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Chapter 1

           Hesatatthetableandseemedtobefeeling,byturns,sensationsofalarmandrapture.

           Oh,howfrightenedhewasoflookingtoonesideoneparticularcornerwhenceheknewverywellthatapairofdarkeyeswerewatchinghimintently,andhowhappyhewastothinkthathewasoncemoreamongthem,andoccasionallyhearingthatwell-knownvoice,althoughshehadwrittenandforbiddenhimtocomeagain!

           “Whatonearthwillshesaytome,Iwonder?”hethoughttohimself.

           Hehadnotsaidawordyet;hesatsilentandlistenedtoEvgeniePavlovitch’seloquence.Thelatterhadneverappearedsohappyandexcitedasonthisevening.Theprincelistenedtohim,butforalongtimedidnottakeinawordhesaid.

           ExceptingIvanFedorovitch,whohadnotasyetreturnedfromtown,thewholefamilywaspresent.PrinceS.wasthere;andtheyallintendedtogoouttohearthebandverysoon.

           Coliaarrivedpresentlyandjoinedthecircle.“Soheisreceivedasusual,afterall,”thoughttheprince.

           TheEpanchins’country-housewasacharmingbuilding,builtafterthemodelofaSwisschalet,andcoveredwithcreepers.Itwassurroundedonallsidesbyaflowergarden,andthefamilysat,asarule,ontheopenverandahasattheprince’shouse.

           Thesubjectunderdiscussiondidnotappeartobeverypopularwiththeassembly,andsomewouldhavebeendelightedtochangeit;butEvgeniewouldnotstopholdingforth,andtheprince’sarrivalseemedtospurhimontostillfurtheroratoricalefforts.

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