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"

Dear

count

,

you

must

let

me

look

after

your

daughters

!

Though

I

am

not

staying

here

long

this

time

--

nor

are

you

--

I

will

try

to

amuse

them

.

I

have

already

heard

much

of

you

in

Petersburg

and

wanted

to

get

to

know

you

,

"

said

she

to

Natásha

with

her

stereotyped

and

lovely

smile

.

"

I

had

heard

about

you

from

my

page

,

Drubetskóy

.

Have

you

heard

he

is

getting

married

?

And

also

from

my

husband

's

friend

Bolkónski

,

Prince

Andrew

Bolkónski

,

"

she

went

on

with

special

emphasis

,

implying

that

she

knew

of

his

relation

to

Natásha

.

To

get

better

acquainted

she

asked

that

one

of

the

young

ladies

should

come

into

her

box

for

the

rest

of

the

performance

,

and

Natásha

moved

over

to

it

.

The

scene

of

the

third

act

represented

a

palace

in

which

many

candles

were

burning

and

pictures

of

knights

with

short

beards

hung

on

the

walls

.

In

the

middle

stood

what

were

probably

a

king

and

a

queen

.

The

king

waved

his

right

arm

and

,

evidently

nervous

,

sang

something

badly

and

sat

down

on

a

crimson

throne

.

The

maiden

who

had

been

first

in

white

and

then

in

light

blue

,

now

wore

only

a

smock

,

and

stood

beside

the

throne

with

her

hair

down

.

She

sang

something

mournfully

,

addressing

the

queen

,

but

the

king

waved

his

arm

severely

,

and

men

and

women

with

bare

legs

came

in

from

both

sides

and

began

dancing

all

together

.

Then

the

violins

played

very

shrilly

and

merrily

and

one

of

the

women

with

thick

bare

legs

and

thin

arms

,

separating

from

the

others

,

went

behind

the

wings

,

adjusted

her

bodice

,

returned

to

the

middle

of

the

stage

,

and

began

jumping

and

striking

one

foot

rapidly

against

the

other

.

In

the

stalls

everyone

clapped

and

shouted

"

bravo

!

"

Then

one

of

the

men

went

into

a

corner

of

the

stage

.

The

cymbals

and

horns

in

the

orchestra

struck

up

more

loudly

,

and

this

man

with

bare

legs

jumped

very

high

and

waved

his

feet

about

very

rapidly

.

(

He

was

Duport

,

who

received

sixty

thousand

rubles

a

year

for

this

art

.

)

Everybody

in

the

stalls

,

boxes

,

and

galleries

began

clapping

and

shouting

with

all

their

might

,

and

the

man

stopped

and

began

smiling

and

bowing

to

all

sides

.

Then

other

men

and

women

danced

with

bare

legs

.

Then

the

king

again

shouted

to

the

sound

of

music

,

and

they

all

began

singing

But

suddenly

a

storm

came

on

,

chromatic

scales

and

diminished

sevenths

were

heard

in

the

orchestra

,

everyone

ran

off

,

again

dragging

one

of

their

number

away

,

and

the

curtain

dropped

.

Once

more

there

was

a

terrible

noise

and

clatter

among

the

audience

,

and

with

rapturous

faces

everyone

began

shouting

:

"

Duport

!

Duport

!

Duport

!

"

Natásha

no

longer

thought

this

strange

.

She

looked

about

with

pleasure

,

smiling

joyfully

.

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"

Is

n't

Duport

delightful

?

"

Hélène

asked

her

.

"

Oh

,

yes

,

"

replied

Natásha

.

During

the

entr

'

acte

a

whiff

of

cold

air

came

into

Hélène

's

box

,

the

door

opened

,

and

Anatole

entered

,

stooping

and

trying

not

to

brush

against

anyone

.

"

Let

me

introduce

my

brother

to

you

,

"

said

Hélène

,

her

eyes

shifting

uneasily

from

Natásha

to

Anatole

.

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Natásha

turned

her

pretty

little

head

toward

the

elegant

young

officer

and

smiled

at

him

over

her

bare

shoulder

.

Anatole

,

who

was

as

handsome

at

close

quarters

as

at

a

distance

,

sat

down

beside

her

and

told

her

he

had

long

wished

to

have

this

happiness

--

ever

since

the

Narýshkins

'

ball

in

fact

,

at

which

he

had

had

the

well-remembered

pleasure

of

seeing

her

.

Kurágin

was

much

more

sensible

and

simple

with

women

than

among

men

.

He

talked

boldly

and

naturally

,

and

Natásha

was

strangely

and

agreeably

struck

by

the

fact

that

there

was

nothing

formidable

in

this

man

about

whom

there

was

so

much

talk

,

but

that

on

the

contrary

his

smile

was

most

naïve

,

cheerful

,

and

good-natured

.

Kurágin

asked

her

opinion

of

the

performance

and

told

her

how

at

a

previous

performance

Semënova

had

fallen

down

on

the

stage

.

"

And

do

you

know

,

Countess

,

"

he

said

,

suddenly

addressing

her

as

an

old

,

familiar

acquaintance

,

"

we

are

getting

up

a

costume

tournament

;

you

ought

to

take

part

in

it

!

It

will

be

great

fun

.

We

shall

all

meet

at

the

Karágins

'

!

Please

come

!

No

!

Really

,

eh

?

"

said

he

.

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