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Chapter 25

           YouwillbesurprisedtohearthatthereasonforthisisBuonaparte!Thecaseisthis:myfather’shealthisgrowingnoticeablyworse,hecannotstandanycontradictionandisbecomingirritable.Thisirritabilityis,asyouknow,chieflydirectedtopoliticalquestions.HecannotendurethenotionthatBuonaparteisnegotiatingonequaltermswithallthesovereignsofEuropeandparticularlywithourown,thegrandsonoftheGreatCatherine!Asyouknow,Iamquiteindifferenttopolitics,butfrommyfather’sremarksandhistalkswithMichaelIvánovichIknowallthatgoesonintheworldandespeciallyaboutthehonorsconferredonBuonaparte,whoonlyatBaldHillsinthewholeworld,itseems,isnotacceptedasagreatman,stilllessasEmperorofFrance.Andmyfathercannotstandthis.ItseemstomethatitischieflybecauseofhispoliticalviewsthatmyfatherisreluctanttospeakofgoingtoMoscow;forheforeseestheencountersthatwouldresultfromhiswayofexpressinghisviewsregardlessofanybody.AllthebenefithemightderivefromacourseoftreatmenthewouldloseasaresultofthedisputesaboutBuonapartewhichwouldbeinevitable.Inanycaseitwillbedecidedveryshortly.

           OurfamilylifegoesonintheoldwayexceptformybrotherAndrew’sabsence.He,asIwroteyoubefore,haschangedverymuchoflate.Afterhissorrowheonlythisyearquiterecoveredhisspirits.HehasagainbecomeasIusedtoknowhimwhenachild:kind,affectionate,withthatheartofgoldtowhichIknownoequal.Hehasrealized,itseemstome,thatlifeisnotoverforhim

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