasanew,genuine,andhonestpublicbody,butthatmorningwhenVolgarinovhad—intentionally,beyondadoubt—kepthimtwohourswaitingwithotherpetitionersinhiswaitingroom,hehadsuddenlyfeltuneasy.

           Whetherhewasuncomfortablethathe,adescendantofRurik,PrinceOblonsky,hadbeenkeptfortwohourswaitingtoseeaJew,orthatforthefirsttimeinhislifehewasnotfollowingtheexampleofhisancestorsinservingthegovernment,butwasturningoffintoanewcareer,anywayhewasveryuncomfortable.DuringthosetwohoursinVolgarinov’swaitingroomStepanArkadyevitch,steppingjauntilyabouttheroom,pullinghiswhiskers,enteringintoconversationwiththeotherpetitioners,andinventinganepigramonhisposition,assiduouslyconcealedfromothers,andevenfromhimself,thefeelinghewasexperiencing.

           Butallthetimehewasuncomfortableandangry,hecouldnothavesaidwhy—whetherbecausehecouldnotgethisepigramjustright,orfromsomeotherreason.WhenatlastVolgarinovhadreceivedhimwithexaggeratedpolitenessandunmistakabletriumphathishumiliation,andhadallbutrefusedthefavoraskedofhim,StepanArkadyevitchhadmadehastetoforgetitallassoonaspossible

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