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Chapter 1

           

           LizabethaProkofievnafrowned,buthadnotasyetgraspedthesubject,whichseemedtohavearisenoutofaheatedargument.Aglayasatapart,almostinthecorner,listeninginstubbornsilence.

           “Excuseme,”continuedEvgeniePavlovitchhotly,“Idon’tsayawordagainstliberalism.Liberalismisnotasin,itisanecessarypartofagreatwhole,whichwholewouldcollapseandfalltopieceswithoutit.Liberalismhasjustasmuchrighttoexistashasthemostmoralconservatism;butIamattackingRussianliberalism;andIattackitforthesimplereasonthataRussianliberalisnotaRussianliberal,heisanon-Russianliberal.ShowmearealRussianliberal,andI’llkisshimbeforeyouall,withpleasure.”

           “Ifhecaredtokissyou,thatis,”saidAlexandra,whosecheekswereredwithirritationandexcitement.

           “Lookatthat,now,”thoughtthemothertoherself,“shedoesnothingbutsleepandeatforayearatatime,andthensuddenlyfliesoutinthemostincomprehensibleway!”

           TheprinceobservedthatAlexandraappearedtobeangrywithEvgenie,becausehespokeonaserioussubjectinafrivolousmanner,pretendingtobeinearnest,butwithanunder-currentofirony.

           “Iwassayingjustnow,beforeyoucamein,prince,thattherehasbeennothingnationaluptonow,aboutourliberalism,andnothingtheliberalsdo,orhavedone,isintheleastdegreenational.

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