“It’s failed. And now I’ve nothing of all my property except what I have here with me.”
“Oh, that’s really nothing,” said Rozanof, and he at once called Marya Gavrilovna, and they had the upper part of their house put in order so that the prince might come and live with them.
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So the prince settled down to live with Rozanof. He used to lie on the sofa all day, read French novels and polish his nails. But he soon got tired of this, and one day he said to his friend:
“Do you know, I once learnt to paint!”
Rozanof was surprised. “No, did you?”
“Yes, I did. I can even show you some of my pictures.”
Rozanof looked at them, and then he said:
“You have very good capabilities, but you have been taught in a stupid school.”
The prince was delighted.