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Chapter 8

           Couldanyonepossiblyimagineabettermatch?Aristocrat,millionaire,andidiot,hehaseveryadvantage!Onemighthuntinvainforhisequal,evenwiththelanternofDiogenes;hislikeisnottobehadevenbygettingitmadetoorder!”

           “Oh,Idon’tknowwhatthismeans”criedIvanFedorovitch,transportedwithindignation.

           “Leaveoff,Colia,”beggedtheprince.Exclamationsaroseonallsides.

           “Lethimgoonreadingatallcosts!”orderedLizabethaProkofievna,evidentlypreservinghercomposurebyadesperateeffort.“Prince,ifthereadingisstopped,youandIwillquarrel.”

           Coliahadnochoicebuttoobey.Withcrimsoncheekshereadonunsteadily:

           “ButwhileouryoungmillionairedweltasitwereintheEmpyrean,somethingnewoccurred.Onefinemorningamancalleduponhim,calmandsevereofaspect,distinguished,butplainlydressed.Politely,butindignifiedterms,asbefittedhiserrand,hebrieflyexplainedthemotiveforhisvisit.Hewasalawyerofenlightenedviews;hisclientwasayoungmanwhohadconsultedhiminconfidence.ThisyoungmanwasnootherthanthesonofP,thoughhebearsanothername.InhisyouthP,thesensualist,hadseducedayounggirl,poorbutrespectable.Shewasaserf,buthadreceivedaEuropeaneducation.Findingthatachildwasexpected,hehastenedhermarriagewithamanofnoblecharacterwhohadlovedherforalongtime.

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