The peasants tell Mary she cannot leave Boguchárovo, but Nicholas happens to arrive and offers to escort her away.
Summary:
The following day, Nicholas, Ilyín, and Lavrúshka happen to arrive at Boguchárovo. Nicholas is unaware that this estate belonged to the same Bolkónski who was engaged to his sister Natásha. They are only there to seize any available provisions before the French arrive. Upon arriving, they learn the peasants are not permitting Mary to leave the village. Although the carts are loaded for Mary’s departure, the peasants have unharnessed the horses. Learning of this situation, Nicholas immediately offers to escort her away.
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I make bold to inform your honor that the rude peasants here don’t wish to let the mistress leave the estate, and threaten to unharness her horses, so that though everything has been packed up since morning, her excellency cannot get away.
Impossible! exclaimed Rostóv.
I have the honor to report to you the actual truth, said Alpátych.
Rostóv dismounted, gave his horse to the orderly, and followed Alpátych to the house, questioning him as to the state of affairs. It appeared that the princess’ offer of corn to the peasants the previous day, and her talk with Dron and at the meeting, had actually had so bad an effect that Dron had finally given up the keys and joined the peasants and had not appeared when Alpátych sent for him; and that in the morning when the princess gave orders to harness for her journey, the peasants had come in a large crowd to the barn and sent word that they would not let her leave the village
Book 10, Chapter 13
The peasants tell Mary she cannot leave Boguchárovo, but Nicholas happens to arrive and offers to escort her away.
Summary:
The following day, Nicholas, Ilyín, and Lavrúshka happen to arrive at Boguchárovo. Nicholas is unaware that this estate belonged to the same Bolkónski who was engaged to his sister Natásha. They are only there to seize any available provisions before the French arrive. Upon arriving, they learn the peasants are not permitting Mary to leave the village. Although the carts are loaded for Mary’s departure, the peasants have unharnessed the horses. Learning of this situation, Nicholas immediately offers to escort her away.
quote from the chapter:
I make bold to inform your honor that the rude peasants here don’t wish to let the mistress leave the estate, and threaten to unharness her horses, so that though everything has been packed up since morning, her excellency cannot get away.
Impossible! exclaimed Rostóv.
I have the honor to report to you the actual truth, said Alpátych.
Rostóv dismounted, gave his horse to the orderly, and followed Alpátych to the house, questioning him as to the state of affairs. It appeared that the princess’ offer of corn to the peasants the previous day, and her talk with Dron and at the meeting, had actually had so bad an effect that Dron had finally given up the keys and joined the peasants and had not appeared when Alpátych sent for him; and that in the morning when the princess gave orders to harness for her journey, the peasants had come in a large crowd to the barn and sent word that they would not let her leave the village
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