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Chapter 29

           Idon’tknowwhat,that...”andhavingutteredthiscompliment,heagaingazedathiminsilence.

           “IhavebeeninParis.Ispentyearsthere,”saidPierre.

           “Ohyes,oneseesthatplainly.Paris!...Amanwhodoesn’tknowParisisasavage.YoucantellaParisiantwoleaguesoff.ParisisTalma,laDuchénois,Potier,theSorbonne,theboulevards,”andnoticingthathisconclusionwasweakerthanwhathadgonebefore,headdedquickly:“ThereisonlyoneParisintheworld.YouhavebeentoParisandhaveremainedRussian.Well,Idon’testeemyouthelessforit.”

           Undertheinfluenceofthewinehehaddrunk,andafterthedayshehadspentalonewithhisdepressingthoughts,Pierreinvoluntarilyenjoyedtalkingwiththischeerfulandgood-naturedman.

           “Toreturntoyourladies—Iheartheyarelovely.WhatawretchedideatogoandburythemselvesinthesteppeswhentheFrencharmyisinMoscow.Whatachancethosegirlshavemissed!Yourpeasants,now—that’sanotherthing;butyoucivilizedpeople,yououghttoknowusbetterthanthat.WetookVienna,Berlin,Madrid,Naples,Rome,Warsaw,alltheworld’scapitals....Wearefeared,butweareloved.Wearenicetoknow.AndthentheEmperor...”hebegan,butPierreinterruptedhim.

           “TheEmperor,”Pierrerepeated,andhisfacesuddenlybecamesadandembarrassed,“istheEmperor...?”

           “TheEmperor?Heisgenerosity,mercy,justice,order,genius—that’swhattheEmperoris!ItisI,Ramballe,whotellyouso....IassureyouIwashisenemyeightyearsago.Myfatherwasanemigrantcount....Butthatmanhasvanquishedme.

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