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been very well, if there had been no exaggeration But the

princess saw that her daughter was rushing into extremes, and so

indeed she told her

"_Il ne faut jahter ht

that one could not talk about exaggeration where Christianity was

concerned What exaggeration could there be in the practice of a

doctrine wherein one was bidden to turn the other cheek when one

was sive one's cloak if one's coat were taken? But

the princess disliked this exaggeration, and disliked even hter did not care to show her all

her heart Kitty did in fact conceal her nes and feelings

from her mother She concealed them not because she did not

respect or did not love her mother, but simply because she was

her mother She would have revealed them to anyone sooner than

to her mother

"How is it Anna Pavlovna's not been to see us for so long?" the

princess said one day of Madame Petrova "I've asked her, but

she see"

"No, I've not noticed it,hotly