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Chapter 3

           SomeoneobliginglytookthedishfromBagratión(orhewould,itseemed,haveheldittilleveningandhavegoneintodinnerwithit)anddrewhisattentiontotheverses.

           “Well,Iwillreadthem,then!”Bagratiónseemedtosay,and,fixinghiswearyeyesonthepaper,begantoreadthemwithafixedandseriousexpression.Buttheauthorhimselftooktheversesandbeganreadingthemaloud.Bagratiónbowedhisheadandlistened:

           BringglorythentoAlexander’sreign

           AndonthethroneourTitusshield.

           Adreadedfoebethou,kindheartedasaman,

           ARhipheusathome,aCaesarinthefield!

           E’enfortunateNapoleon

           Knowsbyexperience,now,Bagratión,

           AnddarenotHerculeanRussianstrouble...

           Butbeforehehadfinishedreading,astentorianmajor-domoannouncedthatdinnerwasready!Thedooropened,andfromthediningroomcametheresoundingstrainsofthepolonaise:

           Conquest’sjoyfulthunderwaken,

           Triumph,valiantRussians,now!...

           andCountRostóv,glancingangrilyattheauthorwhowentonreadinghisverses,bowedtoBagratión.Everyonerose,feelingthatdinnerwasmoreimportantthanverses,andBagratión,againprecedingalltherest,wentintodinner.HewasseatedintheplaceofhonorbetweentwoAlexanders—BekleshëvandNarýshkin—whichwasasignificantallusiontothenameofthesovereign.Threehundredpersonstooktheirseatsinthediningroom,accordingtotheirrankandimportance:themoreimportantnearertothehonoredguest,asnaturallyaswaterflowsdeepestwherethelandlieslowest.

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