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Chapter 14

           AndIamsorryIwenttoseehimandtookher,”saidtheoldcount.

           “No,whybesorry?Beinghere,youhadtopayyourrespects.Butifhewon’t—that’shisaffair,”saidMáryaDmítrievna,lookingforsomethinginherreticule.“Besides,thetrousseauisready,sothereisnothingtowaitfor;andwhatisnotreadyI’llsendafteryou.ThoughIdon’tlikelettingyougo,itisthebestway.Sogo,withGod’sblessing!”

           HavingfoundwhatshewaslookingforinthereticuleshehandedittoNatásha.ItwasaletterfromPrincessMary.

           “Shehaswrittentoyou.Howshetormentsherself,poorthing!She’safraidyoumightthinkthatshedoesnotlikeyou.”

           “Butshedoesn’tlikeme,”saidNatásha.

           “Don’ttalknonsense!”criedMáryaDmítrievna.

           “Ishan’tbelieveanyone,Iknowshedoesn’tlikeme,”repliedNatáshaboldlyasshetooktheletter,andherfaceexpressedacoldandangryresolutionthatcausedMáryaDmítrievnatolookathermoreintentlyandtofrown.

           “Don’tanswerlikethat,mygoodgirl!”shesaid.“WhatIsayistrue!Writeananswer!”

           NatáshadidnotreplyandwenttoherownroomtoreadPrincessMary’sletter.

           PrincessMarywrotethatshewasindespairatthemisunderstandingthathadoccurredbetweenthem.Whateverherfather’sfeelingsmightbe,shebeggedNatáshatobelievethatshecouldnothelplovingherastheonechosenbyherbrother,forwhosehappinessshewasreadytosacrificeeverything.

           “Donotthink,however,”shewrote,“thatmyfatherisill-disposedtowardyou.

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