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Chapter 10

           LouisaIvánovnaconsentedtogo,andinhalfanhourfourtroykasleighswithlargeandsmallbells,theirrunnerssqueakingandwhistlingoverthefrozensnow,droveuptotheporch.

           Natáshawasforemostinsettingamerryholidaytone,which,passingfromonetoanother,grewstrongerandreacheditsclimaxwhentheyallcameoutintothefrostandgotintothesleighs,talking,callingtooneanother,laughing,andshouting.

           Twoofthetroykasweretheusualhouseholdsleighs,thethirdwastheoldcount’swithatrotterfromtheOrlóvstudasshafthorse,thefourthwasNicholas’ownwithashortshaggyblackshafthorse.Nicholas,inhisoldlady’sdressoverwhichhehadbeltedhishussarovercoat,stoodinthemiddleofthesleigh,reinsinhand.

           Itwassolightthathecouldseethemoonlightreflectedfromthemetalharnessdisksandfromtheeyesofthehorses,wholookedroundinalarmatthenoisypartyundertheshadowoftheporchroof.

           Natásha,Sónya,MadameSchoss,andtwomaidsgotintoNicholas’sleigh;Dimmler,hiswife,andPétya,intotheoldcount’s,andtherestofthemummersseatedthemselvesintheothertwosleighs.

           “Yougoahead,Zakhár!”shoutedNicholastohisfather’scoachman,wishingforachancetoracepasthim.

           Theoldcount’stroyka,withDimmlerandhisparty,startedforward,squeakingonitsrunnersasthoughfreezingtothesnow,itsdeep-tonedbellclanging.Thesidehorses,pressingagainsttheshaftsofthemiddlehorse,sankinthesnow,whichwasdryandglitteredlikesugar,andthrewitup.

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