The large, lavish banquet at the English Club in honor of Prince Bagratión and the attendees are described.
Summary:
The dinner in the English Club in honor of Prince Bagratión takes place, with about 300 guests in attendance. The program is mainly toasts and other homage’s to Bagratión. He is given a commemorative silver tray engraved with verse. There are patriotic songs, and other music and singing. The meal is excellent. They drank to various dignitaries, to the committee, to all the club members and to all the club guests, and finally to Count Ilyá Rostóv separately, as the organizer of the banquet. At that toast, the count took out his handkerchief and, covering his face, wept outright.
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Most of those present were elderly, respected men with broad, self-confident faces, fat fingers, and resolute gestures and voices. This class of guests and members sat in certain habitual places and met in certain habitual groups. A minority of those present were casual guests-chiefly young men, among whom were Denísov, Rostóv, and Dólokhov-who was now again an officer in the Semënov regiment.
Book 4, Chapter 3
The large, lavish banquet at the English Club in honor of Prince Bagratión and the attendees are described.
Summary:
The dinner in the English Club in honor of Prince Bagratión takes place, with about 300 guests in attendance. The program is mainly toasts and other homage’s to Bagratión. He is given a commemorative silver tray engraved with verse. There are patriotic songs, and other music and singing. The meal is excellent. They drank to various dignitaries, to the committee, to all the club members and to all the club guests, and finally to Count Ilyá Rostóv separately, as the organizer of the banquet. At that toast, the count took out his handkerchief and, covering his face, wept outright.
quote from the chapter:
Most of those present were elderly, respected men with broad, self-confident faces, fat fingers, and resolute gestures and voices. This class of guests and members sat in certain habitual places and met in certain habitual groups. A minority of those present were casual guests-chiefly young men, among whom were Denísov, Rostóv, and Dólokhov-who was now again an officer in the Semënov regiment.
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