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PrinceAndrew, depressedandpreoccupiedwiththebusinessaboutwhichhehadtospeaktotheMarshal, wasdrivinguptheavenueinthegroundsoftheRostovs' -haired, remarkablyslim, prettygirlinayellowchintzdress, , seeingthathewasastranger, ranbacklaughingwithoutlookingathim.
Suddenly, hedidnotknowwhy, , thesunsobright, everythingaroundsogay, butthatslimprettygirldidnotknow, orwishtoknow, ofhisexistenceandwascontentedandcheerfulinherownseparate—probablyfoolish—butbrightandhappylife."Whatisshesogladabout? Whatisshethinkingof? NotofthemilitaryregulationsorofthearrangementoftheRyazanserfs' ? Whyisshesohappy?" PrinceAndrewaskedhimselfwithinstinctivecuriosity.
In1809CountIlyaRostovwaslivingatOtradnoejustashehaddoneinformeryears, thatis, entertainingalmostthewholeprovincewithhunts, theatricals, dinners, , ashewastoseeanynewvisitor, andinsistedonhisstayingthenight.
Duringthedullday, inthecourseofwhichhewasentertainedbyhiselderlyhostsandbythemoreimportantofthevisitors (theoldcount'shousewascrowdedonaccountofanapproachingnameday), PrinceAndrewrepeatedlyglancedatNatasha, gayandlaughingamongtheyoungermembersofthecompany, andaskedhimselfeachtime, "Whatisshethinkingabout? Whyisshesoglad?"
Thatnight, aloneinnewsurroundings, , , (ashecalledRostov), whohadmadehimstaybyassuringhimthatsomenecessarydocumentshadnotyetarrivedfromtown, andhewasvexedwithhimselfforhavingstayed.
