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PART SECOND chapter 1
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In the conduct of an invented story there are, no doubt, certain proprieties1 to be observed for the sake of clearness and effect. A man of imagination, however inexperienced in the art of narrative2, has his instinct to guide him in the choice of his words, and in the development of the action. A grain of talent excuses many mistakes. But this is not a work of imagination; I have no talent; my excuse for this undertaking3 lies not in its art, but in its artlessness. Aware of my limitations and strong in the sincerity4 of my purpose, I would not try (were I able) to invent anything. I push my scruples5 so far that I would not even invent a transition.
Dropping then Mr. Razumov’s record at the point where Councillor Mikulin’s question “Where to?” comes in with the force of an insoluble problem, I shall simply say that I made the acquaintance of these ladies about six months before that time. By “these ladies” I mean, of course, the mother and the sister of the unfortunate Haldin.
By what arguments he had induced his mother to sell their little property and go abroad for an indefinite time, I cannot tell precisely6. I have an idea that Mrs. Haldin, at her son’s wish, would have set fire to her house and emigrated to the moon without any sign of surprise or apprehension7; and that Miss Haldin — Nathalie, caressingly9 Natalka — would have given her assent10 to the scheme.
Their proud devotion to that young man became clear to me in a very short time. Following his directions they went straight to Switzerland — to Zurich — where they remained the best part of a year. From Zurich, which they did not like, they came to Geneva. A friend of mine in Lausanne, a lecturer in history at the University (he had married a Russian lady, a distant connection of Mrs. Haldin’s), wrote to me suggesting I should call on these ladies. It was a very
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deception
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assassination
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concord
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softened
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revert
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annoyance
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miserable
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contemptible
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benign
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doorway
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autocracy
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tinging
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utterances
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friendliness
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anonymous
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secrecy
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withheld
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alley
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disquieting
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fretting
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hesitation
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banal
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confided
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lodgings
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catching
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boughs
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submission
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murky
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inclement
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rustle
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inquiry
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specially
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incertitude
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inquiries
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influential
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graceful
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crumpling
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allot
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sleepless
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anguish
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motes
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fixed
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circumlocution
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mumbled
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tragic
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subtlety
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