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Chapter 10

           Hewasnotastonished,forinstance,toseehernowsoimpatienttomarryhimshewhoformerlyhadweptwithrageandhurledcursesandreproachesathimifhementionedmarriage!“Itshowsthatshenolongerfears,asshedidthen,thatshewouldmakemeunhappybymarryingme,”hethought.Andhefeltsurethatsosuddenachangecouldnotbeanaturalone.Thisrapidgrowthofself-confidencecouldnotbedueonlytoherhatredforAglaya.Tosupposethatwouldbetosuspectthedepthofherfeelings.NorcoulditarisefromdreadofthefatethatawaitedherifshemarriedRogojin.Thesecauses,indeed,aswellasothers,mighthaveplayedapartinit,butthetruereason,Muishkindecided,wastheonehehadlongsuspectedthatthepoorsicksoulhadcometotheendofitsforces.Yetthiswasanexplanationthatdidnotprocurehimanypeaceofmind.Attimesheseemedtobemakingviolenteffortstothinkofnothing,andonewouldhavesaidthathelookedonhismarriageasanunimportantformality,andonhisfuturehappinessasathingnotworthconsidering.AstoconversationssuchastheoneheldwithEvgeniePavlovitch,heavoidedthemasfaraspossible,feelingthattherewerecertainobjectionstowhichhecouldmakenoanswer.

           TheprincehadobservedthatNastasiaknewwellenoughwhatAglayawastohim.Heneverspokeofit,buthehadseenherfacewhenshehadcaughthimstartingofffortheEpanchins’houseonseveraloccasions.WhentheEpanchinsleftPavlofsk,shehadbeamedwithradianceandhappiness.

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