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Chapter 34

           ThatveryyoungwomanseemedtoPierretheperfectionofOrientalbeauty,withhersharplyoutlined,arched,blackeyebrowsandtheextraordinarilysoft,brightcolorofherlong,beautiful,expressionlessface.Amidthescatteredpropertyandthecrowdontheopenspace,she,inherrichsatincloakwithabrightlilacshawlonherhead,suggestedadelicateexoticplantthrownoutontothesnow.Shewassittingonsomebundlesalittlebehindtheoldwoman,andlookedfromunderherlonglasheswithmotionless,large,almond-shapedeyesatthegroundbeforeher.Evidentlyshewasawareofherbeautyandfearfulbecauseofit.HerfacestruckPierreand,hurryingalongbythefence,heturnedseveraltimestolookather.Whenhehadreachedthefence,stillwithoutfindingthosehesought,hestoppedandlookedabouthim.

           Withthechildinhisarmshisfigurewasnowmoreconspicuousthanbefore,andagroupofRussians,bothmenandwomen,gatheredabouthim.

           “Haveyoulostanyone,mydearfellow?You’reofthegentryyourself,aren’tyou?Whosechildisit?”theyaskedhim.

           Pierrerepliedthatthechildbelongedtoawomaninablackcoatwhohadbeensittingtherewithherotherchildren,andheaskedwhetheranyoneknewwhereshehadgone.

           “Why,thatmustbetheAnférovs,”saidanolddeacon,addressingapockmarkedpeasantwoman.“Lordhavemercy,Lordhavemercy!”headdedinhiscustomarybass.

           “TheAnférovs?No,”saidthewoman.“Theyleftinthemorning.

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