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Chapter 14

           Ioftenwonderatyou,Annette—howatyourageyoucanrushoffaloneinacarriagetoMoscow,toPetersburg,tothoseministersandgreatpeople,andknowhowtodealwiththemall!It’squiteastonishing.Howdidyougetthingssettled?Icouldn’tpossiblydoit.”

           “Ah,mylove,”answeredAnnaMikháylovna,“Godgrantyouneverknowwhatitistobeleftawidowwithoutmeansandwithasonyoulovetodistraction!Onelearnsmanythingsthen,”sheaddedwithacertainpride.“Thatlawsuittaughtmemuch.WhenIwanttoseeoneofthosebigpeopleIwriteanote:‘PrincessSo-and-SodesiresaninterviewwithSoand-So,’andthenItakeacabandgomyselftwo,three,orfourtimes—tillIgetwhatIwant.Idon’tmindwhattheythinkofme.”

           “Well,andtowhomdidyouapplyaboutBóry?”askedthecountess.“YouseeyoursisalreadyanofficerintheGuards,whilemyNicholasisgoingasacadet.There’snoonetointeresthimselfforhim.Towhomdidyouapply?”

           “ToPrinceVasíli.Hewassokind.Heatonceagreedtoeverything,andputthematterbeforetheEmperor,”saidPrincessAnnaMikháylovnaenthusiastically,quiteforgettingallthehumiliationshehadenduredtogainherend.

           “HasPrinceVasíliagedmuch?”askedthecountess.“IhavenotseenhimsinceweactedtogetherattheRumyántsovs’theatricals.Iexpecthehasforgottenme.Hepaidmeattentionsinthosedays,”saidthecountess,withasmile.

           “Heisjustthesameasever,”repliedAnnaMikháylovna,“overflowingwithamiability.Hispositionhasnotturnedhisheadatall.

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