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"

In

the

first

place

,

my

dear

prince

,

do

n't

be

angry

with

me

.

I

would

have

come

to

see

you

yesterday

,

but

I

did

n't

know

how

Lizabetha

Prokofievna

would

take

it

.

My

dear

fellow

,

my

house

is

simply

a

hell

just

now

,

a

sort

of

sphinx

has

taken

up

its

abode

there

.

We

live

in

an

atmosphere

of

riddles

;

I

ca

n't

make

head

or

tail

of

anything

.

As

for

you

,

I

feel

sure

you

are

the

least

to

blame

of

any

of

us

,

though

you

certainly

have

been

the

cause

of

a

good

deal

of

trouble

.

You

see

,

it

's

all

very

pleasant

to

be

a

philanthropist

;

but

it

can

be

carried

too

far

.

Of

course

I

admire

kind-heartedness

,

and

I

esteem

my

wife

,

but

--

"

The

general

wandered

on

in

this

disconnected

way

for

a

long

time

;

it

was

clear

that

he

was

much

disturbed

by

some

circumstance

which

he

could

make

nothing

of

.

"

It

is

plain

to

me

,

that

you

are

not

in

it

at

all

,

"

he

continued

,

at

last

,

a

little

less

vaguely

,

"

but

perhaps

you

had

better

not

come

to

our

house

for

a

little

while

.

I

ask

you

in

the

friendliest

manner

,

mind

;

just

till

the

wind

changes

again

.

As

for

Evgenie

Pavlovitch

,

"

he

continued

with

some

excitement

,

"

the

whole

thing

is

a

calumny

,

a

dirty

calumny

.

It

is

simply

a

plot

,

an

intrigue

,

to

upset

our

plans

and

to

stir

up

a

quarrel

.

You

see

,

prince

,

I

'll

tell

you

privately

,

Evgenie

and

ourselves

have

not

said

a

word

yet

,

we

have

no

formal

understanding

,

we

are

in

no

way

bound

on

either

side

,

but

the

word

may

be

said

very

soon

,

do

n't

you

see

,

very

soon

,

and

all

this

is

most

injurious

,

and

is

meant

to

be

so

.

Why

?

I

'm

sure

I

ca

n't

tell

you

.

She

's

an

extraordinary

woman

,

you

see

,

an

eccentric

woman

;

I

tell

you

I

am

so

frightened

of

that

woman

that

I

ca

n't

sleep

.

What

a

carriage

that

was

,

and

where

did

it

come

from

,

eh

?

I

declare

,

I

was

base

enough

to

suspect

Evgenie

at

first

;

but

it

seems

certain

that

that

can

not

be

the

case

,

and

if

so

,

why

is

she

interfering

here

?

That

's

the

riddle

,

what

does

she

want

?

Is

it

to

keep

Evgenie

to

herself

?

But

,

my

dear

fellow

,

I

swear

to

you

,

I

swear

he

does

n't

even

know

her

,

and

as

for

those

bills

,

why

,

the

whole

thing

is

an

invention

!

And

the

familiarity

of

the

woman

!

It

's

quite

clear

we

must

treat

the

impudent

creature

's

attempt

with

disdain

,

and

redouble

our

courtesy

towards

Evgenie

.

I

told

my

wife

so

.

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"

Now

I

'll

tell

you

my

secret

conviction

I

'm

certain

that

she

's

doing

this

to

revenge

herself

on

me

,

on

account

of

the

past

,

though

I

assure

you

that

all

the

time

I

was

blameless

.

I

blush

at

the

very

idea

.

And

now

she

turns

up

again

like

this

,

when

I

thought

she

had

finally

disappeared

!

Where

's

Rogojin

all

this

time

?

I

thought

she

was

Mrs.

Rogojin

,

long

ago

.

"

The

old

man

was

in

a

state

of

great

mental

perturbation

.

The

whole

of

the

journey

,

which

occupied

nearly

an

hour

,

he

continued

in

this

strain

,

putting

questions

and

answering

them

himself

,

shrugging

his

shoulders

,

pressing

the

prince

's

hand

,

and

assuring

the

latter

that

,

at

all

events

,

he

had

no

suspicion

whatever

of

him

.

This

last

assurance

was

satisfactory

,

at

all

events

.

The

general

finished

by

informing

him

that

Evgenie

's

uncle

was

head

of

one

of

the

civil

service

departments

,

and

rich

,

very

rich

,

and

a

gourmand

.

"

And

,

well

,

Heaven

preserve

him

,

of

course

--

but

Evgenie

gets

his

money

,

do

n't

you

see

?

But

,

for

all

this

,

I

'm

uncomfortable

,

I

do

n't

know

why

.

There

's

something

in

the

air

,

I

feel

there

's

something

nasty

in

the

air

,

like

a

bat

,

and

I

'm

by

no

means

comfortable

.

"

And

it

was

not

until

the

third

day

that

the

formal

reconciliation

between

the

prince

and

the

Epanchins

took

place

,

as

said

before

.

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It

was

seven

in

the

evening

,

and

the

prince

was

just

preparing

to

go

out

for

a

walk

in

the

park

,

when

suddenly

Mrs.

Epanchin

appeared

on

the

terrace

.

"

In

the

first

place

,

do

n't

dare

to

suppose

,

"

she

began

,

"

that

I

am

going

to

apologize

.

Nonsense

!

You

were

entirely

to

blame

.

"

The

prince

remained

silent

.

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