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"Oh, these everlasting disputes!" said old Korchagin, laughing,

and he pulled the napkin out of his waistcoat, noisily pushed

back his chair, which the footht hold of, and

left the table

Everybody rose after hilasses of scented water They rinsed theirto no one

"Don't you think so?" said Missy to Nekhludoff, calling for a

confir shows up a ame She noticed that preoccupied and, as it

seemed to her, dissatisfied look which she feared, and she wanted

to find out what had caused it

"Really, I can't tell; I have never thought about it," Nekhludoff

answered

"Will you come to mamma?" asked Missy

"Yes, yes," he said, in a tone which plainly proved that he did

not want to go, and took out a cigarette

She looked at hi look, and he

felt ashaive the people the

du to be ao with pleasure if the princess would admit

him

"Oh, yes! Mamma will be pleased You may smoke there; and Ivan

Ivanovitch is also there"