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turned up at the birthday dinner, although of
course he pretended not to have noticed such
an unimportant circumstance. Now he felt
annoyed that the young man dared to come and
pay him a visit as if he were his equal,[1] and he
resolved to give him a lesson. So he ordered
the servant to tell him that ‘the General’s time
for receiving petitions or business communications
was before one o’clock in the morning.’
The faithful Ilia was quite equal to the
occasion, and delivered the message in the spirit
in which it was given. However, the visitor was
not in the least abashed by this rebuke, and
only said, ‘Will you please give your master my
respects, and tell him that from this day I shall
never put my foot inside his house.’
Ilia delivered the message, and we can imagine
the sensation it produced, not only in the
Rajevski family, but in the whole
neighbourhood.
But worst of all was Aniuta’s behaviour. As
soon as she heard what had happened, she
rushed into her father’s room, flushed and
panting with emotion, and exclaimed, ‘Why
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