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Chapter 2

           Shesayslittle,butwhatshedoessayisalwaysclearandsimple,sosheisnotstupid.Sheneverwasabashedandisnotabashednow,soshecannotbeabadwoman!”Hehadoftenbeguntomakereflectionsorthinkaloudinhercompany,andshehadalwaysansweredhimeitherbyabriefbutappropriateremark—showingthatitdidnotinteresther—orbyasilentlookandsmilewhichmorepalpablythananythingelseshowedPierrehersuperiority.Shewasrightinregardingallargumentsasnonsenseincomparisonwiththatsmile.

           Shealwaysaddressedhimwitharadiantlyconfidingsmilemeantforhimalone,inwhichtherewassomethingmoresignificantthaninthegeneralsmilethatusuallybrightenedherface.Pierreknewthateveryonewaswaitingforhimtosayawordandcrossacertainline,andheknewthatsoonerorlaterhewouldstepacrossit,butanincomprehensibleterrorseizedhimatthethoughtofthatdreadfulstep.Athousandtimesduringthatmonthandahalfwhilehefelthimselfdrawnnearerandnearertothatdreadfulabyss,Pierresaidtohimself:“WhatamIdoing?Ineedresolution.CanitbethatIhavenone?”

           Hewishedtotakeadecision,butfeltwithdismaythatinthismatterhelackedthatstrengthofwillwhichhehadknowninhimselfandreallypossessed.Pierrewasoneofthosewhoareonlystrongwhentheyfeelthemselvesquiteinnocent,andsincethatdaywhenhewasoverpoweredbyafeelingofdesirewhilestoopingoverthesnuffboxatAnnaPávlovna’s,anunacknowledgedsenseoftheguiltofthatdesireparalyzedhiswill.

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