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Chapter 15

           Evidentlyonlywithaneffortdidheunderstandanythingliving;butitwasobviousthathefailedtounderstand,notbecausehelackedthepowertodosobutbecauseheunderstoodsomethingelse—somethingthelivingdidnotandcouldnotunderstand—andwhichwhollyoccupiedhismind.

           “There,youseehowstrangelyfatehasbroughtustogether,”saidhe,breakingthesilenceandpointingtoNatásha.“Shelooksaftermeallthetime.”

           PrincessMaryheardhimanddidnotunderstandhowhecouldsaysuchathing.He,thesensitive,tenderPrinceAndrew,howcouldhesaythat,beforeherwhomhelovedandwholovedhim?Hadheexpectedtolivehecouldnothavesaidthosewordsinthatoffensivelycoldtone.Ifhehadnotknownthathewasdying,howcouldhehavefailedtopityherandhowcouldhespeaklikethatinherpresence?Theonlyexplanationwasthathewasindifferent,becausesomethingelse,muchmoreimportant,hadbeenrevealedtohim.

           Theconversationwascoldanddisconnectedandcontinuallybrokeoff.

           “MarycamebywayofRyazán,”saidNatásha.

           PrinceAndrewdidnotnoticethatshecalledhissisterMary,andonlyaftercallinghersoinhispresencedidNatáshanoticeitherself.

           “Really?”heasked.

           “TheytoldherthatallMoscowhasbeenburneddown,andthat...”

           Natáshastopped.Itwasimpossibletotalk.Itwasplainthathewasmakinganefforttolisten,butcouldnotdoso.

           “Yes,theysayit’sburned,”hesaid.“It’sagreatpity,”andhegazedstraightbeforehim,absentlystrokinghismustachewithhisfingers.

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