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But don't you jeer at me, you scum!" "He is almost at his last gasp, yet he corrupts others. A plague upon you! And so, Prince Lef Nicolaievitch, you will call on them tomorrow, will you?" she asked the prince breathlessly, for the second time. "Yes." "Then I will never speak to you again." She made a sudden movement to go, and then turned quickly back.
Lef Nicolaievitch? H'm! I don't know, I'm sure! I may say I have never heard of such a person," said the clerk, thoughtfully. "At least, the name, I admit, is historical. Karamsin must mention the family name, of course, in his history but as an individual one never hears of any Prince Muishkin nowadays." "Of course not," replied the prince; "there are none, except myself.
On the morning following the bacchanalian songs and quarrels recorded above, as the prince stepped out of the house at about eleven o'clock, the general suddenly appeared before him, much agitated. "I have long sought the honour and opportunity of meeting you much-esteemed Lef Nicolaievitch," he murmured, pressing the prince's hand very hard, almost painfully so; "long very long."
On this evening there was to be, in honour of young Bohun, an especially fine dinner. A message had come from him that he would appear with his boxes at half-past seven. When I arrived Vera was busy in the kitchen, and Nina adding in her bedroom extra ribbons and laces to her costume; Boris Nicolaievitch was not present; Nicolai Leontievitch was working in his den. I went through to him.
"It's it's really now could you have imagined anything like it, Lef Nicolaievitch?" cried the general. He was evidently so much agitated that he hardly knew what he wished to say. "Seriously now, seriously I mean " "I only see that Aglaya Ivanovna is laughing at me," said the poor prince, sadly. "Wait a bit, my boy, I'll just go you stay here, you know.
"Let me remark in my turn, sir," he said in tones of deep annoyance, "that my wife is here as the guest of Prince Lef Nicolaievitch, our friend and neighbour, and that in any case, young man, it is not for you to pass judgment on the conduct of Lizabetha Prokofievna, or to make remarks aloud in my presence concerning what feelings you think may be read in my face.
"Oh yes, by-the-by," he said, "do you happen to know, my dear Lef Nicolaievitch, who that lady was who called out to Evgenie Pavlovitch last night, from the carriage?" "It was Nastasia Philipovna," said the prince; "didn't you know that? I cannot tell you who her companion was." "But what on earth did she mean? I assure you it is a real riddle to me to me, and to others, too!"
A wretched vase smashed, and a man half dead with remorse about it," said Lizabetha Prokofievna, loudly. "What made you so dreadfully startled, Lef Nicolaievitch?" she added, a little timidly. "Come, my dear boy! cheer up. You really alarm me, taking the accident so to heart."
But do just explain, if you can, Lef Nicolaievitch, how in the world has all this come about? And what does it all mean? You must understand, my dear fellow; I am a father, you see, and I ought to be allowed to understand the matter do explain, I beg you!" "I love Aglaya Ivanovna she knows it, and I think she must have long known it." The general shrugged his shoulders.
Then he pulled out of his waistcoat pocket an untidy slip of paper, on which was scrawled: "PRINCE LEF NICOLAIEVITCH, If you think fit, after all that has passed, to honour our house with a visit, I can assure you you will not find me among the number of those who are in any way delighted to see you. Mrs. Epanchin reflected a moment.
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