Война и мир

Chapter 8

           

           ItwasbecomingmoreandmoredangeroustoremainatBaldHills,andnextdaytheymovedtheprincetoBoguchárovo,thedoctoraccompanyinghim.

           BythetimetheyreachedBoguchárovo,DessallesandthelittleprincehadalreadyleftforMoscow.

           ForthreeweekstheoldprincelaystrickenbyparalysisinthenewhousePrinceAndrewhadbuiltatBoguchárovo,everinthesamestate,gettingneitherbetternorworse.Hewasunconsciousandlaylikeadistortedcorpse.Hemutteredunceasingly,hiseyebrowsandlipstwitching,anditwasimpossibletotellwhetherheunderstoodwhatwasgoingonaroundhimornot.Onethingwascertain—thathewassufferingandwishedtosaysomething.Butwhatitwas,noonecouldtell:itmightbesomecapriceofasickandhalf-crazyman,oritmightrelatetopublicaffairs,orpossiblytofamilyconcerns.

           Thedoctorsaidthisrestlessnessdidnotmeananythingandwasduetophysicalcauses;butPrincessMarythoughthewishedtotellhersomething,andthefactthatherpresencealwaysincreasedhisrestlessnessconfirmedheropinion.

           Hewasevidentlysufferingbothphysicallyandmentally.Therewasnohopeofrecovery.Itwasimpossibleforhimtotravel,itwouldnotdotolethimdieontheroad.“Woulditnotbebetteriftheenddidcome,theveryend?”PrincessMarysometimesthought.Nightandday,hardlysleepingatall,shewatchedhimand,terribletosay,oftenwatchedhimnotwithhopeoffindingsignsofimprovementbutwishingtofindsymptomsoftheapproachoftheend.

           Strangeasitwastohertoacknowledgethisfeelinginherself,yetthereitwas.

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