Nicholassighed, bithismustache, andlaidoutthecardsforapatience, tryingtodiverthismother'sattentiontoanothertopic.
Thesameconversationwasrepeatednextdayandthedayafter, andthedayafterthat.
AfterhervisittotheRostovsandherunexpectedlychillyreceptionbyNicholas, PrincessMaryconfessedtoherselfthatshehadbeenrightinnotwishingtobethefirsttocall.
"Iexpectednothingelse," shetoldherself, callingherpridetoheraid."IhavenothingtodowithhimandIonlywantedtoseetheoldlady, whowasalwayskindtomeandtowhomIamundermanyobligations."
Butshecouldnotpacifyherselfwiththesereflections; , , , politemannerdidnotexpresshisfeelingforher (sheknewthat) butitconcealedsomething, anduntilshecoulddiscoverwhatthatsomethingwas, shefeltthatshecouldnotbeatease.
Onedayinmidwinterwhensittingintheschoolroomattendingtohernephew'slessons, , shesentforMademoiselleBourienneandwentwithhertothedrawingroom.
HerfirstglanceatNicholas' facetoldherthathehadonlycometofulfillthedemandsofpoliteness, andshefirmlyresolvedtomaintainthetoneinwhichheaddressedher.
Theyspokeofthecountess' health, oftheirmutualfriends, ofthelatestwarnews, andwhenthetenminutesrequiredbyproprietyhadelapsedafterwhichavisitormayrise, Nicholasgotuptosaygood-by.
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