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Chapter 3

           Afeelingstrongerthanfriendshipsprangupbetweenthem;anexclusivefeelingoflifebeingpossibleonlyineachother’spresence.

           Sometimestheyweresilentforhours;sometimesaftertheywerealreadyinbedtheywouldbegintalkingandgoontillmorning.Theyspokemostofwhatwaslongpast.PrincessMaryspokeofherchildhood,ofhermother,herfather,andherdaydreams;andNatásha,whowithapassivelackofunderstandinghadformerlyturnedawayfromthatlifeofdevotion,submission,andthepoetryofChristianself-sacrifice,nowfeelingherselfboundtoPrincessMarybyaffection,learnedtoloveherpasttooandtounderstandasideoflifepreviouslyincomprehensibletoher.Shedidnotthinkofapplyingsubmissionandself-abnegationtoherownlife,forshewasaccustomedtoseekotherjoys,butsheunderstoodandlovedinanotherthosepreviouslyincomprehensiblevirtues.ForPrincessMary,listeningtoNatásha’stalesofchildhoodandearlyyouth,therealsoopenedoutanewandhithertouncomprehendedsideoflife:beliefinlifeanditsenjoyment.

           Justasbefore,theynevermentionedhimsoasnottolower(astheythought)theirexaltedfeelingsbywords;butthissilenceabouthimhadtheeffectofmakingthemgraduallybegintoforgethimwithoutbeingconsciousofit.

           Natáshahadgrownthinandpaleandphysicallysoweakthattheyalltalkedaboutherhealth,andthispleasedher

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