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Chapter 9

           Hewouldlistentoherforhoursatatimewithaquietsmileonhisface,scarcelysayingawordhimself.Andyetweknow,equallycertainly,thatduringthisperiodheseveraltimessetoff,suddenly,totheEpanchins’,notconcealingthefactfromNastasiaPhilipovna,anddrivingthelattertoabsolutedespair.WeknowalsothathewasnotreceivedattheEpanchins’solongastheyremainedatPavlofsk,andthathewasnotallowedaninterviewwithAglaya;—butnextdayhewouldsetoffoncemoreonthesameerrand,apparentlyquiteobliviousofthefactofyesterday’svisithavingbeenafailure,—and,ofcourse,meetingwithanotherrefusal.Weknow,too,thatexactlyanhourafterAglayahadfledfromNastasiaPhilipovna’shouseonthatfatefulevening,theprincewasattheEpanchins’,—andthathisappearancetherehadbeenthecauseofthegreatestconsternationanddismay;forAglayahadnotbeenhome,andthefamilyonlydiscoveredthen,forthefirsttime,thatthetwoofthemhadbeentoNastasia’shousetogether.

           ItwassaidthatElizabethaProkofievnaandherdaughtershadthereandthendenouncedtheprinceinthestrongestterms,andhadrefusedanyfurtheracquaintanceandfriendshipwithhim;theirrageanddenunciationsbeingredoubledwhenVariaArdalionovnasuddenlyarrivedandstatedthatAglayahadbeenatherhouseinaterriblestateofmindforthelasthour,andthatsherefusedtocomehome.

           Thislastitemofnews,whichdisturbedLizabethaProkofievnamorethananythingelse,wasperfectlytrue.

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