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Chapter 5

           Thepriestisholdingthecrosstohisbluelips,andthecriminalkissesit,andknowsandseesandunderstandseverything.Thecrossandtheheadthere’syourpicture;thepriestandtheexecutioner,withhistwoassistants,andafewheadsandeyesbelow.Thosemightcomeinassubordinateaccessoriesasortofmist.There’sapictureforyou.”Theprincepaused,andlookedaround.

           “Certainlythatisn’tmuchlikequietism,”murmuredAlexandra,halftoherself.

           “Nowtellusaboutyourloveaffairs,”saidAdelaida,afteramoment’spause.

           Theprincegazedatherinamazement.

           “Youknow,”Adelaidacontinued,“youoweusadescriptionoftheBaslepicture;butfirstIwishtohearhowyoufellinlove.Don’tdenythefact,foryoudid,ofcourse.Besides,youstopphilosophizingwhenyouaretellingaboutanything.”

           “Whyareyouashamedofyourstoriesthemomentafteryouhavetoldthem?”askedAglaya,suddenly.

           “Howsillyyouare!”saidMrs.Epanchin,lookingindignantlytowardsthelastspeaker.

           “Yes,thatwasn’tacleverremark,”saidAlexandra.

           “Don’tlistentoher,prince,”saidMrs.Epanchin;“shesaysthatsortofthingoutofmischief.Don’tthinkanythingoftheirnonsense,itmeansnothing.Theylovetochaff,buttheylikeyou.IcanseeitintheirfacesIknowtheirfaces.”

           “Iknowtheirfaces,too,”saidtheprince,withapeculiarstressonthewords

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