“We shall if everybody wants it; it can’t be helped.⁠ ⁠… But believe me, my dear boy, there is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time , they will do it all. But the advisers n’entendent pas de cette oreille, voilà le mal . 85 Some want a thing⁠—others don’t. What’s one to do?” he asked, evidently expecting an answer. “Well, what do you want us to do?” he repeated and his eye shone with a deep, shrewd look. “I’ll tell you what to do,” he continued, as Prince Andréy still did not reply: “I will tell you what to do, and what I do. Dans le doute, mon cher ,” he paused, “ abstiens-toi ” 86 ⁠—he articulated the French proverb deliberately.