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Chapter 6

           

           Hecouldnothelpobservingtheexcitedandagitatedconditionofallmembersofthefamily,andfromcertainhintsdroppedinconversationhegatheredthattheywereallanxiousastotheimpressionheshouldmakeupontheprincess.ButtheEpanchins,oneandall,believedthatMuishkin,inhissimplicityofmind,wasquiteincapableofrealizingthattheycouldbefeelinganyanxietyonhisaccount,andforthisreasontheyalllookedathimwithdreadanduneasiness.

           Inpointoffact,hedidattachmarvellouslylittleimportancetotheapproachingevent.Hewasoccupiedwithaltogetherdifferentthoughts.Aglayawasgrowinghourlymorecapriciousandgloomy,andthisdistressedhim.WhentheytoldhimthatEvgeniePavlovitchwasexpected,heevincedgreatdelight,andsaidthathehadlongwishedtoseehimandsomehowthesewordsdidnotpleaseanyone.

           Aglayalefttheroominafitofirritation,anditwasnotuntillateintheevening,pasteleven,whentheprincewastakinghisdeparture,thatshesaidawordortwotohim,privately,assheaccompaniedhimasfarasthefrontdoor.

           “Ishouldlikeyou,”shesaid,“nottocomeheretomorrowuntilevening,whentheguestsareallassembled.Youknowtherearetobeguests,don’tyou?”

           Shespokeimpatientlyandwithseverity;thiswasthefirstallusionshehadmadetothepartyoftomorrow.

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