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if a fly crosses the room it’s known all over the place here.
However, I’ve warned you, and you may be grateful to me.
Well—au revoir— probably in the next world! One more
thing—don’t think that I am telling you all this for your
sake. Oh, dear, no! Do you know that I dedicated my con-
fession to Aglaya Ivanovna? I did though, and how she took
it, ha, ha! Oh, no! I am not acting from any high, exalted
motives. But though I may have behaved like a cad to you,
I have not done HER any harm. I don’t apologize for my
words about ‘leavings’ and all that. I am atoning for that,
you see, by telling you the place and time of the meeting.
Goodbye! You had better take your measures, if you are
worthy the name of a man! The meeting is fixed for this
evening—that’s certain.’
Hippolyte walked towards the door, but the prince called
him back and he stopped.
‘Then you think Aglaya Ivanovna herself intends to go to
Nastasia Philipovna’s tonight?’ he asked, and bright hectic
spots came out on his cheeks and forehead.
‘I don’t know absolutely for certain; but in all probability
it is so,’ replied Hippolyte, looking round. ‘Nastasia would
hardly go to her; and they can’t meet at Gania’s, with a man
nearly dead in the house.’
‘It’s impossible, for that very reason,’ said the prince.
‘How would she get out if she wished to? You don’t know
the habits of that house—she COULD not get away alone to
Nastasia Philipovna’s! It’s all nonsense!’
‘Look here, my dear prince, no one jumps out of the win-
dow if they can help it; but when there’s a fire, the dandiest

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