ANTIQUE BOOKS: smile. "You absolutely must come and see me," she said in a tone that implied that, for certain considerations he could not know of, this was absolutely necessary. "On antique books between eight and nine. It will give me great pleasure." Boris promised to fulfill her wish and was about to begin a conversation with her, when Anna Pavlovna called him away on the pretext that her aunt wished to hear him. "You know her husband, of course?" said Anna Pavlovna, closing her eyes and indicating Helene with antique books sorrowful gesture. "Ah, she is such an unfortunate and charming woman! Don'tANTIQUE BOOKS: mention him before her- please don't! It is too painful for her!" CHAPTER VII When Boris and Anna Pavlovna returned to the antique books Prince Hippolyte had the ear of the company. Bending forward in his armchair he said: "Le Roi de Prusse!" and having said this laughed. Everyone turned toward him. "Le Roi de Prusse?" Hippolyte said interrogatively, again laughing, and then calmly and seriously sat back in his chair. Anna Pavlovna waited for him to go on, but as he seemed quite decided to say no more she began to tell of how at Potsdam the impious Bonaparte had
ANTIQUE BOOKS: stolen the sword of Frederick the Great. "It is the sword of Frederick the Great which I..." she began, but Hippolyte interrupted her with the words: "Le Roi de Prusse..." and again, as soon as soon as all turned toward him, excused himself and said no more. Anna Pavlovna frowned. Mortemart, Hippolyte's friend, addressed him firmly. "Come now, what about your antique books de Prusse?" Hippolyte laughed as if ashamed of laughing. "Oh, it's nothing. I only wished to say..." (he wanted to repeat a joke he had heard in Vienna and antique books he had been trying all that evening to
ANTIQUE BOOKS: get in) "I only wished to say that we are wrong to fight pour antique books Roi de Prusse!" Boris smiled circumspectly, so that it might be taken as ironical or appreciative according to the way the joke was received. Everybody laughed. "Your joke is too bad, it's witty but unjust," said Anna Pavlovna, shaking her little shriveled finger at him. "We are not fighting pour le Roi de Prusse, but for right principles. Oh, that wicked Prince Hippolyte!" she said. The conversation did not flag all evening and turned chiefly on the political news. It became particularly animated toward antique books
ANTIQUE BOOKS: end of the evening when the rewards bestowed by the Emperor were mentioned. "You know N- N- received a snuffbox antique books the portrait last year?" said "the man of profound intellect." "Why shouldn't S- S- get the same distinction?" "Pardon me! A snuffbox with the Emperor's portrait is a reward but not a distinction," said the diplomatist- "a gift, rather." "There are precedents, I may mention Schwarzenberg." "It's impossible," replied another. "Will you bet? The antique books of the order is a different matter...." When everybody rose to go, Helene who had spoken very little all the evening again turned to
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