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Chapter 9

           Heenteredhiswife’sdrawingroomasoneentersatheater,wasacquaintedwitheverybody,equallypleasedtoseeeveryone,andequallyindifferenttothemall.Sometimeshejoinedinaconversationwhichinterestedhimand,regardlessofwhetherany“gentlemenoftheembassy”werepresentornot,lispinglyexpressedhisviews,whichweresometimesnotatallinaccordwiththeacceptedtoneofthemoment.Butthegeneralopinionconcerningthequeerhusbandof“themostdistinguishedwomaninPetersburg”wassowellestablishedthatnoonetookhisfreaksseriously.

           Amongthemanyyoungmenwhofrequentedherhouseeveryday,BorísDrubetskóy,whohadalreadyachievedgreatsuccessintheservice,wasthemostintimatefriendoftheBezúkhovhouseholdsinceHélène’sreturnfromErfurt.Hélènespokeofhimas“monpage”andtreatedhimlikeachild.Hersmileforhimwasthesameasforeverybody,butsometimesthatsmilemadePierreuncomfortable.TowardhimBorísbehavedwithaparticularlydignifiedandsaddeference.ThisshadeofdeferencealsodisturbedPierre.Hehadsufferedsopainfullythreeyearsbeforefromthemortificationtowhichhiswifehadsubjectedhimthathenowprotectedhimselffromthedangerofitsrepetition,firstbynotbeingahusbandtohiswife,andsecondlybynotallowinghimselftosuspect.

           “No,nowthatshehasbecomeabluestockingshehasfinallyrenouncedherformerinfatuations,”hetoldhimself

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