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Chapter 2

           Attheheadofthetable,wherethehonoredguestssat,everyoneseemedtobeinhighspiritsandundertheinfluenceofavarietyofexcitingsensations.OnlyPierreandHélènesatsilentlysidebysidealmostatthebottomofthetable,asuppressedsmilebrighteningboththeirfaces,asmilethathadnothingtodowithSergéyKuzmích—asmileofbashfulnessattheirownfeelings.Butmuchasalltherestlaughed,talked,andjoked,muchastheyenjoyedtheirRhinewine,sauté,andices,andhowevertheyavoidedlookingattheyoungcouple,andheedlessandunobservantastheyseemedofthem,onecouldfeelbytheoccasionalglancestheygavethatthestoryaboutSergéyKuzmích,thelaughter,andthefoodwereallapretense,andthatthewholeattentionofthatcompanywasdirectedto—PierreandHélène.PrinceVasílimimickedthesobbingofSergéyKuzmíchandatthesametimehiseyesglancedtowardhisdaughter,andwhilehelaughedtheexpressiononhisfaceclearlysaid:“Yes...it’sgettingon,itwillallbesettledtoday.”AnnaPávlovnathreatenedhimonbehalfof“ourdearVyazmítinov,”andinhereyes,which,foraninstant,glancedatPierre,PrinceVasílireadacongratulationonhisfutureson-in-lawandonhisdaughter’shappiness.Theoldprincesssighedsadlyassheofferedsomewinetotheoldladynexttoherandglancedangrilyatherdaughter,andhersighseemedtosay:“Yes,there’snothingleftforyouandmebuttosipsweetwine,mydear,nowthatthetimehascomefortheseyoungonestobethusboldly,provocativelyhappy.

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