Chapter 11

           

           OnthethirddayafterChristmasNicholasdinedathome,athinghehadrarelydoneoflate.Itwasagrandfarewelldinner,asheandDenísovwereleavingtojointheirregimentafterEpiphany.Abouttwentypeoplewerepresent,includingDólokhovandDenísov.

           Neverhadlovebeensomuchintheair,andneverhadtheamorousatmospheremadeitselfsostronglyfeltintheRostóvs’houseasatthisholidaytime.“Seizethemomentsofhappiness,loveandbeloved!Thatistheonlyrealityintheworld,allelseisfolly.Itistheonethingweareinterestedinhere,”saidthespiritoftheplace.

           Nicholas,havingasusualexhaustedtwopairsofhorses,withoutvisitingalltheplaceshemeanttogotoandwherehehadbeeninvited,returnedhomejustbeforedinner.Assoonasheenteredhenoticedandfeltthetensionoftheamorousairinthehouse,andalsonoticedacuriousembarrassmentamongsomeofthosepresent.Sónya,Dólokhov,andtheoldcountesswereespeciallydisturbed,andtoalesserdegreeNatásha.NicholasunderstoodthatsomethingmusthavehappenedbetweenSónyaandDólokhovbeforedinner,andwiththekindlysensitivenessnaturaltohimwasverygentleandwarywiththembothatdinner.OnthatsameeveningtherewastobeoneoftheballsthatIogel(thedancingmaster)gaveforhispupilsduringtheholidays.

           “Nicholas,willyoucometoIogel’s?Pleasedo!”saidNatásha.“Heaskedyou,andVasíliDmítrich*isalsogoing.”

           *Denísov.

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