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Chapter 15

           “Whyisn’tshedullandashamed?”

           Natáshatookthefirstnote,herthroatswelled,herchestrose,hereyesbecameserious.Atthatmomentshewasobliviousofhersurroundings,andfromhersmilinglipsflowedsoundswhichanyonemayproduceatthesameintervalsandholdforthesametime,butwhichleaveyoucoldathousandtimesandthethousandandfirsttimethrillyouandmakeyouweep.

           Natásha,thatwinter,hadforthefirsttimebeguntosingseriously,mainlybecauseDenísovsodelightedinhersinging.Shenolongersangasachild,therewasnolongerinhersingingthatcomical,childish,painstakingeffectthathadbeeninitbefore;butshedidnotyetsingwell,asalltheconnoisseurswhoheardhersaid:“Itisnottrained,butitisabeautifulvoicethatmustbetrained.”Onlytheygenerallysaidthissometimeaftershehadfinishedsinging.Whilethatuntrainedvoice,withitsincorrectbreathingandlaboredtransitions,wassounding,eventheconnoisseurssaidnothing,butonlydelightedinitandwishedtohearitagain.Inhervoicetherewasavirginalfreshness,anunconsciousnessofherownpowers,andanasyetuntrainedvelvetysoftness,whichsomingledwithherlackofartinsingingthatitseemedasifnothinginthatvoicecouldbealteredwithoutspoilingit.

           “Whatisthis?”thoughtNicholas,listeningtoherwithwidelyopenedeyes.“Whathashappenedtoher?Howsheissingingtoday!”Andsuddenlythewholeworldcenteredforhimonanticipationofthenextnote,thenextphrase,andeverythingintheworldwasdividedintothreebeats:“Ohmiocrudeleaffetto

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