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Chapter 9

           Onthefifteenth,thedayoftheoldprince’sdeath,theMarshalhadinsistedonPrincessMary’sleavingatonce,asitwasbecomingdangerous.Hehadtoldherthatafterthesixteenthhecouldnotberesponsibleforwhatmighthappen.OntheeveningofthedaytheoldprincediedtheMarshalwentaway,promisingtoreturnnextdayforthefuneral.Butthishewasunabletodo,forhereceivedtidingsthattheFrenchhadunexpectedlyadvanced,andhadbarelytimetoremovehisownfamilyandvaluablesfromhisestate.

           ForsomethirtyyearsBoguchárovohadbeenmanagedbythevillageElder,Dron,whomtheoldprincecalledbythediminutive“Drónushka.”

           Dronwasoneofthosephysicallyandmentallyvigorouspeasantswhogrowbigbeardsassoonastheyareofageandgoonunchangedtilltheyaresixtyorseventy,withoutagrayhairorthelossofatooth,asstraightandstrongatsixtyasatthirty.

           Soonafterthemigrationtothe“warmrivers,”inwhichhehadtakenpartliketherest,DronwasmadevillageElderandoverseerofBoguchárovo,andhadsincefilledthatpostirreproachablyfortwenty-threeyears.Thepeasantsfearedhimmorethantheydidtheirmaster.Themasters,boththeoldprinceandtheyoung,andthestewardrespectedhimandjestinglycalledhim“theMinister.

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