Chapter 10

           

           Pestsovlikedthrashinganargumentouttotheend,andwasnotsatisfiedwithSergeyIvanovitch’swords,especiallyashefelttheinjusticeofhisview.

           “Ididnotmean,”hesaidoverthesoup,addressingAlexeyAlexandrovitch,“meredensityofpopulationalone,butinconjunctionwithfundamentalideas,andnotbymeansofprinciples.”

           “Itseemstome,”AlexeyAlexandrovitchsaidlanguidly,andwithnohaste,“thatthat’sthesamething.Inmyopinion,influenceoveranotherpeopleisonlypossibletothepeoplewhichhasthehigherdevelopment,which....”

           “Butthat’sjustthequestion,”Pestsovbrokeininhisbass.Hewasalwaysinahurrytospeak,andseemedalwaystoputhiswholesoulintowhathewassaying.“Inwhatarewetomakehigherdevelopmentconsist?TheEnglish,theFrench,theGermans,whichisatthehigheststageofdevelopment?Whichofthemwillnationalizetheother?WeseetheRhineprovinceshavebeenturnedFrench,buttheGermansarenotatalowerstage!”heshouted.“Thereisanotherlawatworkthere.”

           “Ifancythatthegreaterinfluenceisalwaysonthesideoftruecivilization,”saidAlexeyAlexandrovitch,slightlyliftinghiseyebrows.

           “Butwhatarewetolaydownastheoutwardsignsoftruecivilization?”saidPestsov.

           “Iimaginesuchsignsaregenerallyverywellknown,”saidAlexeyAlexandrovitch.

           “Butaretheyfullyknown?”SergeyIvanovitchputinwithasubtlesmile.

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