Anna Mikháylovna and her son Borís go to see Count Bezúkhov.
Summary:
Anna and her son Borís go to the house of Count Bezúkhov, but he is too ill to see anyone and in fact is not expected to live much longer. So Anna instead asks to see Prince Vasíli, who is also visiting. Vasíli is married to one of the Count’s nieces. Anna thanks Vasíli for his help in securing Borís’ position in the guard. She hopes she and Borís may be able to see the Count in the evening. To one of his nieces she says I have come, and am at your service to help you nurse my uncle. I imagine what you have gone through, and she sympathetically turned up her eyes. Then Anna, whose hope is that the Count remembered Borís in his will, settles in to wait without having been asked to stay. She suggests that Borís go to see Pierre, who is also in the house.
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Still the same; but what can you expect, this noise… said the princess, looking at Anna Mikháylovna as at a stranger.
Ah, my dear, I hardly knew you, said Anna Mikháylovna with a happy smile, ambling lightly up to the count’s niece. I have come, and am at your service to help you nurse my uncle. I imagine what you have gone through, and she sympathetically turned up her eyes.
The princess gave no reply and did not even smile, but left the room as Anna Mikháylovna took off her gloves and, occupying the position she had conquered, settled down in an armchair, inviting Prince Vasíli to take a seat beside her.
Borís, she said to her son with a smile, I shall go in to see the count, my uncle; but you, my dear, had better go to Pierre meanwhile and don’t forget to give him the Rostóvs’ invitation.
Book 1, Chapter 15
Anna Mikháylovna and her son Borís go to see Count Bezúkhov.
Summary:
Anna and her son Borís go to the house of Count Bezúkhov, but he is too ill to see anyone and in fact is not expected to live much longer. So Anna instead asks to see Prince Vasíli, who is also visiting. Vasíli is married to one of the Count’s nieces. Anna thanks Vasíli for his help in securing Borís’ position in the guard. She hopes she and Borís may be able to see the Count in the evening. To one of his nieces she says I have come, and am at your service to help you nurse my uncle. I imagine what you have gone through, and she sympathetically turned up her eyes. Then Anna, whose hope is that the Count remembered Borís in his will, settles in to wait without having been asked to stay. She suggests that Borís go to see Pierre, who is also in the house.
quote from the chapter:
Still the same; but what can you expect, this noise… said the princess, looking at Anna Mikháylovna as at a stranger.
Ah, my dear, I hardly knew you, said Anna Mikháylovna with a happy smile, ambling lightly up to the count’s niece. I have come, and am at your service to help you nurse my uncle. I imagine what you have gone through, and she sympathetically turned up her eyes.
The princess gave no reply and did not even smile, but left the room as Anna Mikháylovna took off her gloves and, occupying the position she had conquered, settled down in an armchair, inviting Prince Vasíli to take a seat beside her.
Borís, she said to her son with a smile, I shall go in to see the count, my uncle; but you, my dear, had better go to Pierre meanwhile and don’t forget to give him the Rostóvs’ invitation.
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Vasily’s wife and princesses who live at Count’s house are his nieces not daughters.
Thank you! I have now corrected my error by changing “daughters” to “nieces”.