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Chapter 6

           TheEpanchinslikedtodraftamongtheirmoreelevatedguestsafewpickedrepresentativesofthislowerstratum,andLizabethaProkofievnareceivedmuchpraiseforthispractice,whichproved,herfriendssaid,thatshewasawomanoftact.TheEpanchinspridedthemselvesuponthegoodopinionpeopleheldofthem.

           Oneoftherepresentativesofthemiddle-classpresenttodaywasacolonelofengineers,averyseriousmanandagreatfriendofPrinceS.,whohadintroducedhimtotheEpanchins.Hewasextremelysilentinsociety,anddisplayedontheforefingerofhisrighthandalargering,probablybestoweduponhimforservicesofsomesort.Therewasalsoapoet,Germanbyname,butaRussianpoet;verypresentable,andevenhandsomethesortofmanonecouldbringintosocietywithimpunity.ThisgentlemanbelongedtoaGermanfamilyofdecidedlybourgeoisorigin,buthehadaknackofacquiringthepatronageof“big-wigs,”andofretainingtheirfavour.HehadtranslatedsomegreatGermanpoemintoRussianverse,andclaimedtohavebeenafriendofafamousRussianpoet,sincedead.(Itisstrangehowgreatamultitudeofliterarypeopletherearewhohavehadtheadvantagesoffriendshipwithsomegreatmanoftheirownprofessionwhois,unfortunately,dead.)Thedignitary’swifehadintroducedthisworthytotheEpanchins.Thisladyposedasthepatronessofliterarypeople,andshecertainlyhadsucceededinobtainingpensionsforafewofthem,thankstoherinfluencewiththoseinauthorityonsuchmatters.Shewasaladyofweightinherownway.

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