Chapter 3

           

           PrincessMarypostponedherdeparture.SónyaandthecounttriedtoreplaceNatáshabutcouldnot.Theysawthatshealonewasabletorestrainhermotherfromunreasoningdespair.ForthreeweeksNatásharemainedconstantlyathermother’sside,sleepingonaloungechairinherroom,makinghereatanddrink,andtalkingtoherincessantlybecausethemeresoundofhertender,caressingtonessoothedhermother.

           Themother’swoundedspiritcouldnotheal.Pétya’sdeathhadtornfromherhalfherlife.WhenthenewsofPétya’sdeathhadcomeshehadbeenafreshandvigorouswomanoffifty,butamonthlatersheleftherroomalistlessoldwomantakingnointerestinlife.Butthesameblowthatalmostkilledthecountess,thissecondblow,restoredNatáshatolife.

           Aspiritualwoundproducedbyarendingofthespiritualbodyislikeaphysicalwoundand,strangeasitmayseem,justasadeepwoundmayhealanditsedgesjoin,physicalandspiritualwoundsalikecanyethealcompletelyonlyastheresultofavitalforcefromwithin.

           Natásha’swoundhealedinthatway.Shethoughtherlifewasended,butherloveforhermotherunexpectedlyshowedherthattheessenceoflife—love—wasstillactivewithinher.Loveawokeandsodidlife.

           PrinceAndrew’slastdayshadboundPrincessMaryandNatáshatogether;thisnewsorrowbroughtthemstillclosertooneanother.PrincessMaryputoffherdeparture,andforthreeweekslookedafterNatáshaasifshehadbeenasickchild.Thelastweekspassedinhermother’sbedroomhadstrainedNatásha’sphysicalstrength.

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