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He
entered
the
dining
room
.
The
whole
company
were
standing
between
two
windows
at
a
small
table
laid
with
hors-d'oeuvres
.
Speránski
,
wearing
a
gray
swallow-tail
coat
with
a
star
on
the
breast
,
and
evidently
still
the
same
waistcoat
and
high
white
stock
he
had
worn
at
the
meeting
of
the
Council
of
State
,
stood
at
the
table
with
a
beaming
countenance
.
His
guests
surrounded
him
.
Magnítski
,
addressing
himself
to
Speránski
,
was
relating
an
anecdote
,
and
Speránski
was
laughing
in
advance
at
what
Magnítski
was
going
to
say
.
When
Prince
Andrew
entered
the
room
Magnítski
's
words
were
again
crowned
by
laughter
.
Stolýpin
gave
a
deep
bass
guffaw
as
he
munched
a
piece
of
bread
and
cheese
.
Gervais
laughed
softly
with
a
hissing
chuckle
,
and
Speránski
in
a
high-pitched
staccato
manner
.
Still
laughing
,
Speránski
held
out
his
soft
white
hand
to
Prince
Andrew
.
"
Very
pleased
to
see
you
,
Prince
,
"
he
said
.
"
One
moment
...
"
he
went
on
,
turning
to
Magnítski
and
interrupting
his
story
.
"
We
have
agreed
that
this
is
a
dinner
for
recreation
,
with
not
a
word
about
business
!
"
and
turning
again
to
the
narrator
he
began
to
laugh
afresh
.
Prince
Andrew
looked
at
the
laughing
Speránski
with
astonishment
,
regret
,
and
disillusionment
.
It
seemed
to
him
that
this
was
not
Speránski
but
someone
else
.
Everything
that
had
formerly
appeared
mysterious
and
fascinating
in
Speránski
suddenly
became
plain
and
unattractive
.
At
dinner
the
conversation
did
not
cease
for
a
moment
and
seemed
to
consist
of
the
contents
of
a
book
of
funny
anecdotes
.
Before
Magnítski
had
finished
his
story
someone
else
was
anxious
to
relate
something
still
funnier
.
Most
of
the
anecdotes
,
if
not
relating
to
the
state
service
,
related
to
people
in
the
service
.
It
seemed
that
in
this
company
the
insignificance
of
those
people
was
so
definitely
accepted
that
the
only
possible
attitude
toward
them
was
one
of
good
humored
ridicule
.
Speránski
related
how
at
the
Council
that
morning
a
deaf
dignitary
,
when
asked
his
opinion
,
replied
that
he
thought
so
too
.
Gervais
gave
a
long
account
of
an
official
revision
,
remarkable
for
the
stupidity
of
everybody
concerned
.
Stolýpin
,
stuttering
,
broke
into
the
conversation
and
began
excitedly
talking
of
the
abuses
that
existed
under
the
former
order
of
things
--
threatening
to
give
a
serious
turn
to
the
conversation
.
Magnítski
starting
quizzing
Stolýpin
about
his
vehemence
.
Gervais
intervened
with
a
joke
,
and
the
talk
reverted
to
its
former
lively
tone
.
Evidently
Speránski
liked
to
rest
after
his
labors
and
find
amusement
in
a
circle
of
friends
,
and
his
guests
,
understanding
his
wish
,
tried
to
enliven
him
and
amuse
themselves
.
But
their
gaiety
seemed
to
Prince
Andrew
mirthless
and
tiresome
.
Speránski
's
high-pitched
voice
struck
him
unpleasantly
,
and
the
incessant
laughter
grated
on
him
like
a
false
note
.
Prince
Andrew
did
not
laugh
and
feared
that
he
would
be
a
damper
on
the
spirits
of
the
company
,
but
no
one
took
any
notice
of
his
being
out
of
harmony
with
the
general
mood
.
They
all
seemed
very
gay
.
He
tried
several
times
to
join
in
the
conversation
,
but
his
remarks
were
tossed
aside
each
time
like
a
cork
thrown
out
of
the
water
,
and
he
could
not
jest
with
them
.
There
was
nothing
wrong
or
unseemly
in
what
they
said
,
it
was
witty
and
might
have
been
funny
,
but
it
lacked
just
that
something
which
is
the
salt
of
mirth
,
and
they
were
not
even
aware
that
such
a
thing
existed
.
