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Chapter 16

           LittleNicholasturnedtolookatPierrebutPierrewasnolongerthere.Inhisplacewashisfather—PrinceAndrew—andhisfatherhadneithershapenorform,butheexisted,andwhenlittleNicholasperceivedhimhegrewfaintwithlove:hefelthimselfpowerless,limp,andformless.Hisfathercaressedandpitiedhim.ButUncleNicholascamenearerandnearertothem.TerrorseizedyoungNicholasandheawoke.

           “Myfather!”hethought.(ThoughthereweretwogoodportraitsofPrinceAndrewinthehouse,Nicholasneverimaginedhiminhumanform.)“Myfatherhasbeenwithmeandcaressedme.HeapprovedofmeandofUnclePierre.Whateverhemaytellme,Iwilldoit.MuciusScaevolaburnedhishand.Whyshouldnotthesamesortofthinghappentome?Iknowtheywantmetolearn.AndIwilllearn.ButsomedayIshallhavefinishedlearning,andthenIwilldosomething.IonlyprayGodthatsomethingmayhappentomesuchashappenedtoPlutarch’smen,andIwillactastheydid.Iwilldobetter.Everyoneshallknowme,loveme,andbedelightedwithme!”Andsuddenlyhisbosomheavedwithsobsandhebegantocry.

           “Areyouill?”heheardDessalles’voiceasking.

           “No,”answeredNicholas,andlaybackonhispillow.

           “HeisgoodandkindandIamfondofhim!”hethoughtofDessalles.“ButUnclePierre!Oh,whatawonderfulmanheis!Andmyfather?Oh,Father,Father!Yes,Iwilldosomethingwithwhichevenhewouldbesatisfied....”

           

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