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Chapter 16

           Andwhatwequarreledabout—Idon’tevenremember!”

           “Alwaysaboutthesamething,”saidPierrewithasmile.“Jealo...”

           “Don’tsayit!Ican’tbearit!”Natáshacried,andhereyesglitteredcoldlyandvindictively.“Didyouseeher?”sheadded,afterapause.

           “No,andifIhadIshouldn’thaverecognizedher.”

           Theyweresilentforawhile.

           “Oh,doyouknow?WhileyouweretalkinginthestudyIwaslookingatyou,”Natáshabegan,evidentlyanxioustodispersethecloudthathadcomeoverthem.“Youareaslikehimastwopeas—liketheboy.”(Shemeantherlittleson.)“Oh,it’stimetogotohim....Themilk’scome....ButI’msorrytoleaveyou.”

           Theyweresilentforafewseconds.Thensuddenlyturningtooneanotheratthesametimetheybothbegantospeak.Pierrebeganwithself-satisfactionandenthusiasm,Natáshawithaquiet,happysmile.Havinginterruptedoneanothertheybothstoppedtolettheothercontinue.

           “No.Whatdidyousay?Goon,goon.”

           “No,yougoon,Iwastalkingnonsense,”saidNatásha.

           Pierrefinishedwhathehadbegun.ItwasthesequeltohiscomplacentreflectionsonhissuccessinPetersburg.AtthatmomentitseemedtohimthathewaschosentogiveanewdirectiontothewholeofRussiansocietyandtothewholeworld.

           “Ionlywishedtosaythatideasthathavegreatresultsarealwayssimpleones.Mywholeideaisthatifviciouspeopleareunitedandconstituteapower,thenhonestfolkmustdothesame.Nowthat’ssimpleenough.”

           “Yes.”

           “Andwhatwereyougoingtosay?”

           “I?Onlynonsense.

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