Война и мир

Chapter 5

           Well,afterthat...Butwon’tyoucometothisothertable?”repeatedAnnaPávlovna.

           “Rousseau’sContratSocial,”saidthevicomtewithatolerantsmile.

           “Iamnotspeakingofregicide,Iamspeakingaboutideas.”

           “Yes:ideasofrobbery,murder,andregicide,”againinterjectedanironicalvoice.

           “Thosewereextremes,nodoubt,buttheyarenotwhatismostimportant.Whatisimportantaretherightsofman,emancipationfromprejudices,andequalityofcitizenship,andalltheseideasNapoleonhasretainedinfullforce.”

           “Libertyandequality,”saidthevicomtecontemptuously,asifatlastdecidingseriouslytoprovetothisyouthhowfoolishhiswordswere,“high-soundingwordswhichhavelongbeendiscredited.Whodoesnotlovelibertyandequality?EvenourSaviourpreachedlibertyandequality.HavepeoplesincetheRevolutionbecomehappier?Onthecontrary.Wewantedliberty,butBuonapartehasdestroyedit.”

           PrinceAndrewkeptlookingwithanamusedsmilefromPierretothevicomteandfromthevicomtetotheirhostess.InthefirstmomentofPierre’soutburstAnnaPávlovna,despitehersocialexperience,washorror-struck.ButwhenshesawthatPierre’ssacrilegiouswordshadnotexasperatedthevicomte,andhadconvincedherselfthatitwasimpossibletostophim,sheralliedherforcesandjoinedthevicomteinavigorousattackontheorator.

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