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Chapter 3

           “Oneonlywondersatthelong-sufferingorblindnessofthecrownedheads.NowthePope’sturnhascomeandBonapartedoesn’tscrupletodeposetheheadoftheCatholicChurch—yetallkeepsilent!OursovereignalonehasprotestedagainsttheseizureoftheDukeofOldenburg’sterritory,andeven...”CountRostopchínpaused,feelingthathehadreachedthelimitbeyondwhichcensurewasimpossible.

           “OtherterritorieshavebeenofferedinexchangefortheDuchyofOldenburg,”saidPrinceBolkónski.“HeshiftstheDukesaboutasImightmovemyserfsfromBaldHillstoBoguchárovoormyRyazánestates.”

           “TheDukeofOldenburgbearshismisfortuneswithadmirablestrengthofcharacterandresignation,”remarkedBorís,joininginrespectfully.

           HesaidthisbecauseonhisjourneyfromPetersburghehadhadthehonorofbeingpresentedtotheDuke.PrinceBolkónskiglancedattheyoungmanasifabouttosaysomethinginreply,butchangedhismind,evidentlyconsideringhimtooyoung.

           “IhavereadourprotestsabouttheOldenburgaffairandwassurprisedhowbadlytheNotewasworded,”remarkedCountRostopchíninthecasualtoneofamandealingwithasubjectquitefamiliartohim.

           PierrelookedatRostopchínwithnaïveastonishment,notunderstandingwhyheshouldbedisturbedbythebadcompositionoftheNote.

           “Doesitmatter,Count,howtheNoteisworded,”heasked,“solongasitssubstanceisforcible?”

           “Mydearfellow,withourfivehundredthousandtroopsitshouldbeeasytohaveagoodstyle,”returnedCountRostopchín.

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