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Chapter 8

           

           DuringhisstayatBaldHillsallthefamilydinedtogether,buttheywereillateaseandPrinceAndrewfeltthathewasavisitorforwhosesakeanexceptionwasbeingmadeandthathispresencemadethemallfeelawkward.Involuntarilyfeelingthisatdinneronthefirstday,hewastaciturn,andtheoldprincenoticingthisalsobecamemoroselydumbandretiredtohisapartmentsdirectlyafterdinner.Intheevening,whenPrinceAndrewwenttohimand,tryingtorousehim,begantotellhimoftheyoungCountKámensky’scampaign,theoldprincebeganunexpectedlytotalkaboutPrincessMary,blamingherforhersuperstitionsandherdislikeofMademoiselleBourienne,who,hesaid,wastheonlypersonreallyattachedtohim.

           TheoldprincesaidthatifhewasillitwasonlybecauseofPrincessMary:thatshepurposelyworriedandirritatedhim,andthatbyindulgenceandsillytalkshewasspoilinglittlePrinceNicholas.Theoldprinceknewverywellthathetormentedhisdaughterandthatherlifewasveryhard,buthealsoknewthathecouldnothelptormentingherandthatshedeservedit.“WhydoesPrinceAndrew,whoseesthis,saynothingtomeabouthissister?Doeshethinkmeascoundrel,oranoldfoolwho,withoutanyreason,keepshisowndaughteratadistanceandattachesthisFrenchwomantohimself?Hedoesn’tunderstand,soImustexplainit,andhemusthearmeout,”thoughttheoldprince.Andhebeganexplainingwhyhecouldnotputupwithhisdaughter’sunreasonablecharacter.

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