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Chapter 16

           AnythingthatSalaskinwritesyouasregardsyourunquestionablerighttothisinheritance,youmaylookuponassomuchmoneyinyourpocket.Icongratulateyou,prince;youmayreceiveamillionandahalfofroubles,perhapsmore;Idon’tknow.AllIdoknowisthatPaparchinwasaveryrichmerchantindeed.”

           “Hurrah!”criedLebedeff,inadrunkenvoice.“HurrahforthelastoftheMuishkins!”

           “Mygoodnessme!andIgavehimtwenty-fiveroublesthismorningasthoughhewereabeggar,”blurtedoutthegeneral,halfsenselesswithamazement.“Well,Icongratulateyou,Icongratulateyou!”Andthegeneralrosefromhisseatandsolemnlyembracedtheprince.Allcameforwardwithcongratulations;eventhoseofRogojin’spartywhohadretreatedintothenextroom,nowcreptsoftlybacktolookon.ForthemomentevenNastasiaPhilipovnawasforgotten.

           Butgraduallytheconsciousnesscreptbackintothemindsofeachonepresentthattheprincehadjustmadeheranofferofmarriage.Thesituationhad,therefore,becomethreetimesasfantasticasbefore.

           Totskisatandshruggedhisshoulders,bewildered.Hewastheonlyguestleftsittingatthistime;theothershadthrongedroundthetableindisorder,andwerealltalkingatonce.

           Itwasgenerallyagreed,afterwards,inrecallingthatevening,thatfromthismomentNastasiaPhilipovnaseemedentirelytolosehersenses.

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