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Chapter 2

           ThereinMoscowshewasdeprivedofhergreatestpleasures—talkswiththepilgrimsandthesolitudewhichrefreshedheratBaldHills—andshehadnoneoftheadvantagesandpleasuresofcitylife.Shedidnotgooutintosociety;everyoneknewthatherfatherwouldnotlethergoanywherewithouthim,andhisfailinghealthpreventedhisgoingouthimself,sothatshewasnotinvitedtodinnersandeveningparties.Shehadquiteabandonedthehopeofgettingmarried.Shesawthecoldnessandmalevolencewithwhichtheoldprincereceivedanddismissedtheyoungmen,possiblesuitors,whosometimesappearedattheirhouse.Shehadnofriends:duringthisvisittoMoscowshehadbeendisappointedinthetwowhohadbeennearesttoher.MademoiselleBourienne,withwhomshehadneverbeenabletobequitefrank,hadnowbecomeunpleasanttoher,andforvariousreasonsPrincessMaryavoidedher.Julie,withwhomshehadcorrespondedforthelastfiveyears,wasinMoscow,butprovedtobequitealientoherwhentheymet.JustthenJulie,whobythedeathofherbrothershadbecomeoneoftherichestheiressesinMoscow,wasinthefullwhirlofsocietypleasures.Shewassurroundedbyyoungmenwho,shefancied,hadsuddenlylearnedtoappreciateherworth.Juliewasatthatstageinthelifeofasocietywomanwhenshefeelsthatherlastchanceofmarryinghascomeandthatherfatemustbedecidednowornever.OnThursdaysPrincessMaryrememberedwithamournfulsmilethatshenowhadnoonetowriteto,sinceJulie—whosepresencegavehernopleasurewashereandtheymeteveryweek.

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