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Chapter 11

           

           Meanwhiletheyoungergeneration:Borís,theofficer,AnnaMikháylovna’sson;Nicholas,theundergraduate,thecount’seldestson;Sónya,thecount’sfifteen-year-oldniece,andlittlePétya,hisyoungestboy,hadallsettleddowninthedrawingroomandwereobviouslytryingtorestrainwithintheboundsofdecorumtheexcitementandmirththatshoneinalltheirfaces.Evidentlyinthebackrooms,fromwhichtheyhaddashedoutsoimpetuously,theconversationhadbeenmoreamusingthanthedrawingroomtalkofsocietyscandals,theweather,andCountessApráksina.Nowandthentheyglancedatoneanother,hardlyabletosuppresstheirlaughter.

           Thetwoyoungmen,thestudentandtheofficer,friendsfromchildhood,wereofthesameageandbothhandsomefellows,thoughnotalike.Boríswastallandfair,andhiscalmandhandsomefacehadregular,delicatefeatures.Nicholaswasshortwithcurlyhairandanopenexpression.Darkhairswerealreadyshowingonhisupperlip,andhiswholefaceexpressedimpetuosityandenthusiasm.Nicholasblushedwhenheenteredthedrawingroom.Heevidentlytriedtofindsomethingtosay,butfailed.Borísonthecontraryatoncefoundhisfooting,andrelatedquietlyandhumorouslyhowhehadknownthatdollMimiwhenshewasstillquiteayounglady,beforehernosewasbroken;howshehadagedduringthefiveyearshehadknownher,andhowherheadhadcrackedrightacrosstheskull.HavingsaidthisheglancedatNatásha

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