then, turning suddenly towards evgenie pavlovitch, who was seated near him: "do you know, i simply adore reading the accounts of the debates in the english parliament. not that the discussions themselves interest me; i am not a politician, you know; but it delights me to see how they address each other ‘the noble lord who agrees with me,’ ‘my honourable opponent who astonished europe with his proposal,’ ‘the noble viscount sitting opposite’ all these expressions, all this parliamentarism of a free people, has an enormous attraction for me. it fascinates me, prince. i have always been an artist in the depths of my soul, i assure you, evgenie pavlovitch."