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Chapter 6

           Ifthewordshadbeenlessoffensivehemighthaveforgiventhem,sopleasedwashetoseeLizabethaProkofievnaworriedandanxiousabouttheprince’sillness.

           ShewouldhaveinsistedonsendingtoPetersburgatonce,foracertaingreatmedicalcelebrity;butherdaughtersdissuadedher,thoughtheywerenotwillingtostaybehindwhensheatoncepreparedtogoandvisittheinvalid.Aglaya,however,suggestedthatitwasalittleunceremonioustogoenmassetoseehim.

           “Verywellthen,stayathome,”saidMrs.Epanchin,“andagoodthingtoo,forEvgeniePavlovitchiscomingdownandtherewillbenooneathometoreceivehim.”

           Ofcourse,afterthis,Aglayawentwiththerest.Infact,shehadneverhadtheslightestintentionofdoingotherwise.

           PrinceS.,whowasinthehouse,wasrequestedtoescorttheladies.HehadbeenmuchinterestedwhenhefirstheardoftheprincefromtheEpanchins.Itappearedthattheyhadknownoneanotherbefore,andhadspentsometimetogetherinalittleprovincialtownthreemonthsago.PrinceS.hadgreatlytakentohim,andwasdelightedwiththeopportunityofmeetinghimagain.

           Thegeneralhadnotcomedownfromtownasyet,norhadEvgeniePavlovitcharrived.

           ItwasnotmorethantwoorthreehundredyardsfromtheEpanchins’housetoLebedeff’s.ThefirstdisagreeableimpressionexperiencedbyMrs.

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