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Chapter 24

           “Yes,yes!Theretheyare,thosefalseimagesthatagitated,enraptured,andtormentedme,”saidhetohimself,passinginreviewtheprincipalpicturesofthemagiclanternoflifeandregardingthemnowinthecoldwhitedaylightofhisclearperceptionofdeath.“Theretheyare,thoserudelypaintedfiguresthatonceseemedsplendidandmysterious.Glory,thegoodofsociety,loveofawoman,theFatherlanditself—howimportantthesepicturesappearedtome,withwhatprofoundmeaningtheyseemedtobefilled!Anditisallsosimple,pale,andcrudeinthecoldwhitelightofthismorningwhichIfeelisdawningforme.”Thethreegreatsorrowsofhislifeheldhisattentioninparticular:hisloveforawoman,hisfather’sdeath,andtheFrenchinvasionwhichhadoverrunhalfRussia.“Love...thatlittlegirlwhoseemedtomebrimmingoverwithmysticforces!Yes,indeed,Ilovedher.Imaderomanticplansofloveandhappinesswithher!Oh,whataboyIwas!”hesaidaloudbitterly.“Ahme!Ibelievedinsomeideallovewhichwastokeepherfaithfultomeforthewholeyearofmyabsence!Likethegentledoveinthefableshewastopineapartfromme....Butitwasmuchsimplerreally....Itwasallverysimpleandhorrible.”

           “WhenmyfatherbuiltBaldHillshethoughttheplacewashis:hisland,hisair,hispeasants.ButNapoleoncameandswepthimaside,unconsciousofhisexistence,ashemightbrushachipfromhispath,andhisBaldHillsandhiswholelifefelltopieces.PrincessMarysaysitisatrialsentfromabove.

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