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Chapter 2

           Officially,atlargegatherings,everyonesaidthatCountessBezúkhovahaddiedofaterribleattackofanginapectoris,butinintimatecirclesdetailswerementionedofhowtheprivatephysicianoftheQueenofSpainhadprescribedsmalldosesofacertaindrugtoproduceacertaineffect;butHélène,torturedbythefactthattheoldcountsuspectedherandthatherhusbandtowhomshehadwritten(thatwretched,profligatePierre)hadnotreplied,hadsuddenlytakenaverylargedoseofthedrug,andhaddiedinagonybeforeassistancecouldberenderedher.ItwassaidthatPrinceVasíliandtheoldcounthadturnedupontheItalian,butthelatterhadproducedsuchlettersfromtheunfortunatedeceasedthattheyhadimmediatelyletthematterdrop.

           Talkingeneralcenteredroundthreemelancholyfacts:theEmperor’slackofnews,thelossofKutáysov,andthedeathofHélène.

           OnthethirddayafterKutúzov’sreportacountrygentlemanarrivedfromMoscow,andnewsofthesurrenderofMoscowtotheFrenchspreadthroughthewholetown.Thiswasterrible!WhatapositionfortheEmperortobein!Kutúzovwasatraitor,andPrinceVasíliduringthevisitsofcondolencepaidtohimontheoccasionofhisdaughter’sdeathsaidofKutúzov,whomhehadformerlypraised(itwasexcusableforhiminhisgrieftoforgetwhathehadsaid),thatitwasimpossibletoexpectanythingelsefromablindanddepravedoldman.

           “IonlywonderthatthefateofRussiacouldhavebeenentrustedtosuchaman

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