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| You know what sort of people surround her nowadays, and solicit the honour of her acquaintance. Of course she might easily have heard the news from someone coming from town. All Petersburg, if not all Pavlofsk, knows it by now Meeting Place in Hong Kong Look at the slyness of her observation about Evgenies uniform! I mean, her remark that he had retired just in time! Theres a venomous hint for you, if you like! No, no! theres no insanity there! Of course I refuse to believe that Evgenie Pavlovitch could have known beforehand of the catastrophe; that is, that at such and such a day at seven oclock, and all that; but he might well have had a presentiment of the truth. And I--all of us--Prince S. and everybody, believed that he was to inherit a large fortune from this uncle. Its dreadful, horrible! Mind, I dont suspect Evgenie of anything, be quite clear on that point; but the thing is a little suspicious, nevertheless. Prince S. cant get over it. Altogether it is a very extraordinary combination of circumstances." "What suspicion attaches to Evgenie Pavlovitch?" "Oh, none at all! He has behaved very well indeed. I didnt mean to drop any sort of hint. His own fortune is intact, I believe. Lizabetha Prokofievna, of course, refuses to listen to anything. Thats the worst of it all, these family catastrophes or quarrels, or whatever you like to call them. You know, prince, you are a friend of the family, so I dont mind telling you; it now appears that Evgenie Pavlovitch proposed to Aglaya a month ago, and was refused Турпакеты.." "Impossible!" cried the prince. "Why? Do you know anything about it? Look here," continued the general, more agitated than ever, and trembling with excitement, "maybe I have been letting the cat out of the bag too freely with you, if so, it is because you are--that sort of man, you know! Perhaps you have some special information?" "Nor do I! They always try to bury me underground when theres anything going on; they dont seem to reflect that it is unpleasant to a man to be treated so! I wont stand it! We have just had a terrible scene!--mind, I speak to you as I would to my own son! Aglaya laughs at her mother. Her sisters guessed about Evgenie having proposed and been rejected, and told Lizabetha. "I tell you, my dear fellow, Aglaya is such an extraordinary, such a self-willed, fantastical little creature, you wouldnt believe it! Every high quality, every brilliant trait of heart and mind, are to be found in her, and, with it all, so much caprice and mockery, such wild fancies--indeed, a little devil! She has just been laughing at her mother to her very face, and at her sisters, and at Prince S., and everybody--and of course she always laughs at me! You know I love the child--I love her even when she laughs at me, and I believe the wild little creature has a special fondness for me for that very reason. She is fonder of me than any of the others. I dare swear she has had a good laugh at YOU before now! You were having a quiet talk just now, I observed, after all the thunder and lightning upstairs. She was sitting with you just as though there had been no row at all VR education." |
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