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Chapter 2

           “Shutup,youfool!”

           “Yes,buthowhaveIoffendedhim?”repeatedHippolyte,stillinthesamejeeringvoice.“Whydoeshecallmeascrew?Youallheardit.HecametomehimselfandbegantellingmeaboutsomeCaptainEropegoff.Idon’twishforyourcompany,general.Ialwaysavoidedyouyouknowthat.WhathaveItodowithCaptainEropegoff?AllIdidwastoexpressmyopinionthatprobablyCaptainEropegoffneverexistedatall!”

           “Ofcourseheneverexisted!”Ganiainterrupted.

           Butthegeneralonlystoodstupefiedandgazedaroundinadazedway.Gania’sspeechhadimpressedhim,withitsterriblecandour.Forthefirstmomentortwohecouldfindnowordstoanswerhim,anditwasonlywhenHippolyteburstoutlaughing,andsaid:

           “There,yousee!EvenyourownsonsupportsmystatementthatthereneverwassuchapersonasCaptainEropegoff!”thattheoldfellowmutteredconfusedly:

           “KapitonEropegoffnotCaptainEropegoff!KapitonmajorretiredEropegoffKapiton.”

           “Kapitondidn’texisteither!”persistedGania,maliciously.

           “What?Didn’texist?”criedthepoorgeneral,andadeepblushsuffusedhisface.

           “That’lldo,Gania!”criedVariaandPtitsin.

           “Shutup,Gania!”saidColia.

           Butthisintercessionseemedtorekindlethegeneral.

           “Whatdidyoumean,sir,thathedidn’texist?Explainyourself,”herepeated,angrily.

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