Chapter 21

           

           WhileintheRostóvs’ballroomthesixthanglaisewasbeingdanced,toatuneinwhichthewearymusiciansblundered,andwhiletiredfootmenandcooksweregettingthesupper,CountBezúkhovhadasixthstroke.Thedoctorspronouncedrecoveryimpossible.Afteramuteconfession,communionwasadministeredtothedyingman,preparationsmadeforthesacramentofunction,andinhishousetherewasthebustleandthrillofsuspenseusualatsuchmoments.Outsidethehouse,beyondthegates,agroupofundertakers,whohidwheneveracarriagedroveup,waitedinexpectationofanimportantorderforanexpensivefuneral.TheMilitaryGovernorofMoscow,whohadbeenassiduousinsendingaides-de-camptoinquireafterthecount’shealth,camehimselfthateveningtobidalastfarewelltothecelebratedgrandeeofCatherine’scourt,CountBezúkhov.

           Themagnificentreceptionroomwascrowded.EveryonestooduprespectfullywhentheMilitaryGovernor,havingstayedabouthalfanhouralonewiththedyingman,passedout,slightlyacknowledgingtheirbowsandtryingtoescapeasquicklyaspossiblefromtheglancesfixedonhimbythedoctors,clergy,andrelativesofthefamily.PrinceVasíli,whohadgrownthinnerandpalerduringthelastfewdays,escortedhimtothedoor,repeatingsomethingtohimseveraltimesinlowtones.

           WhentheMilitaryGovernorhadgone,PrinceVasílisatdownallaloneonachairintheballroom,crossingoneleghighovertheother,leaninghiselbowonhiskneeandcoveringhisfacewithhishand.

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