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Chapter 1

           TheSpaniards,throughtheCatholicclergy,offerpraisetoGodfortheirvictoryovertheFrenchonthefourteenthofJune,andtheFrench,alsothroughtheCatholicclergy,offerpraisebecauseonthatsamefourteenthofJunetheydefeatedtheSpaniards.MybrotherMasonsswearbythebloodthattheyarereadytosacrificeeverythingfortheirneighbor,buttheydonotgivearubleeachtothecollectionsforthepoor,andtheyintrigue,theAstraeaLodgeagainsttheMannaSeekers,andfussaboutanauthenticScotchcarpetandacharterthatnobodyneeds,andthemeaningofwhichtheverymanwhowroteitdoesnotunderstand.WeallprofesstheChristianlawofforgivenessofinjuriesandloveofourneighbors,thelawinhonorofwhichwehavebuiltinMoscowfortytimesfortychurches—butyesterdayadeserterwasknoutedtodeathandaministerofthatsamelawofloveandforgiveness,apriest,gavethesoldieracrosstokissbeforehisexecution.”SothoughtPierre,andthewholeofthisgeneraldeceptionwhicheveryoneaccepts,accustomedashewastoit,astonishedhimeachtimeasifitweresomethingnew.“Iunderstandthedeceptionandconfusion,”hethought,“buthowamItotellthemallthatIsee?Ihavetried,andhavealwaysfoundthattheytoointhedepthsoftheirsoulsunderstanditasIdo,andonlytrynottoseeit.Soitappearsthatitmustbeso!ButI—whatistobecomeofme?”thoughthe.

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