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Chapter 1

           Withoutforcinghimselfuponthepublicnotice,modestandunobtrusive,thisyoungprincewasconcernedwithmuchthathappenedintheworldingeneral.

           Hehadserved,atfirst,inoneofthecivildepartments,hadthenattendedtomattersconnectedwiththelocalgovernmentofprovincialtowns,andhadoflatebeenacorrespondingmemberofseveralimportantscientificsocieties.Hewasamanofexcellentfamilyandsolidmeans,aboutthirty-fiveyearsofage.

           PrinceSmadetheacquaintanceofthegeneral’sfamily,andAdelaida,thesecondgirl,madeagreatimpressionuponhim.Towardsthespringheproposedtoher,andsheacceptedhim.Thegeneralandhiswifeweredelighted.Thejourneyabroadwasputoff,andtheweddingwasfixedforadaynotverydistant.

           ThetripabroadmighthavebeenenjoyedlateronbyMrs.Epanchinandhertworemainingdaughters,butforanothercircumstance.

           ItsohappenedthatPrinceSintroducedadistantrelationofhisownintotheEpanchinfamilyoneEvgeniePavlovitch,ayoungofficerofabouttwenty-eightyearsofage,whoseconquestsamongtheladiesinMoscowhadbeenproverbial.ThisyounggentlemannosoonerseteyesonAglayathanhebecameafrequentvisitoratthehouse.Hewaswitty,well-educated,andextremelywealthy,asthegeneralverysoondiscovered.Hispastreputationwastheonlythingagainsthim.

           Nothingwassaid;therewerenotevenanyhintsdropped;butstill,itseemedbettertotheparentstosaynothingmoreaboutgoingabroadthisseason,atallevents.

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