Chapter 16

           

           AnatolehadlatelymovedtoDólokhov’s.TheplanforNatalieRostóva’sabductionhadbeenarrangedandthepreparationsmadebyDólokhovafewdaysbefore,andonthedaythatSónya,afterlisteningatNatásha’sdoor,resolvedtosafeguardher,itwastohavebeenputintoexecution.NatáshahadpromisedtocomeouttoKuráginatthebackporchattenthatevening.KuráginwastoputherintoatroykahewouldhavereadyandtodriveherfortymilestothevillageofKámenka,whereanunfrockedpriestwasinreadinesstoperformamarriageceremonyoverthem.AtKámenkaarelayofhorseswastowaitwhichwouldtakethemtotheWarsawhighroad,andfromtheretheywouldhastenabroadwithposthorses.

           Anatolehadapassport,anorderforposthorses,tenthousandrubleshehadtakenfromhissisterandanothertenthousandborrowedwithDólokhov’shelp.

           Twowitnessesforthemockmarriage—Khvóstikov,aretiredpettyofficialwhomDólokhovmadeuseofinhisgamblingtransactions,andMakárin,aretiredhussar,akindly,weakfellowwhohadanunboundedaffectionforKurágin—weresittingatteainDólokhov’sfrontroom.

           Inhislargestudy,thewallsofwhichwerehungtotheceilingwithPersianrugs,bearskins,andweapons,satDólokhovinatravelingcloakandhighboots,atanopendeskonwhichlayanabacusandsomebundlesofpapermoney.Anatole,withuniformunbuttoned,walkedtoandfrofromtheroomwherethewitnessesweresitting,throughthestudytotheroombehind,wherehisFrenchvaletandotherswerepackingthelastofhisthings.

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