Война и мир

Chapter 6

           AfewdayslaterHélènelearnedwithpleasurethatshehadnowbeenadmittedtothetrueCatholicChurchandthatinafewdaysthePopehimselfwouldhearofherandwouldsendheracertaindocument.

           Allthatwasdonearoundherandtoheratthistime,alltheattentiondevotedtoherbysomanyclevermenandexpressedinsuchpleasant,refinedways,andthestateofdove-likepurityshewasnowin(sheworeonlywhitedressesandwhiteribbonsallthattime)gaveherpleasure,butherpleasuredidnotcauseherforamomenttoforgetheraim.Andasitalwayshappensincontestsofcunningthatastupidpersongetsthebetterofclevererones,Hélène—havingrealizedthatthemainobjectofallthesewordsandallthistroublewas,afterconvertinghertoCatholicism,toobtainmoneyfromherforJesuitinstitutions(astowhichshereceivedindications)—beforepartingwithhermoneyinsistedthatthevariousoperationsnecessarytofreeherfromherhusbandshouldbeperformed.Inherviewtheaimofeveryreligionwasmerelytopreservecertainproprietieswhileaffordingsatisfactiontohumandesires.Andwiththisaim,inoneofhertalkswithherFatherConfessor,sheinsistedonananswertothequestion,inhowfarwassheboundbyhermarriage?

           Theyweresittinginthetwilightbyawindowinthedrawingroom.Thescentofflowerscameinatthewindow.Hélènewaswearingawhitedress,transparentoverhershouldersandbosom.

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