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Chapter 4

           Butthisonehereheendsbyannouncingabanquet!Thatisnottherealthing!”

           Ptitsinlistenedandsmiled,thenturnedasiftogethishat;butifhehadintendedtoleave,hechangedhismind.Beforetheothershadrisenfromthetable,Ganiahadsuddenlyleftoffdrinking,andpushedawayhisglass,adarkshadowseemedtocomeoverhisface.Whentheyallrose,hewentandsatdownbyRogojin.Itmighthavebeenbelievedthatquitefriendlyrelationsexistedbetweenthem.Rogojin,whohadalsoseemedonthepointofgoingawaynowsatmotionless,hisheadbent,seemingtohaveforgottenhisintention.Hehaddrunknowine,andappearedabsorbedinreflection.Fromtimetotimeheraisedhiseyes,andexaminedeveryonepresent;onemighthaveimaginedthathewasexpectingsomethingveryimportanttohimself,andthathehaddecidedtowaitforit.Theprincehadtakentwoorthreeglassesofchampagne,andseemedcheerful.AsherosehenoticedEvgeniePavlovitch,and,rememberingtheappointmenthehadmadewithhim,smiledpleasantly.EvgeniePavlovitchmadeasignwithhisheadtowardsHippolyte,whomhewasattentivelywatching.Theinvalidwasfastasleep,stretchedoutonthesofa.

           “Tellme,prince,whyonearthdidthisboyintrudehimselfuponyou?”heasked,withsuchannoyanceandirritationinhisvoicethattheprincewasquitesurprised.“Iwouldn’tmindlayingoddsthatheisuptosomemischief.”

           “Ihaveobserved,”saidtheprince,“thatheseemstobeanobjectofverysingularinteresttoyou,EvgeniePavlovitch

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