Natásha and Andrew enjoy the ball, but Pierre is annoyed with Hélène’s new social status.
Summary:
Natásha did not cease dancing all the evening, and barely noticed anything else going on at the ball. She dances again with Andrew. Watching her later, Andrew thinks that girl is so charming and original, that she won’t be dancing here a month before she will be married. For her part, Natásha was happier than she had ever been in her life. She had arrived at that soaring height of bliss when one becomes completely kind and good and does not believe in the possibility of evil, unhappiness, or sorrow. She was in a sort of heaven. Meanwhile, Pierre’s experience was quite different. For the first time, Pierre felt humiliated by the exulted position his wife occupied in court circles. When Natásha notices that Pierre seems unhappy, she wonders how anyone could be dissatisfied with anything, especially such a great fellow like Pierre! In her joy, at that moment, in Natásha’s mind the world seemed to only contain good, kind, and splendid people, and it seemed to her that everyone in the world ought to be happy.
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When her partner left her Natásha ran across the room to choose two ladies for the figure. If she goes to her cousin first and then to another lady, she will be my wife, said Prince Andrew to himself quite to his own surprise, as he watched her. She did go first to her cousin. What rubbish sometimes enters one’s head! thought Prince Andrew
Book 6, Chapter 17
Natásha and Andrew enjoy the ball, but Pierre is annoyed with Hélène’s new social status.
Summary:
Natásha did not cease dancing all the evening, and barely noticed anything else going on at the ball. She dances again with Andrew. Watching her later, Andrew thinks that girl is so charming and original, that she won’t be dancing here a month before she will be married. For her part, Natásha was happier than she had ever been in her life. She had arrived at that soaring height of bliss when one becomes completely kind and good and does not believe in the possibility of evil, unhappiness, or sorrow. She was in a sort of heaven. Meanwhile, Pierre’s experience was quite different. For the first time, Pierre felt humiliated by the exulted position his wife occupied in court circles. When Natásha notices that Pierre seems unhappy, she wonders how anyone could be dissatisfied with anything, especially such a great fellow like Pierre! In her joy, at that moment, in Natásha’s mind the world seemed to only contain good, kind, and splendid people, and it seemed to her that everyone in the world ought to be happy.
quote from the chapter:
When her partner left her Natásha ran across the room to choose two ladies for the figure. If she goes to her cousin first and then to another lady, she will be my wife, said Prince Andrew to himself quite to his own surprise, as he watched her. She did go first to her cousin. What rubbish sometimes enters one’s head! thought Prince Andrew
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