Chapter 6

           

           AttheendofJanuaryoldCountRostóvwenttoMoscowwithNatáshaandSónya.Thecountesswasstillunwellandunabletotravelbutitwasimpossibletowaitforherrecovery.PrinceAndrewwasexpectedinMoscowanyday,thetrousseauhadtobeorderedandtheestatenearMoscowhadtobesold,besideswhichtheopportunityofpresentinghisfuturedaughter-in-lawtooldPrinceBolkónskiwhilehewasinMoscowcouldnotbemissed.TheRostóvs’Moscowhousehadnotbeenheatedthatwinterand,astheyhadcomeonlyforashorttimeandthecountesswasnotwiththem,thecountdecidedtostaywithMáryaDmítrievnaAkhrosímova,whohadlongbeenpressingherhospitalityonthem.

           LateoneeveningtheRostóvs’foursleighsdroveintoMáryaDmítrievna’scourtyardintheoldKonyúshenystreet.MáryaDmítrievnalivedalone.Shehadalreadymarriedoffherdaughter,andhersonswereallintheservice.

           Sheheldherselfaserect,toldeveryoneheropinionascandidly,loudly,andbluntlyasever,andherwholebearingseemedareproachtoothersforanyweakness,passion,ortemptation—thepossibilityofwhichshedidnotadmit.Fromearlyinthemorning,wearingadressingjacket,sheattendedtoherhouseholdaffairs,andthenshedroveout:onholydaystochurchandaftertheservicetojailsandprisonsonaffairsofwhichsheneverspoketoanyone.Onordinarydays,afterdressing,shereceivedpetitionersofvariousclasses,ofwhomtherewerealwayssome.

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