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Chapter 14

           

           PrincessMary,withheracutesensibility,understoodallthisatthefirstglanceatNatásha’sface,andweptonhershoulderwithsorrowfulpleasure.

           “Come,cometohim,Mary,”saidNatásha,leadingherintotheotherroom.

           PrincessMaryraisedherhead,driedhereyes,andturnedtoNatásha.Shefeltthatfromhershewouldbeabletounderstandandlearneverything.

           “How...”shebeganherquestionbutstoppedshort.

           Shefeltthatitwasimpossibletoask,ortoanswer,inwords.Natásha’sfaceandeyeswouldhavetotellherallmoreclearlyandprofoundly.

           Natáshawasgazingather,butseemedafraidandindoubtwhethertosayallsheknewornot;sheseemedtofeelthatbeforethoseluminouseyeswhichpenetratedintotheverydepthsofherheart,itwasimpossiblenottotellthewholetruthwhichshesaw.Andsuddenly,Natásha’slipstwitched,uglywrinklesgatheredroundhermouth,andcoveringherfacewithherhandssheburstintosobs.

           PrincessMaryunderstood.

           Butshestillhoped,andasked,inwordssheherselfdidnottrust:

           “Buthowishiswound?Whatishisgeneralcondition?”

           “You,you...willsee,”wasallNatáshacouldsay.

           Theysatalittlewhiledownstairsnearhisroomtilltheyhadleftoffcryingandwereabletogotohimwithcalmfaces.

           “Howhashiswholeillnessgone?Isitlongsincehegrewworse?Whendidthishappen?”PrincessMaryinquired.

           Natáshatoldherthatatfirsttherehadbeendangerfromhisfeverishconditionandthepainhesuffered,butatTróitsathathadpassedandthedoctorhadonlybeenafraidofgangrene.Thatdangerhadalsopassed

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