Война и мир

Chapter 10

           

           IntheautumntheRostóvsreturnedtoMoscow.EarlyinthewinterDenísovalsocamebackandstayedwiththem.Thefirsthalfofthewinterof1806,whichNicholasRostóvspentinMoscow,wasoneofthehappiest,merriesttimesforhimandthewholefamily.Nicholasbroughtmanyyoungmentohisparents’house.Vérawasahandsomegirloftwenty;Sónyaagirlofsixteenwithallthecharmofanopeningflower;Natásha,halfgrownupandhalfchild,wasnowchildishlyamusing,nowgirlishlyenchanting.

           AtthattimeintheRostóvs’housethereprevailedanamorousatmospherecharacteristicofhomeswherethereareveryyoungandverycharminggirls.Everyyoungmanwhocametothehouse—seeingthoseimpressionable,smilingyoungfaces(smilingprobablyattheirownhappiness),feelingtheeagerbustlearoundhim,andhearingthefitfulburstsofsongandmusicandtheinconsequentbutfriendlyprattleofyounggirlsreadyforanythingandfullofhope—experiencedthesamefeeling;sharingwiththeyoungfolkoftheRostóvs’householdareadinesstofallinloveandanexpectationofhappiness.

           AmongtheyoungmenintroducedbyRostóvoneofthefirstwasDólokhov,whomeveryoneinthehouselikedexceptNatásha.Shealmostquarreledwithherbrotherabouthim.Sheinsistedthathewasabadman,andthatintheduelwithBezúkhov,PierrewasrightandDólokhovwrong,andfurtherthathewasdisagreeableandunnatural.

           “There’snothingformetounderstand,”shecriedoutwithresoluteself-will,“heiswickedandheartless.

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