Chapter 30

           

           InthelittleGermanwatering-placetowhichtheShtcherbatskyshadbetakenthemselves,asinallplacesindeedwherepeoplearegatheredtogether,theusualprocess,asitwere,ofthecrystallizationofsocietywenton,assigningtoeachmemberofthatsocietyadefiniteandunalterableplace.Justastheparticleofwaterinfrost,definitelyandunalterably,takesthespecialformofthecrystalofsnow,soeachnewpersonthatarrivedatthespringswasatonceplacedinhisspecialplace.

           FürstShtcherbatsky,sammtGemahlinundTochter,bytheapartmentstheytook,andfromtheirnameandfromthefriendstheymade,wereimmediatelycrystallizedintoadefiniteplacemarkedoutforthem.

           Therewasvisitingthewatering-placethatyeararealGermanFürstin,inconsequenceofwhichthecrystallizingprocesswentonmorevigorouslythanever.PrincessShtcherbatskayawished,aboveeverything,topresentherdaughtertothisGermanprincess,andthedayaftertheirarrivalshedulyperformedthisrite.Kittymadealowandgracefulcurtseyintheverysimple,thatistosay,veryelegantfrockthathadbeenorderedherfromParis.TheGermanprincesssaid,“Ihopetheroseswillsooncomebacktothisprettylittleface,”andfortheShtcherbatskyscertaindefinitelinesofexistencewereatoncelaiddownfromwhichtherewasnodeparting.TheShtcherbatskysmadetheacquaintancetooofthefamilyofanEnglishLadySomebody,andofaGermancountessandherson,woundedinthelastwar,andofalearnedSwede,andofM.Canutandhissister.

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