Война и мир

Chapter 12

           

           Andcollectingthepresentstheywentfirsttothenurseryandthentotheoldcountess’rooms.

           ThecountesswassittingwithhercompanionBelóva,playinggrand-patienceasusual,whenPierreandNatáshacameintothedrawingroomwithparcelsundertheirarms.

           Thecountesswasnowoversixty,wasquitegray,andworeacapwithafrillthatsurroundedherface.Herfacehadshriveled,herupperliphadsunkin,andhereyesweredim.

           Afterthedeathsofhersonandhusbandinsuchrapidsuccession,shefeltherselfabeingaccidentallyforgotteninthisworldandleftwithoutaimorobjectforherexistence.Sheate,drank,slept,orkeptawake,butdidnotlive.Lifegavehernonewimpressions.Shewantednothingfromlifebuttranquillity,andthattranquillityonlydeathcouldgiveher.Butuntildeathcameshehadtogoonliving,thatis,tousehervitalforces.Apeculiarityoneseesinveryyoungchildrenandveryoldpeoplewasparticularlyevidentinher.Herlifehadnoexternalaims—onlyaneedtoexercisehervariousfunctionsandinclinationswasapparent.Shehadtoeat,sleep,think,speak,weep,work,giveventtoheranger,andsoon,merelybecauseshehadastomach,abrain,muscles,nerves,andaliver.Shedidthesethingsnotunderanyexternalimpulseaspeopleinthefullvigoroflifedo,whenbehindthepurposeforwhichtheystrivethatofexercisingtheirfunctionsremainsunnoticed.Shetalkedonlybecauseshephysicallyneededtoexercisehertongueandlungs.Shecriedasachilddoes,becausehernosehadtobecleared,andsoon.

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