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Chapter 6

           

           Heawoketowardsnineo’clockwithaheadache,fullofconfusedideasandstrangeimpressions.ForsomereasonorotherhefeltmostanxioustoseeRogojin,toseeandtalktohim,butwhathewishedtosayhecouldnottell.Next,hedeterminedtogoandseeHippolyte.Hismindwasinaconfusedstate,somuchsothattheincidentsofthemorningseemedtobeimperfectlyrealized,thoughacutelyfelt.

           OneoftheseincidentswasavisitfromLebedeff.Lebedeffcameratherearlybeforetenbuthewastipsyalready.Thoughtheprincewasnotinanobservantcondition,yethecouldnotavoidseeingthatforatleastthreedayseversinceGeneralIvolginhadleftthehouseLebedeffhadbeenbehavingverybadly.Helookeduntidyanddirtyatalltimesoftheday,anditwassaidthathehadbeguntorageaboutinhisownhouse,andthathistemperwasverybad.Assoonashearrivedthismorning,hebegantoholdforth,beatinghisbreastandapparentlyblaminghimselfforsomething.

           “I’veI’vehadarewardformymeannessI’vehadaslapintheface,”heconcluded,tragically.

           “Aslapintheface?Fromwhom?Andsoearlyinthemorning?”

           “Early?”saidLebedeff,sarcastically.“Timecountsfornothing,eveninphysicalchastisement;butmyslapinthefacewasnotphysical,itwasmoral.”

           Hesuddenlytookaseat,veryunceremoniously,andbeganhisstory.Itwasverydisconnected;theprincefrowned,andwishedhecouldgetaway;butsuddenlyafewwordsstruckhim.

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