Chapter 3

           

           OldPrinceNicholasBolkónskireceivedaletterfromPrinceVasíliinNovember,1805,announcingthatheandhissonwouldbepayinghimavisit.“Iamstartingonajourneyofinspection,andofcourseIshallthinknothingofanextraseventymilestocomeandseeyouatthesametime,myhonoredbenefactor,”wrotePrinceVasíli.“MysonAnatoleisaccompanyingmeonhiswaytothearmy,soIhopeyouwillallowhimpersonallytoexpressthedeeprespectthat,emulatinghisfather,hefeelsforyou.”

           “ItseemsthattherewillbenoneedtobringMaryout,suitorsarecomingtousoftheirownaccord,”incautiouslyremarkedthelittleprincessonhearingthenews.

           PrinceNicholasfrowned,butsaidnothing.

           AfortnightaftertheletterPrinceVasíli’sservantscameoneeveninginadvanceofhim,andheandhissonarrivednextday.

           OldBolkónskihadalwayshadapooropinionofPrinceVasíli’scharacter,butmoresorecently,sinceinthenewreignsofPaulandAlexanderPrinceVasílihadrisentohighpositionandhonors.Andnow,fromthehintscontainedinhisletterandgivenbythelittleprincess,hesawwhichwaythewindwasblowing,andhislowopinionchangedintoafeelingofcontemptuousillwill.Hesnortedwheneverhementionedhim.OnthedayofPrinceVasíli’sarrival,PrinceBolkónskiwasparticularlydiscontentedandoutoftemper.

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