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Chapter 1

           Buthewon’twriteanonymousletterstotheoldlady;thatwouldbetooaudaciousathingforhimtoattempt;butIdaresweartheveryfirstthinghedidwastoshowmeuptoAglayaasabasedeceiverandintriguer.IconfessIwasfoolenoughtoattemptsomethingthroughhimatfirst.Ithoughthewouldthrowhimselfintomyserviceoutofrevengefulfeelingstowardstheprince,theslylittlebeast!ButIknowhimbetternow.Asforthetheft,hemayhaveheardofitfromthewidowinPetersburg,foriftheoldmancommittedhimselftosuchanact,hecanhavedoneitfornootherobjectbuttogivethemoneytoher.Hippolytesaidtome,withoutanyprelude,thatthegeneralhadpromisedthewidowfourhundredroubles.OfcourseIunderstood,andthelittlewretchlookedatmewithanastysortofsatisfaction.Iknowhim;youmaydependuponithewentandtoldmothertoo,forthepleasureofwoundingher.Andwhydoesn’thedie,Ishouldliketoknow?Heundertooktodiewithinthreeweeks,andhereheisgettingfatter.Hiscoughisbetter,too.Itwasonlyyesterdaythathesaidthatwastheseconddayhehadn’tcoughedblood.”

           “Well,turnhimout!”

           “Idon’thate,Idespisehim,”saidGania,grandly

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