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Chapter 13

           Hehadcalculateduponhereventuallove,andtriedtotemptherwithalavishoutlayuponcomfortsandluxuries,knowingtoowellhoweasilytheheartaccustomsitselftocomforts,andhowdifficultitistotearone’sselfawayfromluxurieswhichhavebecomehabitualand,littlebylittle,indispensable.

           Nastasiadidnotrejectallthis,sheevenlovedhercomfortsandluxuries,but,strangelyenough,neverbecame,intheleastdegree,dependentuponthem,andalwaysgavetheimpressionthatshecoulddojustaswellwithoutthem.Infact,shewentsofarastoinformTotskionseveraloccasionsthatsuchwasthecase,whichthelattergentlemanconsideredaveryunpleasantcommunicationindeed.

           But,oflate,TotskihadobservedmanystrangeandoriginalfeaturesandcharacteristicsinNastasia,whichhehadneitherknownnorreckoneduponinformertimes,andsomeofthesefascinatedhim,evennow,inspiteofthefactthatallhisoldcalculationswithregardtoherwerelongagocasttothewinds.

           Amaidopenedthedoorfortheprince(Nastasia’sservantswereallfemales)and,tohissurprise,receivedhisrequesttoannouncehimtohermistresswithoutanyastonishment.Neitherhisdirtyboots,norhiswide-brimmedhat,norhissleevelesscloak,norhisevidentconfusionofmanner,producedtheleastimpressionuponher.Shehelpedhimoffwithhiscloak,andbeggedhimtowaitamomentintheante-roomwhilesheannouncedhim.

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