Chapter 14

           

           Anhourandahalflatermostoftheplayerswerebutlittleinterestedintheirownplay.

           ThewholeinterestwasconcentratedonRostóv.Insteadofsixteenhundredrubleshehadalongcolumnoffiguresscoredagainsthim,whichhehadreckoneduptotenthousand,butthatnow,ashevaguelysupposed,musthaverisentofifteenthousand.Inrealityitalreadyexceededtwentythousandrubles.Dólokhovwasnolongerlisteningtostoriesortellingthem,butfollowedeverymovementofRostóv’shandsandoccasionallyranhiseyesoverthescoreagainsthim.Hehaddecidedtoplayuntilthatscorereachedforty-threethousand.Hehadfixedonthatnumberbecauseforty-threewasthesumofhisandSónya’sjointages.Rostóv,leaninghisheadonbothhands,satatthetablewhichwasscrawledoverwithfigures,wetwithspilledwine,andlitteredwithcards.Onetormentingimpressiondidnotleavehim:thatthosebroad-bonedreddishhandswithhairywristsvisiblefromundertheshirtsleeves,thosehandswhichhelovedandhated,heldhimintheirpower.

           “Sixhundredrubles,ace,acorner,anine...winningitback’simpossible...Oh,howpleasantitwasathome!...Theknave,doubleorquits...itcan’tbe!...Andwhyishedoingthistome?”Rostóvpondered.Sometimeshestakedalargesum,butDólokhovrefusedtoacceptitandfixedthestakehimself.

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