Война и мир

Chapter 18

           PrinceAndrewdidnotlaughandfearedthathewouldbeadamperonthespiritsofthecompany,butnoonetookanynoticeofhisbeingoutofharmonywiththegeneralmood.Theyallseemedverygay.

           Hetriedseveraltimestojoinintheconversation,buthisremarksweretossedasideeachtimelikeacorkthrownoutofthewater,andhecouldnotjestwiththem.

           Therewasnothingwrongorunseemlyinwhattheysaid,itwaswittyandmighthavebeenfunny,butitlackedjustthatsomethingwhichisthesaltofmirth,andtheywerenotevenawarethatsuchathingexisted.

           AfterdinnerSperánski’sdaughterandhergovernessrose.Hepattedthelittlegirlwithhiswhitehandandkissedher.Andthatgesture,too,seemedunnaturaltoPrinceAndrew.

           Themenremainedattableovertheirport—Englishfashion.InthemidstofaconversationthatwasstartedaboutNapoleon’sSpanishaffairs,whichtheyallagreedinapproving,PrinceAndrewbegantoexpressacontraryopinion.Speránskismiledand,withanevidentwishtopreventtheconversationfromtakinganunpleasantcourse,toldastorythathadnoconnectionwiththepreviousconversation.Forafewmomentsallweresilent.

           Havingsatsometimeattable,Speránskicorkedabottleofwineand,remarking,“Nowadaysgoodwineridesinacarriageandpair,”passedittotheservantandgotup.Allroseandcontinuingtotalkloudlywentintothedrawingroom.TwolettersbroughtbyacourierwerehandedtoSperánskiandhetookthemtohisstudy.

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