Part 2

Chapter 1

           

           Attheendofthewinter,intheShtcherbatskys’house,aconsultationwasbeingheld,whichwastopronounceonthestateofKitty’shealthandthemeasurestobetakentorestoreherfailingstrength.Shehadbeenill,andasspringcameonshegrewworse.Thefamilydoctorgavehercodliveroil,theniron,thennitrateofsilver,butasthefirstandthesecondandthethirdwerealikeindoingnogood,andashisadvicewhenspringcamewastogoabroad,acelebratedphysicianwascalledin.Thecelebratedphysician,averyhandsomeman,stillyoungish,askedtoexaminethepatient.Hemaintained,withpeculiarsatisfaction,itseemed,thatmaidenmodestyisamererelicofbarbarism,andthatnothingcouldbemorenaturalthanforamanstillyoungishtohandleayounggirlnaked.Hethoughtitnaturalbecausehediditeveryday,andfeltandthought,asitseemedtohim,noharmashediditandconsequentlyheconsideredmodestyinthegirlnotmerelyasarelicofbarbarism,butalsoasaninsulttohimself.

           Therewasnothingforitbuttosubmit,since,althoughallthedoctorshadstudiedinthesameschool,hadreadthesamebooks,andlearnedthesamescience,andthoughsomepeoplesaidthiscelebrateddoctorwasabaddoctor,intheprincess’shouseholdandcircleitwasforsomereasonacceptedthatthiscelebrateddoctoralonehadsomespecialknowledge,andthathealonecouldsaveKitty.Afteracarefulexaminationandsoundingofthebewilderedpatient,dazedwithshame,thecelebrateddoctor,havingscrupulouslywashedhishands,wasstandinginthedrawing-roomtalkingtotheprince.

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