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Chapter 6

           Itwasasifalighthadbeenkindledinacarvedandpaintedlanternandtheintricate,skillful,artisticworkonitssides,thatpreviouslyseemeddark,coarse,andmeaningless,wassuddenlyshownupinunexpectedandstrikingbeauty.Forthefirsttimeallthatpure,spiritual,inwardtravailthroughwhichshehadlivedappearedonthesurface.Allherinwardlabor,herdissatisfactionwithherself,hersufferings,herstrivingsaftergoodness,hermeekness,love,andself-sacrifice—allthisnowshoneinthoseradianteyes,inherdelicatesmile,andineverytraitofhergentleface.

           Rostóvsawallthisasclearlyasifhehadknownherwholelife.Hefeltthatthebeingbeforehimwasquitedifferentfrom,andbetterthan,anyonehehadmetbefore,andaboveallbetterthanhimself.

           Theirconversationwasverysimpleandunimportant.Theyspokeofthewar,andlikeeveryoneelseunconsciouslyexaggeratedtheirsorrowaboutit;theyspokeoftheirlastmeeting—Nicholastryingtochangethesubject—theytalkedofthegovernor’skindwife,ofNicholas’relations,andofPrincessMary’s.

           Shedidnottalkaboutherbrother,divertingtheconversationassoonasherauntmentionedAndrew.EvidentlyshecouldspeakofRussia’smisfortuneswithacertainartificiality,butherbrotherwastoonearherheartandsheneithercouldnorwouldspeaklightlyofhim.Nicholasnoticedthis,ashenoticedeveryshadeofPrincessMary’scharacterwithanobservationunusualtohim,andeverythingconfirmedhisconvictionthatshewasaquiteunusualandextraordinarybeing.

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