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Chapter 3

           

           “Parfen,”hesaid,“tellmehonestly,didyouknowthatIwascomingtoPetersburgorno?”

           “Oh,Isupposedyouwerecoming,”theotherreplied,smilingsarcastically,“andIwasrightinmysupposition,yousee;buthowwasItoknowthatyouwouldcometoday?”

           Acertainstrangenessandimpatienceinhismannerimpressedtheprinceveryforcibly.

           “AndifyouhadknownthatIwascomingtoday,whybesoirritatedaboutit?”heasked,inquietsurprise.

           “Whydidyouaskme?”

           “BecausewhenIjumpedoutofthetrainthismorning,twoeyesglaredatmejustasyoursdidamomentsince.”

           “Ha!andwhoseeyesmaytheyhavebeen?”saidRogojin,suspiciously.Itseemedtotheprincethathewastrembling.

           “Idon’tknow;Ithoughtitwasahallucination.Ioftenhavehallucinationsnowadays.IfeeljustasIdidfiveyearsagowhenmyfitswereabouttocomeon.”

           “Well,perhapsitwasahallucination,Idon’tknow,”saidParfen.

           Hetriedtogivetheprinceanaffectionatesmile,anditseemedtothelatterasthoughinthissmileofhissomethinghadbroken,andthathecouldnotmendit,tryashewould.

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