Chapter 16

           

           OnreceivingnewsofNatásha’sillness,thecountess,thoughnotquitewellyetandstillweak,wenttoMoscowwithPétyaandtherestofthehousehold,andthewholefamilymovedfromMáryaDmítrievna’shousetotheirownandsettleddownintown.

           Natásha’sillnesswassoseriousthat,fortunatelyforherandforherparents,theconsiderationofallthathadcausedtheillness,herconductandthebreakingoffofherengagement,recededintothebackground.Shewassoillthatitwasimpossibleforthemtoconsiderinhowfarshewastoblameforwhathadhappened.Shecouldnoteatorsleep,grewvisiblythinner,coughed,and,asthedoctorsmadethemfeel,wasindanger.Theycouldnotthinkofanythingbuthowtohelpher.Doctorscametoseehersinglyandinconsultation,talkedmuchinFrench,German,andLatin,blamedoneanother,andprescribedagreatvarietyofmedicinesforallthediseasesknowntothem,butthesimpleideaneveroccurredtoanyofthemthattheycouldnotknowthediseaseNatáshawassufferingfrom,asnodiseasesufferedbyalivemancanbeknown,foreverylivingpersonhashisownpeculiaritiesandalwayshashisownpeculiar,personal,novel,complicateddisease,unknowntomedicine—notadiseaseofthelungs,liver,skin,heart,nerves,andsoonmentionedinmedicalbooks,butadiseaseconsistingofoneoftheinnumerablecombinationsofthemaladiesofthoseorgans.

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