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Chapter 9

           OnleavingNastasia’s,Aglayahadfeltthatshewouldratherdiethanfaceherpeople,andhadthereforegonestraighttoNinaAlexandrovna’s.Onreceivingthenews,LizabethaandherdaughtersandthegeneralallrushedofftoAglaya,followedbyPrinceLefNicolaievitch—undeterredbyhisrecentdismissal;butthroughVariahewasrefusedasightofAglayaherealso.TheendoftheepisodewasthatwhenAglayasawhermotherandsisterscryingoverherandnotutteringawordofreproach,shehadflungherselfintotheirarmsandgonestraighthomewiththem.

           ItwassaidthatGaniamanagedtomakeafoolofhimselfevenonthisoccasion;for,findinghimselfalonewithAglayaforaminuteortwowhenVariahadgonetotheEpanchins’,hehadthoughtitafittingopportunitytomakeadeclarationofhislove,andonhearingthisAglaya,inspiteofherstateofmindatthetime,hadsuddenlyburstoutlaughing,andhadputastrangequestiontohim.Sheaskedhimwhetherhewouldconsenttoholdhisfingertoalightedcandleinproofofhisdevotion!Gania—itwassaid—lookedsocomicallybewilderedthatAglayahadalmostlaughedherselfintohysterics,andhadrushedoutoftheroomandupstairs,—whereherparentshadfoundher.

           Hippolytetoldtheprincethislaststory,sendingforhimonpurpose.WhenMuishkinheardaboutthecandleandGania’sfingerhehadlaughedsothathehadquiteastonishedHippolyte,—andthenshudderedandburstintotears.Theprince’sconditionduringthosedayswasstrangeandperturbed.

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