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The prince took the first opportunity of informing the Epanchin ladies that he had intended to pay them a visit that day, if they had not themselves come this afternoon, and Lizabetha Prokofievna replied that she hoped he would still do so. By this time some of the visitors had disappeared. Ptitsin had tactfully retreated to Lebedeff's wing; and Gania soon followed him.
LEBEDEFF'S country-house was not large, but it was pretty and convenient, especially the part which was let to the prince. A row of orange and lemon trees and jasmines, planted in green tubs, stood on the fairly wide terrace. According to Lebedeff, these trees gave the house a most delightful aspect.
"You are certainly mistaken; I do not even understand you. What else?" Murmurs arose in the neighbourhood of Burdovsky and his companions; Lebedeff's nephew protested under his breath. "I have nearly finished," replied Evgenie Pavlovitch. "I will only remark that from these premises one could conclude that might is right I mean the right of the clenched fist, and of personal inclination.
I have no more to say I have put the question before you. Now turn us out if you dare. You can do it; force is on your side. But remember that we do not beseech, we demand! We do not beseech, we demand!" With these last excited words, Lebedeff's nephew was silent. "We demand, we demand, we demand, we do not beseech," spluttered Burdovsky, red as a lobster.
She told me with tears of gratitude how you had supported her; she expects much of you, and believes fervently in your future success..." "Oh, this is unbearable!" said Lebedeff's nephew impatiently. "What is the good of all this romancing?" "It is revolting and unseemly!" cried Hippolyte, jumping up in a fury. Burdovsky alone sat silent and motionless.
What chaos and ugliness fills the world at times! What a self-satisfied rascal is that nephew of Lebedeff's! "But what am I thinking," continued the prince to himself. "Can he really have committed that crime? Did he kill those six persons?
Everyone is waiting for you, sighing for the light of your luminous intelligence..." The prince noticed the sweet, welcoming look on Vera Lebedeff's face, as she made her way towards him through the crowd. He held out his hand to her. She took it, blushing with delight, and wished him "a happy life from that day forward."
The prince jumped up so furiously that Lebedeff ran towards the door; having gained which strategic position, however, he stopped and looked back to see if he might hope for pardon. "Oh, Lebedeff, Lebedeff! Can a man really sink to such depths of meanness?" said the prince, sadly. Lebedeff's face brightened.
Ivan Fedorovitch Epanchin was extremely indignant. He stood waiting for his wife with an air of offended dignity. Lebedeff's nephew took up the word again.
Some rather curious and important facts have come to light, and it is absolutely necessary, in my opinion, that you should hear them. You will not regret, I fancy, to have the whole matter thoroughly cleared up." Burdovsky silently resumed his seat, and bent his head as though in profound thought. His friend, Lebedeff's nephew, who had risen to accompany him, also sat down again.
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