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Chapter 15

           Hewassoberhimself,buttheexcitementofthischaoticdaythestrangestdayofhislifehadaffectedhimsothathewasinadazed,wildcondition,whichalmostresembleddrunkenness.

           Hehadkeptbutoneideabeforehimallday,andforthathehadworkedinanagonyofanxietyandafeverofsuspense.Hislieutenantshadworkedsohardfromfiveo’clockuntileleven,thattheyactuallyhadcollectedahundredthousandroublesforhim,butatsuchterrificexpense,thattherateofinterestwasonlymentionedamongtheminwhispersandwithbatedbreath.

           Asbefore,Rogojinwalkedinadvanceofhistroop,whofollowedhimwithmingledself-assertionandtimidity.TheywerespeciallyfrightenedofNastasiaPhilipovnaherself,forsomereason.

           Manyofthemexpectedtobethrowndownstairsatonce,withoutfurtherceremony,theelegantandirresistibleZaleshoffamongthem.Butthepartyledbytheathlete,withoutopenlyshowingtheirhostileintentions,silentlynursedcontemptandevenhatredforNastasiaPhilipovna,andmarchedintoherhouseastheywouldhavemarchedintoanenemy’sfortress.Arrivedthere,theluxuryoftheroomsseemedtoinspirethemwithakindofrespect,notunmixedwithalarm.Somanythingswereentirelynewtotheirexperiencethechoicefurniture,thepictures,thegreatstatueofVenus.Theyfollowedtheirchiefintothesalon,however,withakindofimpudentcuriosity.

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