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Chapter 17

           Natáshaapparentlytriednottobeaburdenorahindrancetoanyone,butwantednothingforherself.ShekeptawayfromeveryoneinthehouseandfeltateaseonlywithherbrotherPétya.Shelikedtobewithhimbetterthanwiththeothers,andwhenalonewithhimshesometimeslaughed.Shehardlyeverleftthehouseandofthosewhocametoseethemwasgladtoseeonlyoneperson,Pierre.Itwouldhavebeenimpossibletotreatherwithmoredelicacy,greatercare,andatthesametimemoreseriouslythandidCountBezúkhov.Natáshaunconsciouslyfeltthisdelicacyandsofoundgreatpleasureinhissociety.Butshewasnotevengratefultohimforit;nothinggoodonPierre’spartseemedtohertobeaneffort,itseemedsonaturalforhimtobekindtoeveryonethattherewasnomeritinhiskindness.SometimesNatáshanoticedembarrassmentandawkwardnessonhispartinherpresence,especiallywhenhewantedtodosomethingtopleaseher,orfearedthatsomethingtheyspokeofwouldawakenmemoriesdistressingtoher.Shenoticedthisandattributedittohisgeneralkindnessandshyness,whichsheimaginedmustbethesametowardeveryoneasitwastoher.Afterthoseinvoluntarywords—thatifhewerefreehewouldhaveaskedonhiskneesforherhandandherlove—utteredatamomentwhenshewassostronglyagitated,PierreneverspoketoNatáshaofhisfeelings;anditseemedplaintoherthatthosewords,whichhadthensocomfortedher,werespokenasallsortsofmeaninglesswordsarespokentocomfortacryingchild.

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