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Chapter 9

           Shelookedatthefacesoftheaudience,seekinginthemthesamesenseofridiculeandperplexitysheherselfexperienced,buttheyallseemedattentivetowhatwashappeningonthestage,andexpresseddelightwhichtoNatáshaseemedfeigned.“Isupposeithastobelikethis!”shethought.Shekeptlookingroundinturnattherowsofpomadedheadsinthestallsandthenattheseminudewomenintheboxes,especiallyatHélèneinthenextbox,who—apparentlyquiteunclothed—satwithaquiettranquilsmile,nottakinghereyesoffthestage.Andfeelingthebrightlightthatfloodedthewholeplaceandthewarmairheatedbythecrowd,Natáshalittlebylittlebegantopassintoastateofintoxicationshehadnotexperiencedforalongwhile.Shedidnotrealizewhoandwhereshewas,norwhatwasgoingonbeforeher.Asshelookedandthought,thestrangestfanciesunexpectedlyanddisconnectedlypassedthroughhermind:theideaoccurredtoherofjumpingontotheedgeoftheboxandsingingtheariatheactresswassinging,thenshewishedtotouchwithherfananoldgentlemansittingnotfarfromher,thentoleanovertoHélèneandtickleher.

           Atamomentwhenallwasquietbeforethecommencementofasong,adoorleadingtothestallsonthesidenearesttheRostóvs’boxcreaked,andthestepsofabelatedarrivalwereheard.“There’sKurágin!”whisperedShinshín.CountessBezúkhovaturnedsmilingtothenewcomer,andNatásha,followingthedirectionofthatlook,sawanexceptionallyhandsomeadjutantapproachingtheirboxwithaself-assuredyetcourteousbearing.

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