“Yes—yes—yes! Run away from home!” she repeated, in a transport of rage. “I won’t, I won’t be made to blush every minute by them all! I don’t want to blush before Prince S⸺ or Evgenie Pavlovitch, or anyone, and therefore I have chosen you. I shall tell you everything, everything , even the most important things of all, whenever I like, and you are to hide nothing from me on your side. I want to speak to at least one
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