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Chapter 12

           

           AsmileofpleasureneverleftNatásha’sface.ShefelthappyandasifshewereblossomingunderthepraiseofthisdearCountessBezúkhovawhohadformerlyseemedtohersounapproachableandimportantandwasnowsokindtoher.Natáshabrightenedupandfeltalmostinlovewiththiswoman,whowassobeautifulandsokind.HélèneforherpartwassincerelydelightedwithNatáshaandwishedtogiveheragoodtime.AnatolehadaskedhertobringhimandNatáshatogether,andshewascallingontheRostóvsforthatpurpose.TheideaofthrowingherbrotherandNatáshatogetheramusedher.

           Thoughatonetime,inPetersburg,shehadbeenannoyedwithNatáshafordrawingBorísaway,shedidnotthinkofthatnow,andinherownwayheartilywishedNatáshawell.AsshewasleavingtheRostóvsshecalledherprotégéeaside.

           “Mybrotherdinedwithmeyesterday—wenearlydiedoflaughter—heatenothingandkeptsighingforyou,mycharmer!Heismadly,quitemadly,inlovewithyou,mydear.”

           Natáshablushedscarletwhensheheardthis.

           “Howsheblushes,howsheblushes,mypretty!”saidHélène.“Youmustcertainlycome.Ifyoulovesomebody,mycharmer,thatisnotareasontoshutyourselfup.Evenifyouareengaged,Iamsureyourfiancéwouldwishyoutogointosocietyratherthanbeboredtodeath.”

           “SosheknowsIamengaged,andsheandherhusbandPierre—thatgoodPierre—havetalkedandlaughedaboutthis.Soit’sallright.”Andagain,underHélène’sinfluence,whathadseemedterriblenowseemedsimpleandnatural

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