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Chapter 7

           ImaginehowdelightedImusthavebeen,andhowsurprised!Oh,letmeexpressthisfeeling!Ihavesooftenheard,andIhaveevenbelieved,thatinsocietytherewasnothingbutemptyforms,andthatrealityhadvanished;butInowseeformyselfthatthiscanneverbethecasehere,amongusitmaybetheorderelsewhere,butnotinRussia.SurelyyouarenotallJesuitsanddeceivers!IheardPrinceN.‘sstoryjustnow.Wasitnotsimple-minded,spontaneoushumour?Couldsuchwordscomefromthelipsofamanwhoisdead?amanwhoseheartandtalentsaredriedup?Coulddeadmenandwomenhavetreatedmesokindlyasyouhaveallbeentreatingmeto-day?Istherenotmaterialforthefutureinallthisforhope?Cansuchpeoplefailtounderstand?Cansuchmenfallawayfromreality?”

           “Oncemoreletusbegyoutobecalm,mydearboy.We’lltalkofallthisanothertimeIshalldosowiththegreatestpleasure,forone,”saidtheolddignitary,withasmile.

           IvanPetrovitchgruntedandtwistedroundinhischair.GeneralEpanchinmovednervously.Thelatter’schiefhadstartedaconversationwiththewifeofthedignitary,andtooknonoticewhateveroftheprince,buttheoldladyveryoftenglancedathim,andlistenedtowhathewassaying.

           “No,Ihadbetterspeak,”continuedtheprince,withanewoutburstoffeverishemotion,andturningtowardstheoldmanwithanairofconfidentialtrustfulness.

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