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Portrait of Ivan Turgenev Ivan Turgenev A House of Gentlefolk — Chapter XXIII

Madame von Kalitin tells her that he is a fine young man, and she obeys Madame von Kalitin because she is still quite a child, though she is nineteen; she says her prayers in the morning and in the evening--and that is very well; but she does not love him. She can only love what is beautiful, and he is not, that is, his soul is not beautiful."
Lemm uttered this whole speech coherently, and with fire, walking with little steps to and fro before the tea-table, and running his eyes over the ground.
"Dearest maestro!" cried Lavretsky suddenly, "it strikes me you are in love with cousin yourself."
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