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Chapter 29

           Theconflictofmagnanimitybetweenthemotherandthedaughter,endinginthemother’ssacrificingherselfandofferingherdaughterinmarriagetoherlover,evennowagitatedthecaptain,thoughitwasthememoryofadistantpast.Thenherecountedanepisodeinwhichthehusbandplayedthepartofthelover,andhe—thelover—assumedtheroleofthehusband,aswellasseveraldrollincidentsfromhisrecollectionsofGermany,where“shelter”iscalledUnterkunftandwherethehusbandseatsauerkrautandtheyounggirlsare“tooblonde.”

           Finally,thelatestepisodeinPolandstillfreshinthecaptain’smemory,andwhichhenarratedwithrapidgesturesandglowingface,wasofhowhehadsavedthelifeofaPole(ingeneral,thesavingoflifecontinuallyoccurredinthecaptain’sstories)andthePolehadentrustedtohimhisenchantingwife(parisiennedecœur)whilehimselfenteringtheFrenchservice.Thecaptainwashappy,theenchantingPolishladywishedtoelopewithhim,but,promptedbymagnanimity,thecaptainrestoredthewifetothehusband,sayingashedidso:“Ihavesavedyourlife,andIsaveyourhonor!”Havingrepeatedthesewordsthecaptainwipedhiseyesandgavehimselfashake,asifdrivingawaytheweaknesswhichassailedhimatthistouchingrecollection.

           Listeningtothecaptain’stales,Pierre—asoftenhappenslateintheeveningandundertheinfluenceofwine—followedallthatwastoldhim,understooditall,andatthesametimefollowedatrainofpersonalmemorieswhich,heknewnotwhy,suddenlyaroseinhismind.

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