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Chapter 1

           

           AtAnnaPávlovna’sonthetwenty-sixthofAugust,theverydayofthebattleofBorodinó,therewasasoiree,thechieffeatureofwhichwastobethereadingofaletterfromHisLordshiptheBishopwhensendingtheEmperoraniconoftheVenerableSergius.Itwasregardedasamodelofecclesiastical,patrioticeloquence.PrinceVasílihimself,famedforhiselocution,wastoreadit.(HeusedtoreadattheEmpress’.)Theartofhisreadingwassupposedtolieinrollingoutthewords,quiteindependentlyoftheirmeaning,inaloudandsingsongvoicealternatingbetweenadespairingwailandatendermurmur,sothatthewailfellquiteatrandomononewordandthemurmuronanother.Thisreading,aswasalwaysthecaseatAnnaPávlovna’ssoirees,hadapoliticalsignificance.ThateveningsheexpectedseveralimportantpersonageswhohadtobemadeashamedoftheirvisitstotheFrenchtheaterandarousedtoapatriotictemper.Agoodmanypeoplehadalreadyarrived,butAnnaPávlovna,notyetseeingallthosewhomshewantedinherdrawingroom,didnotletthereadingbeginbutwoundupthespringsofageneralconversation.

           ThenewsofthedayinPetersburgwastheillnessofCountessBezúkhova.Shehadfallenillunexpectedlyafewdayspreviously,hadmissedseveralgatheringsofwhichshewasusuallytheornament,andwassaidtobereceivingnoone,andinsteadofthecelebratedPetersburgdoctorswhousuallyattendedherhadentrustedherselftosomeItaliandoctorwhowastreatingherinsomenewandunusualway.

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