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Chapter 17

           

           ThecountessputherarmsaroundSónyaandbegantocry.

           “ThewaysofGodarepastfindingout!”shethought,feelingthattheAlmightyHand,hithertounseen,wasbecomingmanifestinallthatwasnowtakingplace.

           “Well,Mamma?Everythingisready.What’sthematter?”askedNatásha,aswithanimatedfacesheranintotheroom.

           “Nothing,”answeredthecountess.“Ifeverythingisreadyletusstart.”

           Andthecountessbentoverherreticuletohideheragitatedface.SónyaembracedNatáshaandkissedher.

           Natáshalookedatherinquiringly.

           “Whatisit?Whathashappened?”

           “Nothing...No...”

           “Isitsomethingverybadforme?Whatisit?”persistedNatáshawithherquickintuition.

           Sónyasighedandmadenoreply.Thecount,Pétya,MadameSchoss,MávraKuzmínichna,andVasílichcameintothedrawingroomand,havingclosedthedoors,theyallsatdownandremainedforsomemomentssilentlyseatedwithoutlookingatoneanother.

           Thecountwasthefirsttorise,andwithaloudsighcrossedhimselfbeforetheicon.Alltheothersdidthesame.ThenthecountembracedMávraKuzmínichnaandVasílich,whoweretoremaininMoscow,andwhiletheycaughtathishandandkissedhisshoulderhepattedtheirbackslightlywithsomevaguelyaffectionateandcomfortingwords.ThecountesswentintotheoratoryandthereSónyafoundheronherkneesbeforetheiconsthathadbeenlefthereandtherehangingonthewall.(Themostpreciousones,withwhichsomefamilytraditionwasconnected,werebeingtakenwiththem.

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