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The Possessed

CHAPTER III
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He stood still, as though thunder-struck.
"It's Liputin; I am lost!" he whispered, clutching at my arm.
At the same instant Liputin walked into the room.
IV Why he should be lost owing to Liputin I did not know, and indeed I did not attach much significance to the words; I put it all down to his nerves.

His terror, however, was remarkable, and I made up my mind to keep a careful watch on him.
The very appearance of Liputin as he came in assured us that he had on this occasion a special right to come in, in spite of the prohibition.
He brought with him an unknown gentleman, who must have been a new arrival in the town.

In reply to the senseless stare of my petrified friend, he called out immediately in a loud voice: "I'm bringing you a visitor, a special one! I make bold to intrude on your solitude.

Mr.Kirillov, a very distinguished civil engineer.

And what's more he knows your son, the much esteemed Pyotr Stepanovitch, very intimately; and he has a message from him.


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