Война и мир

Chapter 21

           

           “Yes,youknowbetweencousinsintimacyoftenleadstolove.Lecousinageestundangereuxvoisinage.*Don’tyouthinkso?”

           *“Cousinhoodisadangerousneighborhood.”

           “Oh,undoubtedly!”saidPrinceAndrew,andwithsuddenandunnaturallivelinesshebeganchaffingPierreabouttheneedtobeverycarefulwithhisfifty-year-oldMoscowcousins,andinthemidstofthesejestingremarksherose,takingPierrebythearm,anddrewhimaside.

           “Well?”askedPierre,seeinghisfriend’sstrangeanimationwithsurprise,andnoticingtheglanceheturnedonNatáshaasherose.

           “Imust...Imusthaveatalkwithyou,”saidPrinceAndrew.“Youknowthatpairofwomen’sgloves?”(HereferredtotheMasonicglovesgiventoanewlyinitiatedBrothertopresenttothewomanheloved.)“I...butno,Iwilltalktoyoulateron,”andwithastrangelightinhiseyesandrestlessnessinhismovements,PrinceAndrewapproachedNatáshaandsatdownbesideher.PierresawhowPrinceAndrewaskedhersomethingandhowsheflushedasshereplied.

           ButatthatmomentBergcametoPierreandbeganinsistingthatheshouldtakepartinanargumentbetweenthegeneralandthecolonelontheaffairsinSpain.

           Bergwassatisfiedandhappy.Thesmileofpleasureneverlefthisface.Thepartywasverysuccessfulandquitelikeotherpartieshehadseen.Everythingwassimilar:theladies’subtletalk,thecards,thegeneralraisinghisvoiceatthecardtable,andthesamovarandtheteacakes;onlyonethingwaslackingthathehadalwaysseenattheeveningpartieshewishedtoimitate

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