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Chapter 10

           ItwasMademoiselleBourienneinablackdressandweepers.ShesoftlyapproachedPrincessMary,sighed,kissedher,andimmediatelybegantocry.Theprincesslookedupather.Alltheirformerdisharmonyandherownjealousyrecurredtohermind.ButsherememberedtoohowhehadchangedoflatetowardMademoiselleBourienneandcouldnotbeartoseeher,therebyshowinghowunjustwerethereproachesPrincessMaryhadmentallyaddressedtoher.“Besides,isitforme,formewhodesiredhisdeath,tocondemnanyone?”shethought.

           PrincessMaryvividlypicturedtoherselfthepositionofMademoiselleBourienne,whomshehadoflatekeptatadistance,butwhoyetwasdependentonherandlivinginherhouse.Shefeltsorryforherandheldoutherhandwithaglanceofgentleinquiry.MademoiselleBourienneatoncebegancryingagainandkissedthathand,speakingoftheprincess’sorrowandmakingherselfapartnerinit.Shesaidheronlyconsolationwasthefactthattheprincessallowedhertosharehersorrow,thatalltheoldmisunderstandingsshouldsinkintonothingbutthisgreatgrief;thatshefeltherselfblamelessinregardtoeveryone,andthathe,fromabove,sawheraffectionandgratitude.Theprincessheardher,notheedingherwordsbutoccasionallylookingupatherandlisteningtothesoundofhervoice.

           “Yourpositionisdoublyterrible,dearprincess,”saidMademoiselleBourienneafterapause.“Iunderstandthatyoucouldnot,andcannot,thinkofyourself,butwithmyloveforyouImustdoso....HasAlpátychbeentoyou?Hashespokentoyouofgoingaway?”sheasked.

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