"Oh, come, macousine! Wheredoyougetyourinformationfrom? Onthecontrary..."
"Iwon'tsubmittoyourNapoleon! Othersmayiftheyplease....Ifyoudon'twanttodothis..."
"ButIwill, I'llgivetheorderatonce."
, shesatdownonachair.
"Butyouhavebeenmisinformed," saidPierre."! I'vejustbeenreading..." Heshowedherthebroadsheet."CountRostopchinwritesthathewillstakehislifeonitthattheenemywillnotenterMoscow."
"Oh, thatcountofyours!" saidtheprincessmalevolently."Heisahypocrite, 'thewriteinthoseidioticbroadsheetsthatanyone, 'whoeveritmightbe, shouldbedraggedtothelockupbyhishair'? (Howsilly!) 'Andhonorandglorytowhoevercaptureshim,' ! BarbaraIvanovnatoldmethemobnearkilledherbecauseshesaidsomethinginFrench."
"Oh, butit'sso...Youtakeeverythingsotoheart," saidPierre, andbeganlayingouthiscardsforpatience.
Althoughthatpatiencedidcomeout, Pierredidnotjointhearmy, butremainedindesertedMoscoweverinthesamestateofagitation, irresolution, andalarm, yetatthesametimejoyfullyexpectingsomethingterrible.
Nextdaytowardeveningtheprincesssetoff, andPierre', scarcelyabletorepressasmile.
"Wellthen, sellit," saidhe."What'stobedone? Ican'tdrawbacknow!"
Theworseeverythingbecame, especiallyhisownaffairs, , , buthedidnotgotoseethem.
TodistracthisthoughtshedrovethatdaytothevillageofVorontsovotoseethegreatballoonLeppichwasconstructingtodestroythefoe, , butPierrelearnedthatitwasbeingconstructedbytheEmperor':
AssoonasLeppichisready, .
