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Chapter 9

           Allsociety—boththeinhabitantsoftheplaceandthosewhocamedownofaneveningforthemusic—hadgotholdofoneandthesamestory,inathousandvarietiesofdetail—astohowacertainyoungprincehadraisedaterriblescandalinamostrespectablehousehold,hadthrownoveradaughterofthefamily,towhomhewasengaged,andhadbeencapturedbyawomanofshadyreputationwhomhewasdeterminedtomarryatonce—breakingoffalloldtiesforthesatisfactionofhisinsaneidea;and,inspiteofthepublicindignationrousedbyhisaction,themarriagewastotakeplaceinPavlofskopenlyandpublicly,andtheprincehadannouncedhisintentionofgoingthroughwithitwithheaderectandlookingthewholeworldintheface.Thestorywassoartfullyadornedwithscandalousdetails,andpersonsofsogreateminenceandimportancewereapparentlymixedupinit,while,atthesametime,theevidencewassocircumstantial,thatitwasnowonderthemattergavefoodforplentyofcuriosityandgossip.

           Accordingtothereportsofthemosttalentedgossip-mongers—thosewho,ineveryclassofsociety,arealwaysinhastetoexplaineveryeventtotheirneighbours—theyounggentlemanconcernedwasofgoodfamily—aprince—fairlyrich—weakofintellect,butademocratandadabblerintheNihilismoftheperiod,asexposedbyMr.Turgenieff.HecouldhardlytalkRussian,buthadfalleninlovewithoneoftheMissEpanchins,andhissuitmetwithsomuchencouragementthathehadbeenreceivedinthehouseastherecognizedbridegroom-to-beoftheyounglady.

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