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Chapter 3

           “WhyhissoniscomingIdon’tunderstand.PerhapsPrincessElizabethandPrincessMaryknow.Idon’twanthim.”(Helookedathisblushingdaughter.)“Areyouunwelltoday?Eh?Afraidofthe‘minister’asthatidiotAlpátychcalledhimthismorning?”

           “No,monpère.”

           ThoughMademoiselleBouriennehadbeensounsuccessfulinherchoiceofasubject,shedidnotstoptalking,butchatteredabouttheconservatoriesandthebeautyofaflowerthathadjustopened,andafterthesouptheprincebecamemoregenial.

           Afterdinner,hewenttoseehisdaughter-in-law.Thelittleprincesswassittingatasmalltable,chatteringwithMásha,hermaid.Shegrewpaleonseeingherfather-in-law.

           Shewasmuchaltered.Shewasnowplainratherthanpretty.Hercheekshadsunk,herlipwasdrawnup,andhereyesdrawndown.

           “Yes,Ifeelakindofoppression,”shesaidinreplytotheprince’squestionastohowshefelt.

           “Doyouwantanything?”

           “No,merci,monpère.”

           “Well,allright,allright.”

           HelefttheroomandwenttothewaitingroomwhereAlpátychstoodwithbowedhead.

           “Hasthesnowbeenshoveledback?”

           “Yes,yourexcellency.Forgivemeforheaven’ssake...Itwasonlymystupidity.”

           “Allright,allright,”interruptedtheprince,andlaughinghisunnaturalway,hestretchedouthishandforAlpátychtokiss,andthenproceededtohisstudy.

           PrinceVasíliarrivedthatevening.Hewasmetintheavenuebycoachmenandfootmen,who,withloudshouts,draggedhissleighsuptooneofthelodgesovertheroadpurposelyladenwithsnow.

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