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Chapter 3

           Coliainsisted,indiscussingthematterwithhismother,thatallthiswasbuttheoutcomeofabstinencefromdrink,orperhapsofpiningafterLebedeff,withwhomuptothistimethegeneralhadbeenupontermsofthegreatestfriendship;butwithwhom,forsomereasonorother,hehadquarrelledafewdayssince,partingfromhimingreatwrath.Therehadalsobeenascenewiththeprince.Coliahadaskedanexplanationofthelatter,buthadbeenforcedtoconcludethathewasnottoldthewholetruth.

           IfHippolyteandNinaAlexandrovnahad,asGaniasuspected,hadsomespecialconversationaboutthegeneral’sactions,itwasstrangethatthemaliciousyouth,whomGaniahadcalledascandal-mongertohisface,hadnotallowedhimselfasimilarsatisfactionwithColia.

           ThefactisthatprobablyHippolytewasnotquitesoblackasGaniapaintedhim;anditwashardlylikelythathehadinformedNinaAlexandrovnaofcertainevents,ofwhichweknow,forthemerepleasureofgivingherpain.Wemustneverforgetthathumanmotivesaregenerallyfarmorecomplicatedthanweareapttosuppose,andthatwecanveryrarelyaccuratelydescribethemotivesofanother.Itismuchbetterforthewriter,asarule,tocontenthimselfwiththebarestatementofevents;andweshalltakethislinewithregardtothecatastropherecordedabove,andshallstatetheremainingeventsconnectedwiththegeneral’stroubleshortly,becausewefeelthatwehavealreadygiventothissecondarycharacterinourstorymoreattentionthanweoriginallyintended.

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