Chapter 17

           

           AfterPrinceAndrew,BoríscameuptoaskNatáshaforadance,andthentheaide-de-campwhohadopenedtheball,andseveralotheryoungmen,sothat,flushedandhappy,andpassingonhersuperfluouspartnerstoSónya,shedidnotceasedancingalltheevening.Shenoticedandsawnothingofwhatoccupiedeveryoneelse.NotonlydidshefailtonoticethattheEmperortalkedalongtimewiththeFrenchambassador,andhowparticularlygracioushewastoacertainlady,orthatPrinceSo-and-soandSo-and-sodidandsaidthisandthat,andthatHélènehadgreatsuccessandwashonoredbythespecialattentionofSo-and-so,butshedidnotevenseetheEmperor,andonlynoticedthathehadgonebecausetheballbecamelivelierafterhisdeparture.ForoneofthemerrycotillionsbeforesupperPrinceAndrewwasagainherpartner.HeremindedheroftheirfirstencounterintheOtrádnoeavenue,andhowshehadbeenunabletosleepthatmoonlightnight,andtoldherhowhehadinvoluntarilyoverheardher.Natáshablushedatthatrecollectionandtriedtoexcuseherself,asiftherehadbeensomethingtobeashamedofinwhatPrinceAndrewhadoverheard.

           Likeallmenwhohavegrownupinsociety,PrinceAndrewlikedmeetingsomeonetherenotoftheconventionalsocietystamp.AndsuchwasNatásha,withhersurprise,herdelight,hershyness,andevenhermistakesinspeakingFrench.Withherhebehavedwithspecialcareandtenderness,sittingbesideherandtalkingofthesimplestandmostunimportantmatters;headmiredhershygrace.

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