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The eldest princess was followed out of the bedroom by Prince Vasily. He staggered as far as the divan on which Pierre was sitting and fell onto it, covering his eyes with his hand. Pierre noticed he was pale and his lower jaw was jerking and shuddering feverishly.
"Ah my friend," he said, taking Pierre by the elbow, and there was a sincerity and infirmity in his voice that Pierre had never noticed before. "We sin so much, we deceive so much, and all for what? I am, over fifty... my friend... for me everything will end in death, everything. Death is terrible." He burst into tears.
"Ah my friend," he said, taking Pierre by the elbow, and there was a sincerity and infirmity in his voice that Pierre had never noticed before. "We sin so much, we deceive so much, and all for what? I am, over fifty... my friend... for me everything will end in death, everything. Death is terrible." He burst into tears.