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Chapter 9

           “Becauselookhere,prince,Idon’tmindtellingyounowthatasweweregoingalongtoWilkin’sthismorning,aftertellingmewhatyouknowaboutthefire,andsavingthecountandallthat,thegeneralwaspleasedtodropcertainhintstothesameeffectaboutFerdishenko,butsovaguelyandclumsilythatIthoughtbettertoputafewquestionstohimonthematter,withtheresultthatIfoundthewholethingwasaninventionofhisexcellency’sownmind.Ofcourse,heonlylieswiththebestintentions;still,helies.But,suchbeingthecase,wherecouldyouhaveheardthesamereport?Itwastheinspirationofthemomentwithhim,youunderstand,sowhocouldhavetoldyou?Itisanimportantquestion,yousee!”

           “ItwasColiatoldme,andhisfathertoldhimataboutsixthismorning.Theymetatthethreshold,whenColiawasleavingtheroomforsomethingorother.”TheprincetoldLebedeffallthatColiahadmadeknowntohimself,indetail.

           “Therenow,that’swhatwemaycallscent!”saidLebedeff,rubbinghishandsandlaughingsilently.“Ithoughtitmustbeso,yousee.Thegeneralinterruptedhisinnocentslumbers,atsixo’clock,inordertogoandwakehisbelovedson,andwarnhimofthedreadfuldangerofcompanionshipwithFerdishenko

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