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1、WarandPeacebyLeoTolstoy/Tolstoi--------------------------------------------------------------------------------BOOKONE:1805CHAPTERI"Well,Prince,soGenoaandLuccaarenowjustfamilyestatesoftheBuonapartes.ButIwarnyou,ifyoudon'ttellmethatthismeanswar,ifyoustilltrytodefendtheinfamiesandhorrorsp
2、erpetratedbythatAntichrist--IreallybelieveheisAntichrist--Iwillhavenothingmoretodowithyouandyouarenolongermyfriend,nolongermy'faithfulslave,'asyoucallyourself!Buthowdoyoudo?IseeIhavefrightenedyou--sitdownandtellmeallthenews."ItwasinJuly,1805,andthespeakerwasthewell-knownAnnaPavlovnaSche
3、rer,maidofhonorandfavoriteoftheEmpressMaryaFedorovna.WiththesewordsshegreetedPrinceVasiliKuragin,amanofhighrankandimportance,whowasthefirsttoarriveatherreception.AnnaPavlovnahadhadacoughforsomedays.Shewas,asshesaid,sufferingfromlagrippe;grippebeingthenanewwordinSt.Petersburg,usedonlybyt
4、heelite.第1页共867页Allherinvitationswithoutexception,writteninFrench,anddeliveredbyascarlet-liveriedfootmanthatmorning,ranasfollows:"Ifyouhavenothingbettertodo,Count[orPrince],andiftheprospectofspendinganeveningwithapoorinvalidisnottooterrible,Ishallbeverycharmedtoseeyoutonightbetween7and1
5、0-AnnetteScherer.""Heavens!whatavirulentattack!"repliedtheprince,notintheleastdisconcertedbythisreception.Hehadjustentered,wearinganembroideredcourtuniform,kneebreeches,andshoes,andhadstarsonhisbreastandasereneexpressiononhisflatface.HespokeinthatrefinedFrenchinwhichourgrandfathersnoton
6、lyspokebutthought,andwiththegentle,patronizingintonationnaturaltoamanofimportancewhohadgrownoldinsocietyandatcourt.HewentuptoAnnaPavlovna,kissedherhand,presentingtoherhisbald,scented,andshininghead,andcomplacentlyseatedhimselfonthesofa."Firstofall,dearfriend,tellmehowyouare.Setyourfrien
7、d'smindatrest,"saidhewithoutalteringhistone,beneaththepolitenessandaffectedsympathyofwhichindifferenceandevenironycouldbediscerned."Canonebewellwhilesufferingmorally?Canonebecalmintimesliketheseifonehasanyfeeling?"saidAnnaPavlovna."Youarestayingthewholeevening,Ihope?""Andthefet