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Chapter 8

           Keller,whydoesyourarticleimputethingstomyfatherwithouttheslightestfoundation?Heneversquanderedthefundsofhiscompanynorill-treatedhissubordinates,Iamabsolutelycertainofit;Icannotimaginehowyoucouldbringyourselftowritesuchacalumny!ButyourassertionsconcerningPavlicheffareabsolutelyintolerable!Youdonotscrupletomakealibertineofthatnobleman;youcallhimasensualistascoollyasifyouwerespeakingthetruth,andyetitwouldnotbepossibletofindachasterman.Hewasevenascholarofnote,andincorrespondencewithseveralcelebratedscientists,andspentlargesumsintheinterestsofscience.Astohiskindheartandhisgoodactions,youwererightindeedwhenyousaidthatIwasalmostanidiotatthattime,andcouldhardlyunderstandanything(IcouldspeakandunderstandRussian,though),butnowIcanappreciatewhatIremember

           “Excuseme,”interruptedHippolyte,“isnotthisrathersentimental?Yousaidyouwishedtocometothepoint;pleaserememberthatitisafternineo’clock.”

           “Verywell,gentlemenverywell,”repliedtheprince.“AtfirstIreceivedthenewswithmistrust,thenIsaidtomyselfthatImightbemistaken,andthatPavlicheffmightpossiblyhavehadason.ButIwasabsolutelyamazedatthereadinesswithwhichthesonhadrevealedthesecretofhisbirthattheexpenseofhismother’shonour.ForTchebaroffhadalreadymenacedmewithpublicityinourinterview....”

           “Whatnonsense!”Lebedeff’snephewinterruptedviolently.

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