War And Peace Page #3

I believe not.

Thank you.

How is he, Prince Vasili?

His confessor is with him.

They are giving him extreme unction.

He was asking for you.

I hope you are in a proper condition

to see him this time.

Follow me.

Go ahead. I'll wait for you here.

If you please, Monsieur Pierre.

He wishes you to kiss him goodbye.

This is for you.

Now he would like to sleep.

Pierre...

So late.

Finally, at the end, he loved me.

So late.

He gave me this.

This letter is for the Czar.

- And this one for you, Pierre.

- Open it.

"Your father, in his letter to the Czar,

"he begs that you be legitimately

acknowledged as his son

"and the next Count Bezukhov,

the sole heir to all his estates."

Be worthy, my boy.

Be worthy of your great father.

How often we sin.

How much we deceive, and for what?

It all ends in death.

Kiss your cousin, Hlene,

he has been reborn.

Embrace him. Wish him well.

It's a good thing

we're going back to Moscow.

After three weeks in the country,

I can hardly keep my eyes open.

Still, it was a profitable trip,

wasn't it, Pierre?

Very profitable.

I'll see how long we have to wait.

There's no hurry. It'll give Papa

a few extra winks of sleep.

Andrei!

Pierre!

- Where are you going? Your father's?

- Yes. Tell me your news.

- Are you alone?

- No. Prince Vasili is with me.

And his daughter, too.

We made a tour of inspection of

my estates. It's huge and backward.

Now I'm Count Bezukhov,

I must do something about it.

That's why you went

with Prince Vasili and Hlene.

Prince Vasili helps me

with the administration.

Of course.

Say hello to Lise.

She's miserable at being

stuck in the country.

Hlene loves the country.

It was her idea to come.

I'm sure.

- Children, go away!

- How long are you here?

For ever.

Months and months and months!

Until after the baby is born.

No, thank you.

Andrei's leaving tomorrow.

He thought it'd be better for me here

than alone in Moscow.

How do you feel about it?

I dread it.

Even so, you consented

to bury yourself down here?

Andrei wants me to.

If it were I,

I'd find something else to do.

I suppose so.

But we're very different.

Indeed we are.

- Have you asked her to marry you?

- No.

Are you going to?

I don't know yet.

- Do you want some advice?

- On any subject. Not on this.

All right.

Andrei! Lise!

We thought you'd never come.

Lise, you look so beautiful.

- You, too, Mary.

- No, I'm just a country mouse.

It isn't true what you wrote,

that you're only staying overnight?

- I'm afraid it is.

- Lise, talk to him. Make him stay.

- I've tried.

- Lise's very tired. She'd better rest.

- Yes?

- Your father would like to see you.

Thank you.

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