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Chapter 11

           

           “Buttheworstofit,gentlemen—IamgivingKuráginawaytoyou—isthatthatmansuffers,andthisDonJuan,wickedfellow,istakingadvantageofit!”

           PrinceHippolytewaslollinginaloungechairwithhislegsoveritsarm.Hebegantolaugh.

           “Tellmeaboutthat!”hesaid.

           “Oh,youDonJuan!Youserpent!”criedseveralvoices.

           “You,Bolkónski,don’tknow,”saidBilíbinturningtoPrinceAndrew,“thatalltheatrocitiesoftheFrencharmy(InearlysaidoftheRussianarmy)arenothingcomparedtowhatthismanhasbeendoingamongthewomen!”

           “Lafemmeestlacompagnedel’homme,”*announcedPrinceHippolyte,andbeganlookingthroughalorgnetteathiselevatedlegs.

           *“Womanisman’scompanion.”

           Bilíbinandtherestof“ours”burstoutlaughinginHippolyte’sface,andPrinceAndrewsawthatHippolyte,ofwhom—hehadtoadmit—hehadalmostbeenjealousonhiswife’saccount,wasthebuttofthisset.

           “Oh,Imustgiveyouatreat,”BilíbinwhisperedtoBolkónski.“Kuráginisexquisitewhenhediscussespolitics—youshouldseehisgravity!”

           HesatdownbesideHippolyteandwrinklinghisforeheadbegantalkingtohimaboutpolitics.PrinceAndrewandtheothersgatheredroundthesetwo.

           “TheBerlincabinetcannotexpressafeelingofalliance,”beganHippolytegazingroundwithimportanceattheothers,“withoutexpressing...asinitslastnote...youunderstand...Besides,unlessHisMajestytheEmperorderogatesfromtheprincipleofouralliance...

           “Wait,Ihavenotfinished...

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