Chapter 10

           

           Natáshahadmarriedintheearlyspringof1813,andin1820alreadyhadthreedaughtersbesidesasonforwhomshehadlongedandwhomshewasnownursing.Shehadgrownstouterandbroader,sothatitwasdifficulttorecognizeinthisrobust,motherlywomantheslim,livelyNatáshaofformerdays.Herfeaturesweremoredefinedandhadacalm,soft,andsereneexpression.Inherfacetherewasnoneoftheever-glowinganimationthathadformerlyburnedthereandconstituteditscharm.Nowherfaceandbodywereoftenallthatonesaw,andhersoulwasnotvisibleatall.Allthatstrucktheeyewasastrong,handsome,andfertilewoman.Theoldfireveryrarelykindledinherfacenow.Thathappenedonlywhen,aswasthecasethatday,herhusbandreturnedhome,orasickchildwasconvalescent,orwhensheandCountessMaryspokeofPrinceAndrew(shenevermentionedhimtoherhusband,whosheimaginedwasjealousofPrinceAndrew’smemory),orontherareoccasionswhensomethinghappenedtoinducehertosing,apracticeshehadquiteabandonedsincehermarriage.Attheraremomentswhentheoldfiredidkindleinherhandsome,fullydevelopedbodyshewasevenmoreattractivethaninformerdays.

           SincetheirmarriageNatáshaandherhusbandhadlivedinMoscow,inPetersburg,ontheirestatenearMoscow,orwithhermother,thatistosay,inNicholas’house.TheyoungCountessBezúkhovawasnotoftenseeninsociety,andthosewhomethertherewerenotpleasedwithherandfoundherneitherattractivenoramiable.

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