Only with a politeness almost deferential suggested
that "the bird might have flown while Mr.--Mr. Razumov was running about
the streets."
Razumov advanced to the middle of the room and said, "The door is locked
and I have the key in my pocket."
His loathing for the man was intense. It had come upon him so unawares
that he felt he had not kept it out of his voice. The General looked up
at him thoughtfully, and Razumov grinned.
All this went over the head of Prince K--- seated in a deep armchair,
very tired and impatient.
"A student called Haldin," said the General thoughtfully.
Razumov ceased to grin.
"That is his name," he said unnecessarily loud. "Victor Victorovitch
Haldin--a student."
The General shifted his position a little.
"How is he dressed? Would you have the goodness to tell me?"
Razumov angrily described Haldin's clothing in a few jerky words. The
General stared all the time, then addressing the Prince--
"We were not without some indications," he said in French. "A good woman
who was in the street described to us somebody wearing a dress of the
sort as the thrower of the second bomb. We have detained her at the
Secretariat, and every one in a Tcherkess coat we could lay our hands
on has been brought to her to look at. She kept on crossing herself
and shaking her head at them.
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