Chapter 6

           

           DuringthefirstweeksofhisstayinPetersburgPrinceAndrewfeltthewholetrendofthoughthehadformedduringhislifeofseclusionquiteovershadowedbythetriflingcaresthatengrossedhiminthatcity.

           Onreturninghomeintheeveninghewouldjotdowninhisnotebookfourorfivenecessarycallsorappointmentsforcertainhours.Themechanismoflife,thearrangementofthedaysoastobeintimeeverywhere,absorbedthegreaterpartofhisvitalenergy.Hedidnothing,didnoteventhinkorfindtimetothink,butonlytalked,andtalkedsuccessfully,ofwhathehadthoughtwhileinthecountry.

           Hesometimesnoticedwithdissatisfactionthatherepeatedthesameremarkonthesamedayindifferentcircles.Buthewassobusyforwholedaystogetherthathehadnotimetonoticethathewasthinkingofnothing.

           AshehaddoneontheirfirstmeetingatKochubéy’s,SperánskiproducedastrongimpressiononPrinceAndrewontheWednesday,whenhereceivedhimtête-à-têteathisownhouseandtalkedtohimlongandconfidentially.

           ToBolkónskisomanypeopleappearedcontemptibleandinsignificantcreatures,andhesolongedtofindinsomeonethelivingidealofthatperfectiontowardwhichhestrove,thathereadilybelievedthatinSperánskihehadfoundthisidealofaperfectlyrationalandvirtuousman.

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