Chapter 16

           

           NatáshaandPierre,leftalone,alsobegantotalkasonlyahusbandandwifecantalk,thatis,withextraordinaryclearnessandrapidity,understandingandexpressingeachother’sthoughtsinwayscontrarytoallrulesoflogic,withoutpremises,deductions,orconclusions,andinaquitepeculiarway.NatáshawassousedtothiskindoftalkwithherhusbandthatforheritwasthesurestsignofsomethingbeingwrongbetweenthemifPierrefollowedalineoflogicalreasoning.Whenhebeganprovinganything,ortalkingargumentativelyandcalmlyandshe,ledonbyhisexample,begantodothesame,sheknewthattheywereonthevergeofaquarrel.

           FromthemomenttheywerealoneandNatáshacameuptohimwithwide-openhappyeyes,andquicklyseizinghisheadpressedittoherbosom,saying:“Nowyouareallmine,mine!Youwon’tescape!”—fromthatmomentthisconversationbegan,contrarytoallthelawsoflogicandcontrarytothembecausequitedifferentsubjectsweretalkedaboutatoneandthesametime.Thissimultaneousdiscussionofmanytopicsdidnotpreventaclearunderstandingbutonthecontrarywasthesurestsignthattheyfullyunderstoodoneanother.

           Justasinadreamwhenallisuncertain,unreasoning,andcontradictory,exceptthefeelingthatguidesthedream,sointhisintercoursecontrarytoalllawsofreason,thewordsthemselveswerenotconsecutiveandclearbutonlythefeelingthatpromptedthem.

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