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Chapter 1

           Itcan’tbehelped!”

           Hesaidnomore,butexpressedhisresignationtocruelfatebyagesture.AnnaPávlovnameditated.

           “HaveyouneverthoughtofmarryingyourprodigalsonAnatole?”sheasked.“Theysayoldmaidshaveamaniaformatchmaking,andthoughIdon’tfeelthatweaknessinmyselfasyet,Iknowalittlepersonwhoisveryunhappywithherfather.Sheisarelationofyours,PrincessMaryBolkónskaya.”

           PrinceVasílididnotreply,though,withthequicknessofmemoryandperceptionbefittingamanoftheworld,heindicatedbyamovementoftheheadthathewasconsideringthisinformation.

           “Doyouknow,”hesaidatlast,evidentlyunabletocheckthesadcurrentofhisthoughts,“thatAnatoleiscostingmefortythousandrublesayear?And,”hewentonafterapause,“whatwillitbeinfiveyears,ifhegoesonlikethis?”Presentlyheadded:“That’swhatwefathershavetoputupwith....Isthisprincessofyoursrich?”

           “Herfatherisveryrichandstingy.Helivesinthecountry.Heisthewell-knownPrinceBolkónskiwhohadtoretirefromthearmyunderthelateEmperor,andwasnicknamed‘theKingofPrussia.’Heisverycleverbuteccentric,andabore.Thepoorgirlisveryunhappy.Shehasabrother;Ithinkyouknowhim,hemarriedLiseMeinenlately.Heisanaide-de-campofKutúzov’sandwillbeheretonight.”

           “Listen,dearAnnette,”saidtheprince,suddenlytakingAnnaPávlovna’shandandforsomereasondrawingitdownwards

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