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Chapter 23

           Inthemidstoftheservicethevoicesofthepriestssuddenlyceased,theywhisperedtooneanother,andtheoldservantwhowasholdingthecount’shandgotupandsaidsomethingtotheladies.AnnaMikháylovnasteppedforwardand,stoopingoverthedyingman,beckonedtoLorrainfrombehindherback.TheFrenchdoctorheldnotaper;hewasleaningagainstoneofthecolumnsinarespectfulattitudeimplyingthathe,aforeigner,inspiteofalldifferencesoffaith,understoodthefullimportanceoftheritenowbeingperformedandevenapprovedofit.Henowapproachedthesickmanwiththenoiselessstepofoneinfullvigoroflife,withhisdelicatewhitefingersraisedfromthegreenquiltthehandthatwasfree,andturningsidewaysfeltthepulseandreflectedamoment.Thesickmanwasgivensomethingtodrink,therewasastiraroundhim,thenthepeopleresumedtheirplacesandtheservicecontinued.DuringthisintervalPierrenoticedthatPrinceVasílileftthechaironwhichhehadbeenleaning,and—withanairwhichintimatedthatheknewwhathewasaboutandifothersdidnotunderstandhimitwassomuchtheworseforthem—didnotgouptothedyingman,butpassedbyhim,joinedtheeldestprincess,andmovedwithhertothesideoftheroomwherestoodthehighbedsteadwithitssilkenhangings.OnleavingthebedbothPrinceVasíliandtheprincesspassedoutbyabackdoor,butreturnedtotheirplacesoneaftertheotherbeforetheservicewasconcluded.

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