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According
to
the
reports
of
the
most
talented
gossip-mongers
--
those
who
,
in
every
class
of
society
,
are
always
in
haste
to
explain
every
event
to
their
neighbours
--
the
young
gentleman
concerned
was
of
good
family
--
a
prince
--
fairly
rich
--
weak
of
intellect
,
but
a
democrat
and
a
dabbler
in
the
Nihilism
of
the
period
,
as
exposed
by
Mr.
Turgenieff
.
He
could
hardly
talk
Russian
,
but
had
fallen
in
love
with
one
of
the
Miss
Epanchins
,
and
his
suit
met
with
so
much
encouragement
that
he
had
been
received
in
the
house
as
the
recognized
bridegroom-to-be
of
the
young
lady
.
But
like
the
Frenchman
of
whom
the
story
is
told
that
he
studied
for
holy
orders
,
took
all
the
oaths
,
was
ordained
priest
,
and
next
morning
wrote
to
his
bishop
informing
him
that
,
as
he
did
not
believe
in
God
and
considered
it
wrong
to
deceive
the
people
and
live
upon
their
pockets
,
he
begged
to
surrender
the
orders
conferred
upon
him
the
day
before
,
and
to
inform
his
lordship
that
he
was
sending
this
letter
to
the
public
press
,
--
like
this
Frenchman
,
the
prince
played
a
false
game
.
It
was
rumoured
that
he
had
purposely
waited
for
the
solemn
occasion
of
a
large
evening
party
at
the
house
of
his
future
bride
,
at
which
he
was
introduced
to
several
eminent
persons
,
in
order
publicly
to
make
known
his
ideas
and
opinions
,
and
thereby
insult
the
"
big-wigs
,
"
and
to
throw
over
his
bride
as
offensively
as
possible
;
and
that
,
resisting
the
servants
who
were
told
off
to
turn
him
out
of
the
house
,
he
had
seized
and
thrown
down
a
magnificent
china
vase
.
As
a
characteristic
addition
to
the
above
,
it
was
currently
reported
that
the
young
prince
really
loved
the
lady
to
whom
he
was
engaged
,
and
had
thrown
her
over
out
of
purely
Nihilistic
motives
,
with
the
intention
of
giving
himself
the
satisfaction
of
marrying
a
fallen
woman
in
the
face
of
all
the
world
,
thereby
publishing
his
opinion
that
there
is
no
distinction
between
virtuous
and
disreputable
women
,
but
that
all
women
are
alike
,
free
;
and
a
"
fallen
"
woman
,
indeed
,
somewhat
superior
to
a
virtuous
one
.
It
was
declared
that
he
believed
in
no
classes
or
anything
else
,
excepting
"
the
woman
question
.
"
All
this
looked
likely
enough
,
and
was
accepted
as
fact
by
most
of
the
inhabitants
of
the
place
,
especially
as
it
was
borne
out
,
more
or
less
,
by
daily
occurrences
.
Of
course
much
was
said
that
could
not
be
determined
absolutely
.
For
instance
,
it
was
reported
that
the
poor
girl
had
so
loved
her
future
husband
that
she
had
followed
him
to
the
house
of
the
other
woman
,
the
day
after
she
had
been
thrown
over
;
others
said
that
he
had
insisted
on
her
coming
,
himself
,
in
order
to
shame
and
insult
her
by
his
taunts
and
Nihilistic
confessions
when
she
reached
the
house
.
However
all
these
things
might
be
,
the
public
interest
in
the
matter
grew
daily
,
especially
as
it
became
clear
that
the
scandalous
wedding
was
undoubtedly
to
take
place
.
So
that
if
our
readers
were
to
ask
an
explanation
,
not
of
the
wild
reports
about
the
prince
's
Nihilistic
opinions
,
but
simply
as
to
how
such
a
marriage
could
possibly
satisfy
his
real
aspirations
,
or
as
to
the
spiritual
condition
of
our
hero
at
this
time
,
we
confess
that
we
should
have
great
difficulty
in
giving
the
required
information
.
All
we
know
is
,
that
the
marriage
really
was
arranged
,
and
that
the
prince
had
commissioned
Lebedeff
and
Keller
to
look
after
all
the
necessary
business
connected
with
it
;
that
he
had
requested
them
to
spare
no
expense
;
that
Nastasia
herself
was
hurrying
on
the
wedding
;
that
Keller
was
to
be
the
prince
's
best
man
,
at
his
own
earnest
request
;
and
that
Burdovsky
was
to
give
Nastasia
away
,
to
his
great
delight
.
The
wedding
was
to
take
place
before
the
middle
of
July
.
But
,
besides
the
above
,
we
are
cognizant
of
certain
other
undoubted
facts
,
which
puzzle
us
a
good
deal
because
they
seem
flatly
to
contradict
the
foregoing
.
We
suspect
,
for
instance
,
that
having
commissioned
Lebedeff
and
the
others
,
as
above
,
the
prince
immediately
forgot
all
about
masters
of
ceremonies
and
even
the
ceremony
itself
;
and
we
feel
quite
certain
that
in
making
these
arrangements
he
did
so
in
order
that
he
might
absolutely
escape
all
thought
of
the
wedding
,
and
even
forget
its
approach
if
he
could
,
by
detailing
all
business
concerning
it
to
others
.
