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Chapter 9

           Whatelsehadshecomefor?Therewerehismotherandhissistersittingbeforeher,andsheseemedtohaveforgottentheirveryexistencealready;andifshebehavedlikethat,hethought,shemusthavesomeobjectinview.

           FerdishenkoledthegeneraluptoNastasiaPhilipovna.

           “ArdalionAlexandrovitchIvolgin,”saidthesmilinggeneral,withalowbowofgreatdignity,“anoldsoldier,unfortunate,andthefatherofthisfamily;buthappyinthehopeofincludinginthatfamilysoexquisite

           Hedidnotfinishhissentence,foratthismomentFerdishenkopushedachairupfrombehind,andthegeneral,notveryfirmonhislegs,atthispost-prandialhour,floppedintoitbackwards.Itwasalwaysadifficultthingtoputthiswarriortoconfusion,andhissuddendescentlefthimascomposedasbefore.HehadsatdownjustoppositetoNastasia,whosefingershenowtook,andraisedtohislipswithgreatelegance,andmuchcourtesy.Thegeneralhadoncebelongedtoaveryselectcircleofsociety,buthehadbeenturnedoutofittwoorthreeyearssinceonaccountofcertainweaknesses,inwhichhenowindulgedwithallthelessrestraint;buthisgoodmannersremainedwithhimtothisday,inspiteofall.

           NastasiaPhilipovnaseemeddelightedattheappearanceofthislatestarrival,ofwhomshehadofcourseheardagooddealbyreport.

           “IhaveheardthatmysonbeganArdalionAlexandrovitch.

           “Yourson,indeed!Anicepapayouare!Youmighthavecometoseemeanyhow,withoutcompromisinganyone.

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