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usband and kissed him on the foreheadBonsoir Lise109 said Prince Andrei getting up and politely like a stranger kissing his handThe friends were silent Neither of them began to speak Pierre glanced at Prince Andrei Prince Andrei rubbed his forehead with his little handLets go to dinner he said with a sigh getting up and heading for the doorThey entered the elegant newly de

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on of the princesss pretty face was replaced by an attractive and compassionate expression of fear she looked frowningly at her husband with her beautiful eyes and on her face appeared that timid and confessing expression that a dog has quickly but feebly wagging his lowered tailMon Dieu mon Dieu said the princess and picking up the fold of her dress with one hand she went up to her h

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ince Andrei stopped him by the hand No wait Pierre The princess is so kind that she does not want to deprive me of the pleasure of spending the evening with youNo he only thinks of himself said the princess unable to hold back her angry tearsLise said Prince Andrei dryly raising his tone to the degree that shows that patience is exhaustedSuddenly the angry squirrellike expressi

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Andrei even more expressivelyPierre becoming more and more agitated during this conversation got up and went up to the princess He seemed unable to bear the sight of tears and was ready to cry himself Calm down princess It seems so to you because I assure you I myself experienced  why  because  No excuse me the stranger is superfluous here  No calm down  Farewell Pr

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u Youre going to the army you dont feel sorry for me For what Lise  only said Prince Andrei but in this word there was both a request and a threat and most importantly an assurance that she herself would repent of her words but she went on hurriedlyYou treat me like a sick person or a child I see everything Were you like this six months agoLise I ask you to stop said Prince

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naive looked through his glasses first at him then at the princess and stirred as if he too wanted to get up but again changed his mindWhat does it matter to me that Monsieur Pierre is here the little princess suddenly said and her pretty face suddenly broke into a tearful grimace I wanted to tell you for a long time André why are you so changed towards me What have I done to yo

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wifeThe princess blushed and frantically waved her hands Non André je dis que vous avez tellement tellement changé107Your doctor tells you to go to bed earlier said Prince Andrei  You should go to sleepThe princess said nothing and suddenly her short mustachelined sponge trembled Prince Andrei standing up and shrugging his shoulders walked across the roomPierre surprised and

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nds And she wants me not to be afraidHer tone was already grouchy her lip rose giving her face not a joyful but a brutal squirrellike expression She fell silent as if finding it indecent to talk about her pregnancy in front of Pierre while this was the essence of the matterStill I didnt understand de quoi vous avez peur said Prince Andrei slowly without taking his eyes off his

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d Pierre was in the room however with cold courtesy he turned inquiringly to his wifeWhat are you afraid of Lisa I cant understand he said Thats how all men are selfish everyone all egoists Because of his own whims God knows why he leaves me locks me up in a village aloneWith your father and sister dont forget Prince Andrei said quietly All the same alone without my frie

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 obviously did not go to the family circle where Pierre was as it were a member Today when I thought that I should break off all these expensive relationships  And then you know André She winked at her husband significantly Jai peur jai peur she whispered her back tremblingThe husband looked at her with a look as if he was surprised to notice that someone else besides him an

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w easy it would be to arrange What do you thinkPierre looked at Prince Andrei and noticing that his friend did not like this conversation did not answer When are you leaving  he asked Ah ne me parlez pas de ce depart ne men parlez pas Je ne veux pas en entendre parler104 the princess spoke in such a capriciously playful tone as she spoke with Hippolyte in the drawing room and which

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g here he is an uncles adjutant the most brilliant position Everyone knows him so well and appreciates him so much The other day at the Apraksins I heard a lady ask cest ça le fameux prince André Ma parole dhonneur103 She laughed  He is so accepted everywhere He can very easily be an aidedecamp You know the sovereign spoke to him very graciously Annette and I talked about ho

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hesitation so common in the relationship of a young man to a young woman turning to the princessThe princess was startled Apparently Pierres words touched her to the coreAh thats what Im saying  she said I dont understand I absolutely dont understand why men cant live without war Why do we women want nothing why do we need nothing Well you be the judge I tell him everythin

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herWhy I often think she began as always in French hastily and bustlingly sitting down in an armchair why didnt Annette get married How stupid you all are messieurs for not marrying her Excuse me but you dont understand anything about women What a debater you are Monsieur Pierre I argue with your husband I dont understand why he wants to go to war said Pierre without any

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here this life is not for meVIA womans dress rustled in the next room As if waking up Prince Andrei shook himself and his face assumed the same expression that it had in Anna Pavlovnas drawing room Pierre swung his legs off the sofa The princess entered She was already in a different homely but equally elegant and fresh dress Prince Andrei stood up courteously pushing a chair for

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eredIf everyone fought only according to their convictions there would be no war he saidThat would be wonderful said PierrePrince Andrew chuckled It may very well be that it would be wonderful but this will never happen Well why are you going to war asked Pierre For what I do not know So it is necessary Besides Im going He stopped I am going because this life I lead

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 I would understand I would be the first to enter the military service but helping England and Austria against the greatest man in the world thats not goodPrince Andrei only shrugged his shoulders at Pierres childish speeches He pretended that such nonsense was not to be answered but it was really difficult to answer this naive question with anything other than what Prince Andrei answ