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Chapter 3

           Adelaidatriedtopumphimalittlebyasking,“whowastheuncletheyweretalkingabout,andwhatwasitthathadhappenedinPetersburg?”Buthehadmerelymutteredsomethingdisconnectedabout“makinginquiries,”andthat“ofcourseitwasallnonsense.”“Oh,ofcourse,”repliedAdelaida,andaskednomorequestions.Aglaya,too,wasveryquiet;andtheonlyremarkshemadeonthewayhomewasthattheywere“walkingmuchtoofasttobepleasant.”

           Oncesheturnedandobservedtheprincehurryingafterthem.Noticinghisanxietytocatchthemup,shesmiledironically,andthenlookedbacknomore.Atlength,justastheynearedthehouse,GeneralEpanchincameoutandmetthem;hehadonlyjustarrivedfromtown.

           HisfirstwordwastoinquireafterEvgeniePavlovitch.ButLizabethastalkedpasthim,andneitherlookedathimnoransweredhisquestion.

           HeimmediatelyjudgedfromthefacesofhisdaughtersandPrinceS.thattherewasathunderstormbrewing,andhehimselfalreadyboreevidencesofunusualperturbationofmind.

           Heimmediatelybutton-holedPrinceS.,andstandingatthefrontdoor,engagedinawhisperedconversationwithhim.Bythetroubledaspectofbothofthem,whentheyenteredthehouse,andapproachedMrs.Epanchin,itwasevidentthattheyhadbeendiscussingverydisturbingnews.

           LittlebylittlethefamilygatheredtogetherupstairsinLizabethaProkofievna’sapartments,andPrinceMuishkinfoundhimselfaloneontheverandahwhenhearrived.

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