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Chapter 13

           

           “Ihavethehonortoreporttoyoutheactualtruth,”saidAlpátych.

           Rostóvdismounted,gavehishorsetotheorderly,andfollowedAlpátychtothehouse,questioninghimastothestateofaffairs.Itappearedthattheprincess’offerofcorntothepeasantsthepreviousday,andhertalkwithDronandatthemeeting,hadactuallyhadsobadaneffectthatDronhadfinallygivenupthekeysandjoinedthepeasantsandhadnotappearedwhenAlpátychsentforhim;andthatinthemorningwhentheprincessgaveorderstoharnessforherjourney,thepeasantshadcomeinalargecrowdtothebarnandsentwordthattheywouldnotletherleavethevillage:thattherewasanordernottomove,andthattheywouldunharnessthehorses.Alpátychhadgoneouttoadmonishthem,butwastold(itwaschieflyKarpwhodidthetalking,Dronnotshowinghimselfinthecrowd)thattheycouldnotlettheprincessgo,thattherewasanordertothecontrary,butthatifshestayedtheywouldserveherasbeforeandobeyherineverything.

           AtthemomentwhenRostóvandIlyínweregallopingalongtheroad,PrincessMary,despitethedissuasionsofAlpátych,hernurse,andthemaids,hadgivenorderstoharnessandintendedtostart,butwhenthecavalrymenwereespiedtheyweretakenforFrenchmen,thecoachmanranaway,andthewomeninthehousebegantowail.

           “Father!Benefactor!Godhassentyou!”exclaimeddeeplymovedvoicesasRostóvpassedthroughtheanteroom.

           PrincessMarywassittinghelplessandbewilderedinthelargesittingroom,whenRostóvwasshownin.

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