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Chapter 20

           AssoonastheprovocativelygaystrainsofDanielCooper(somewhatresemblingthoseofamerrypeasantdance)begantosound,allthedoorwaysoftheballroomweresuddenlyfilledbythedomesticserfs—themenononesideandthewomenontheother—whowithbeamingfaceshadcometoseetheirmastermakingmerry.

           “Justlookatthemaster!Aregulareagleheis!”loudlyremarkedthenurse,asshestoodinoneofthedoorways.

           Thecountdancedwellandknewit.Buthispartnercouldnotanddidnotwanttodancewell.Herenormousfigurestooderect,herpowerfularmshangingdown(shehadhandedherreticuletothecountess),andonlyhersternbuthandsomefacereallyjoinedinthedance.Whatwasexpressedbythewholeofthecount’splumpfigure,inMáryaDmítrievnafoundexpressiononlyinhermoreandmorebeamingfaceandquiveringnose.Butifthecount,gettingmoreandmoreintotheswingofit,charmedthespectatorsbytheunexpectednessofhisadroitmaneuversandtheagilitywithwhichhecaperedaboutonhislightfeet,MáryaDmítrievnaproducednolessimpressionbyslightexertions—theleastefforttomovehershouldersorbendherarmswhenturning,orstampherfoot—whicheveryoneappreciatedinviewofhersizeandhabitualseverity.Thedancegrewlivelierandlivelier.Theothercouplescouldnotattractamoment’sattentiontotheirownevolutionsanddidnoteventrytodoso.AllwerewatchingthecountandMáryaDmítrievna.Natáshakeptpullingeveryonebysleeveordress,urgingthemto“lookatPapa!”thoughasitwastheynevertooktheireyesoffthecouple

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