Війна і мир

Chapter 5

           

           Juliehadlongbeenexpectingaproposalfromhermelancholyadorerandwasreadytoacceptit;butsomesecretfeelingofrepulsionforher,forherpassionatedesiretogetmarried,forherartificiality,andafeelingofhorroratrenouncingthepossibilityofreallovestillrestrainedBorís.Hisleavewasexpiring.HespenteverydayandwholedaysattheKarágins’,andeverydayonthinkingthematterovertoldhimselfthathewouldproposetomorrow.ButinJulie’spresence,lookingatherredfaceandchin(nearlyalwayspowdered),hermoisteyes,andherexpressionofcontinualreadinesstopassatoncefrommelancholytoanunnaturalraptureofmarriedbliss,Boríscouldnotutterthedecisivewords,thoughinimaginationhehadlongregardedhimselfasthepossessorofthosePénzaandNizhegórodestatesandhadapportionedtheuseoftheincomefromthem.JuliesawBorís’indecision,andsometimesthethoughtoccurredtoherthatshewasrepulsivetohim,butherfeminineself-deceptionimmediatelysuppliedherwithconsolation,andshetoldherselfthathewasonlyshyfromlove.Hermelancholy,however,begantoturntoirritability,andnotlongbeforeBorís’departuresheformedadefiniteplanofaction.JustasBorís’leaveofabsencewasexpiring,AnatoleKuráginmadehisappearanceinMoscow,andofcourseintheKarágins’drawingroom,andJulie,suddenlyabandoninghermelancholy,becamecheerfulandveryattentivetoKurágin.

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