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Chapter 1

           Hecouldnothavebelievedit!HadhenotatonetimelongedwithallhishearttoestablisharepublicinRussia;thenhimselftobeaNapoleon;thentobeaphilosopher;andthenastrategistandtheconquerorofNapoleon?Hadhenotseenthepossibilityof,andpassionatelydesired,theregenerationofthesinfulhumanrace,andhisownprogresstothehighestdegreeofperfection?Hadhenotestablishedschoolsandhospitalsandliberatedhisserfs?

           Butinsteadofallthat—herehewas,thewealthyhusbandofanunfaithfulwife,aretiredgentleman-in-waiting,fondofeatinganddrinkingand,asheunbuttonedhiswaistcoat,ofabusingthegovernmentabit,amemberoftheMoscowEnglishClub,andauniversalfavoriteinMoscowsociety.ForalongtimehecouldnotreconcilehimselftotheideathathewasoneofthosesameretiredMoscowgentlemen-in-waitinghehadsodespisedsevenyearsbefore.

           Sometimesheconsoledhimselfwiththethoughtthathewasonlylivingthislifetemporarily;butthenhewasshockedbythethoughtofhowmany,likehimself,hadenteredthatlifeandthatclubtemporarily,withalltheirteethandhair,andhadonlyleftitwhennotasingletoothorhairremained.

           Inmomentsofpride,whenhethoughtofhispositionitseemedtohimthathewasquitedifferentanddistinctfromthoseotherretiredgentlemen-in-waitinghehadformerlydespised:theywereempty,stupid,contentedfellows,satisfiedwiththeirposition,“whileIamstilldiscontentedandwanttodosomethingformankind.

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