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Chapter 5

           ItwasclearthathethoughtitnecessarytointeresthimselfinBolkónski.

           “Ihadnochancetotalkwithyou,Prince,duringtheanimatedconversationinwhichthatvenerablegentlemaninvolvedme,”hesaidwithamildlycontemptuoussmile,asifintimatingbythatsmilethatheandPrinceAndrewunderstoodtheinsignificanceofthepeoplewithwhomhehadjustbeentalking.ThisflatteredPrinceAndrew.“Ihaveknownofyouforalongtime:firstfromyouractionwithregardtoyourserfs,afirstexample,ofwhichitisverydesirablethatthereshouldbemoreimitators;andsecondlybecauseyouareoneofthosegentlemenofthechamberwhohavenotconsideredthemselvesoffendedbythenewdecreeconcerningtheranksallottedtocourtiers,whichiscausingsomuchgossipandtittle-tattle.”

           “No,”saidPrinceAndrew,“myfatherdidnotwishmetotakeadvantageoftheprivilege.Ibegantheservicefromthelowergrade.”

           “Yourfather,amanofthelastcentury,evidentlystandsaboveourcontemporarieswhosocondemnthismeasurewhichmerelyre-establishesnaturaljustice.”

           “Ithink,however,thatthesecondemnationshavesomeground,”returnedPrinceAndrew,tryingtoresistSperánski’sinfluence,ofwhichhebegantobeconscious.Hedidnotliketoagreewithhimineverythingandfeltawishtocontradict.Thoughheusuallyspokeeasilyandwell,hefeltadifficultyinexpressinghimselfnowwhiletalkingwithSperánski.Hewastoomuchabsorbedinobservingthefamousman’spersonality.

           “Groundsofpersonalambitionmaybe,”Speránskiputinquietly.

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