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Chapter 9

           Inspiteofthis,orratherbecauseofit,nextday,November15,afterdinnerheagainwenttoOlmützand,enteringthehouseoccupiedbyKutúzov,askedforBolkónski.PrinceAndrewwasinandBoríswasshownintoalargehallprobablyformerlyusedfordancing,butinwhichfivebedsnowstood,andfurnitureofvariouskinds:atable,chairs,andaclavichord.Oneadjutant,nearestthedoor,wassittingatthetableinaPersiandressinggown,writing.Another,thered,stoutNesvítski,layonabedwithhisarmsunderhishead,laughingwithanofficerwhohadsatdownbesidehim.AthirdwasplayingaViennesewaltzontheclavichord,whileafourth,lyingontheclavichord,sangthetune.Bolkónskiwasnotthere.NoneofthesegentlemenchangedhispositiononseeingBorís.TheonewhowaswritingandwhomBorísaddressedturnedroundcrosslyandtoldhimBolkónskiwasondutyandthatheshouldgothroughthedoorontheleftintothereceptionroomifhewishedtoseehim.Borísthankedhimandwenttothereceptionroom,wherehefoundsometenofficersandgenerals.

           Whenheentered,PrinceAndrew,hiseyesdroopingcontemptuously(withthatpeculiarexpressionofpolitewearinesswhichplainlysays,“IfitwerenotmydutyIwouldnottalktoyouforamoment”),waslisteningtoanoldRussiangeneralwithdecorations,whostoodveryerect,almostontiptoe,withasoldier’sobsequiousexpressiononhispurpleface,reportingsomething.

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