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Chapter 8

           Burdovsky,because,thoughhewasnotPavlicheff’sson,hewastreatedalmostasthoughhewere.Thatiswhatgavearoguetheopportunityofdeceivinghim;hereallydidthinkhimselfPavlicheff’sson.Listen,gentlemen;thismattermustbesettled;keepcalm;donotgetangry;andsitdown!GavrilaArdalionovitchwillexplaineverythingtoyouatonce,andIconfessthatIamveryanxioustohearallthedetailsmyself.HesaysthathehasevenbeentoPskofftoseeyourmother,Mr.Burdovsky;sheisnotdead,asthearticlewhichwasjustreadtousmakesout.Sitdown,gentlemen,sitdown!”

           Theprincesatdown,andatlengthprevaileduponBurdovsky’scompanytodolikewise.Duringthelasttenortwentyminutes,exasperatedbycontinualinterruptions,hehadraisedhisvoice,andspokenwithgreatvehemence.Now,nodoubt,hebitterlyregrettedseveralwordsandexpressionswhichhadescapedhiminhisexcitement.Ifhehadnotbeendrivenbeyondthelimitsofendurance,hewouldnothaveventuredtoexpresscertainconjecturessoopenly.Hehadnosoonersatdownthanhisheartwastornbysharpremorse.BesidesinsultingBurdovskywiththesupposition,madeinthepresenceofwitnesses,thathewassufferingfromthecomplaintforwhichhehadhimselfbeentreatedinSwitzerland,hereproachedhimselfwiththegrossestindelicacyinhavingofferedhimthetenthousandroublesbeforeeveryone.“Ioughttohavewaitedtillto-morrowandofferedhimthemoneywhenwewerealone,”thoughtMuishkin

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