Война и мир

Chapter 13

           

           AfterNicholashadgonethingsintheRostóvhouseholdweremoredepressingthanever,andthecountessfellillfrommentalagitation.

           SónyawasunhappyattheseparationfromNicholasandstillmoresoonaccountofthehostiletonethecountesscouldnothelpadoptingtowardher.Thecountwasmoreperturbedthaneverbytheconditionofhisaffairs,whichcalledforsomedecisiveaction.TheirtownhouseandestatenearMoscowhadinevitablytobesold,andforthistheyhadtogotoMoscow.Butthecountess’healthobligedthemtodelaytheirdeparturefromdaytoday.

           Natásha,whohadbornethefirstperiodofseparationfromherbetrothedlightlyandevencheerfully,nowgrewmoreagitatedandimpatienteveryday.Thethoughtthatherbestdays,whichshewouldhaveemployedinlovinghim,werebeingvainlywasted,withnoadvantagetoanyone,tormentedherincessantly.Hislettersforthemostpartirritatedher.Ithurthertothinkthatwhileshelivedonlyinthethoughtofhim,hewaslivingareallife,seeingnewplacesandnewpeoplethatinterestedhim.Themoreinterestinghisletterswerethemorevexedshefelt.Herletterstohim,farfromgivingheranycomfort,seemedtoherawearisomeandartificialobligation.Shecouldnotwrite,becauseshecouldnotconceivethepossibilityofexpressingsincerelyinaletterevenathousandthpartofwhatsheexpressedbyvoice,smile,andglance.Shewrotetohimformal,monotonous,anddryletters,towhichsheattachednoimportanceherself,andintheroughcopiesofwhichthecountesscorrectedhermistakesinspelling

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