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carpet. ‘I think it is more a case of his forgiving you ‘
‘Forgiving me! why so? What have I done to need his for-
giveness?’
‘If you don’t understand, then—but of course, you do un-
derstand. He wished—he wished to bless you all round and
to have your blessing—before he died—that’s all.’
‘My dear prince,’ began Prince S., hurriedly, exchanging
glances with some of those present, ‘you will not easily find
heaven on earth, and yet you seem to expect to. Heaven is
a difficult thing to find anywhere, prince; far more difficult
than appears to that good heart of yours. Better stop this
conversation, or we shall all be growing quite disturbed in
our minds, and—‘
‘Let’s go and hear the band, then,’ said Lizabetha Proko-
fievna, angrily rising from her place.
The rest of the company followed her example.

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