Chapter 14

           

           MadameSchoss,whohadbeenouttovisitherdaughter,increasedthecountess’fearsstillmorebytellingwhatshehadseenataspiritdealer’sinMyasnítskiStreet.Whenreturningbythatstreetshehadbeenunabletopassbecauseofadrunkencrowdriotinginfrontoftheshop.Shehadtakenacabanddrivenhomebyasidestreetandthecabmanhadtoldherthatthepeoplewerebreakingopenthebarrelsatthedrinkstore,havingreceivedorderstodoso.

           AfterdinnerthewholeRostóvhouseholdsettoworkwithenthusiastichastepackingtheirbelongingsandpreparingfortheirdeparture.Theoldcount,suddenlysettingtowork,keptpassingfromtheyardtothehouseandbackagain,shoutingconfusedinstructionstothehurryingpeople,andflurryingthemstillmore.Pétyadirectedthingsintheyard.Sónya,owingtothecount’scontradictoryorders,lostherheadanddidnotknowwhattodo.Theservantsrannoisilyaboutthehouseandyard,shoutinganddisputing.Natásha,withtheardorcharacteristicofallshedidsuddenlysettoworktoo.Atfirstherinterventioninthebusinessofpackingwasreceivedskeptically.Everybodyexpectedsomeprankfromheranddidnotwishtoobeyher;butsheresolutelyandpassionatelydemandedobedience,grewangryandnearlycriedbecausetheydidnotheedher,andatlastsucceededinmakingthembelieveher.Herfirstexploit,whichcostherimmenseeffortandestablishedherauthority,wasthepackingofthecarpets.ThecounthadvaluableGobelintapestriesandPersiancarpetsinthehouse.

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