Chapter 11

           

           AnatoleKuráginwasstayinginMoscowbecausehisfatherhadsenthimawayfromPetersburg,wherehehadbeenspendingtwentythousandrublesayearincash,besidesrunningupdebtsforasmuchmore,whichhiscreditorsdemandedfromhisfather.

           Hisfatherannouncedtohimthathewouldnowpayhalfhisdebtsforthelasttime,butonlyonconditionthathewenttoMoscowasadjutanttothecommanderinchief—aposthisfatherhadprocuredforhim—andwouldatlasttrytomakeagoodmatchthere.HeindicatedtohimPrincessMaryandJulieKarágina.

           AnatoleconsentedandwenttoMoscow,whereheputupatPierre’shouse.Pierrereceivedhimunwillinglyatfirst,butgotusedtohimafterawhile,sometimesevenaccompaniedhimonhiscarousals,andgavehimmoneyundertheguiseofloans.

           AsShinshínhadremarked,fromthetimeofhisarrivalAnatolehadturnedtheheadsoftheMoscowladies,especiallybythefactthatheslightedthemandplainlypreferredthegypsygirlsandFrenchactresses—withthechiefofwhom,MademoiselleGeorge,hewassaidtobeonintimaterelations.HehadnevermissedacarousalatDanílov’sorotherMoscowrevelers’,drankwholenightsthrough,outvyingeveryoneelse,andwasatalltheballsandpartiesofthebestsociety.Therewastalkofhisintrigueswithsomeoftheladies,andheflirtedwithafewofthemattheballs.Buthedidnotrunaftertheunmarriedgirls,especiallytherichheiresseswhoweremostofthemplain.Therewasaspecialreasonforthis,ashehadgotmarriedtwoyearsbefore—afactknownonlytohismostintimatefriends.

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