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Chapter 3

           

           Thegeneralhadturnedupinthebosomofhisfamilytwoorthreedaysbefore,butnot,asusual,withtheolivebranchofpeaceinhishand,notinthegarbofpenitenceinwhichhewasusuallycladonsuchoccasionsbut,onthecontrary,inanuncommonlybadtemper.Hehadarrivedinaquarrelsomemood,pitchingintoeveryonehecameacross,andtalkingaboutallsortsandkindsofsubjectsinthemostunexpectedmanner,sothatitwasimpossibletodiscoverwhatitwasthatwasreallyputtinghimout.Atmomentshewouldbeapparentlyquitebrightandhappy;butasarulehewouldsitmoodyandthoughtful.HewouldabruptlycommencetoholdforthabouttheEpanchins,aboutLebedeff,ortheprince,andequallyabruptlywouldstopshortandrefusetospeakanotherword,answeringallfurtherquestionswithastupidsmile,unconsciousthathewassmiling,orthathehadbeenaskedaquestion.Thewholeofthepreviousnighthehadspenttossingaboutandgroaning,andpoorNinaAlexandrovnahadbeenbusymakingcoldcompressesandwarmfomentationsandsoon,withoutbeingveryclearhowtoapplythem.Hehadfallenasleepafterawhile,butnotforlong,andhadawakedinastateofviolenthypochondriawhichhadendedinhisquarrelwithHippolyte,andthesolemncursingofPtitsin’sestablishmentgenerally.Itwasalsoobservedduringthosetwoorthreedaysthathewasinastateofmorbidself-esteem,andwasspeciallytouchyonallpointsofhonour.

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