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THE CRIPPLE.
SHATOV WAS NOT PERVERSE but acted on my note, and called at midday on Lizaveta Nikolaevna.

We went in almost together; I was also going to make my first call.

They were all, that is Liza, her mother, and Mavriky Nikolaevitch, sitting in the big drawing-room, arguing.

The mother was asking Liza to play some waltz on the piano, and as soon as Liza began to play the piece asked for, declared it was not the right one.
Mavriky Nikolaevitch in the simplicity of his heart took Liza's part, maintaining that it was the right waltz.