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Chapter 13

           Atteaallsatintheiraccustomedplaces:Nicholasbesidethestoveatasmalltablewherehisteawashandedtohim;Mílka,theoldgrayborzoibitch(daughterofthefirstMílka),withaquitegrayfaceandlargeblackeyesthatseemedmoreprominentthanever,layonthearmchairbesidehim;Denísov,whosecurlyhair,mustache,andwhiskershadturnedhalfgray,satbesidecountessMarywithhisgeneral’stunicunbuttoned;Pierresatbetweenhiswifeandtheoldcountess.Hespokeofwhatheknewmightinteresttheoldladyandthatshecouldunderstand.Hetoldherofexternalsocialeventsandofthepeoplewhohadformedthecircleofhercontemporariesandhadoncebeenareal,living,anddistinctgroup,butwhowerenowforthemostpartscatteredabouttheworldandlikeherselfweregarneringthelastearsoftheharveststheyhadsowninearlieryears.Buttotheoldcountessthosecontemporariesofhersseemedtobetheonlyseriousandrealsociety.NatáshasawbyPierre’sanimationthathisvisithadbeeninterestingandthathehadmuchtotellthembutdarenotsayitbeforetheoldcountess.Denísov,notbeingamemberofthefamily,didnotunderstandPierre’scautionandbeing,asamalcontent,muchinterestedinwhatwasoccurringinPetersburg,kepturgingPierretotellthemaboutwhathadhappenedintheSemënovskregiment,thenaboutArakchéev,andthenabouttheBibleSociety.OnceortwicePierrewascarriedawayandbegantospeakofthesethings,butNicholasandNatáshaalwaysbroughthimbacktothehealthofPrinceIvánandCountessMaryAlexéevna.

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