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Chapter 4

           HadIbeenfifteenyearsoldIshouldprobablyhavebeenterriblyfrightenedwhentheFrencharrived,asmymotherwas(whohadbeentooslowaboutclearingoutofMoscow);butasIwasonlyjusttenIwasnotintheleastalarmed,andrushedthroughthecrowdtotheverydoorofthepalacewhenNapoleonalightedfromhishorse.”

           “Undoubtedly,attenyearsoldyouwouldnothavefeltthesenseoffear,asyousay,”blurtedouttheprince,horriblyuncomfortableinthesensationthathewasjustabouttoblush.

           “Ofcourse;anditallhappenedsoeasilyandnaturally.Andyet,wereanovelisttodescribetheepisode,hewouldputinallkindsofimpossibleandincredibledetails.”

           “Oh,”criedtheprince,“Ihaveoftenthoughtthat!Why,Iknowofamurder,forthesakeofawatch.It’sinallthepapersnow.Butifsomewriterhadinventedit,allthecriticswouldhavejumpeddownhisthroatandsaidthethingwastooimprobableforanything.Andyetyoureaditinthepaper,andyoucan’thelpthinkingthatoutofthesestrangedisclosuresistobegainedthefullknowledgeofRussianlifeandcharacter.Yousaidthatwell,general;itissotrue,”concludedtheprince,warmly,delightedtohavefoundarefugefromthefieryblusheswhichhadcoveredhisface.

           “Yes,it’squitetrue,isn’tit?”criedthegeneral,hiseyessparklingwithgratification.

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