Война и мир

Chapter 12

           SotheboyalsowashappythatPierrehadarrived.

           TheguestswelcomedPierrebecausehealwayshelpedtoenlivenanduniteanycompanyhewasin.

           Thegrown-upmembersofthefamily,nottomentionhiswife,werepleasedtohavebackafriendwhosepresencemadeliferunmoresmoothlyandpeacefully.

           Theoldladieswerepleasedwiththepresentshebroughtthem,andespeciallythatNatáshawouldnowbeherselfagain.

           Pierrefeltthedifferentoutlooksofthesevariousworldsandmadehastetosatisfyalltheirexpectations.

           Thoughthemostabsent-mindedandforgetfulofmen,Pierre,withtheaidofalisthiswifedrewup,hadnowboughteverything,notforgettinghismother—andbrother-in-law’scommissions,northedressmaterialforapresenttoBelóva,nortoysforhiswife’snephews.Intheearlydaysofhismarriageithadseemedstrangetohimthathiswifeshouldexpecthimnottoforgettoprocureallthethingsheundertooktobuy,andhehadbeentakenabackbyherseriousannoyancewhenonhisfirsttripheforgoteverything.Butintimehegrewusedtothisdemand.KnowingthatNatáshaaskednothingforherself,andgavehimcommissionsforothersonlywhenhehimselfhadofferedtoundertakethem,henowfoundanunexpectedandchildlikepleasureinthispurchaseofpresentsforeveryoneinthehouse,andneverforgotanything.IfhenowincurredNatásha’scensureitwasonlyforbuyingtoomanyandtooexpensivethings.Toherotherdefects(asmostpeoplethoughtthem,butwhichtoPierrewerequalities)ofuntidinessandneglectofherself,shenowaddedstinginess.

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