Война и мир

Chapter 6

           Seeingtheenemiesexchangingfriendlygreetings,sherodeuptothem.IláginliftedhisbeavercapstillhighertoNatáshaandsaid,withapleasantsmile,thattheyoungcountessresembledDianainherpassionforthechaseaswellasinherbeauty,ofwhichhehadheardmuch.

           Toexpiatehishuntsman’soffense,IláginpressedtheRostóvstocometoanuplandofhisaboutamileawaywhichheusuallykeptforhimselfandwhich,hesaid,swarmedwithhares.Nicholasagreed,andthehunt,nowdoubled,movedon.

           ThewaytoIligin’suplandwasacrossthefields.Thehuntservantsfellintoline.Themastersrodetogether.“Uncle,”Rostóv,andIláginkeptstealthilyglancingatoneanother’sdogs,tryingnottobeobservedbytheircompanionsandsearchinguneasilyforrivalstotheirownborzois.

           Rostóvwasparticularlystruckbythebeautyofasmall,pure-bred,red-spottedbitchonIlágin’sleash,slenderbutwithmuscleslikesteel,adelicatemuzzle,andprominentblackeyes.HehadheardoftheswiftnessofIlágin’sborzois,andinthatbeautifulbitchsawarivaltohisownMílka.

           InthemiddleofasoberconversationbegunbyIláginabouttheyear’sharvest,Nicholaspointedtothered-spottedbitch.

           “Afinelittlebitch,that!”saidheinacarelesstone.“Issheswift?”

           “Thatone?Yes,she’sagooddog,getswhatshe’safter,”answeredIláginindifferently,ofthered-spottedbitchErzá,forwhich,ayearbefore,hehadgivenaneighborthreefamiliesofhouseserfs.

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