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was there. > To the one camp belonged the old prince, Mademoiselle Bourienne, and the architect; to the other Princess Márya, Dessalles, Nikolúshka, and

During his stay at Bald Hills all the family dined together, but they were ill at ease and Prince Andréy felt that he was a visitor for whose sake an exception was being made and that his presence made them all feel awkward. Involuntarily feeling this at dinner on the first day, he was taciturn, and the old prince noticing this also became morosely dumb and retired to his apartments directly after dinner. In the evening, when Prince Andréy went to him and, trying to rouse him, began to tell him of the young Count Kámensky’s campaign, the old prince began unexpectedly to talk about Princess Márya, blaming her for her superstitions and her dislike of Mademoiselle Bourienne, who, he said, was the only person

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