Chapter 19

           

           NextdayPrinceAndrewcalledatafewhouseshehadnotvisitedbefore,andamongthemattheRostóvs’withwhomhehadrenewedacquaintanceattheball.Apartfromconsiderationsofpolitenesswhichdemandedthecall,hewantedtoseethatoriginal,eagergirlwhohadleftsuchapleasantimpressiononhismind,inherownhome.

           Natáshawasoneofthefirsttomeethim.Shewaswearingadark-bluehousedressinwhichPrinceAndrewthoughtherevenprettierthaninherballdress.SheandalltheRostóvfamilywelcomedhimasanoldfriend,simplyandcordially.Thewholefamily,whomhehadformerlyjudgedseverely,nowseemedtohimtoconsistofexcellent,simple,andkindlypeople.Theoldcount’shospitalityandgoodnature,whichstruckoneespeciallyinPetersburgasapleasantsurprise,weresuchthatPrinceAndrewcouldnotrefusetostaytodinner.“Yes,”hethought,“theyarecapitalpeople,whoofcoursehavenottheslightestideawhatatreasuretheypossessinNatásha;buttheyarekindlyfolkandformthebestpossiblesettingforthisstrikinglypoetic,charminggirl,overflowingwithlife!”

           InNatáshaPrinceAndrewwasconsciousofastrangeworldcompletelyalientohimandbrimfulofjoysunknowntohim,adifferentworld,thatintheOtrádnoeavenueandatthewindowthatmoonlightnighthadalreadybeguntodisconcerthim.Nowthisworlddisconcertedhimnolongerandwasnolongeralientohim,buthehimselfhavingentereditfoundinitanewenjoyment.

           AfterdinnerNatásha,atPrinceAndrew’srequest,wenttotheclavichordandbegansinging.

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