FrombrokenremarksaboutNatashaandhisfather, fromtheemotionwithwhichPierrespokeofthatdeadfather, andfromthecareful, reverenttendernesswithwhichNatashaspokeofhim, theboy, whowasonlyjustbeginningtoguesswhatloveis, , .
TheguestswelcomedPierrebecausehealwayshelpedtoenlivenanduniteanycompanyhewasin.
Thegrown-upmembersofthefamily, nottomentionhiswife, werepleasedtohavebackafriendwhosepresencemadeliferunmoresmoothlyandpeacefully.
Theoldladieswerepleasedwiththepresentshebroughtthem, andespeciallythatNatashawouldnowbeherselfagain.
Pierrefeltthedifferentoutlooksofthesevariousworldsandmadehastetosatisfyalltheirexpectations.
Thoughthemostabsent-mindedandforgetfulofmen, Pierre, withtheaidofalisthiswifedrewup, hadnowboughteverything, notforgettinghismother—andbrother-in-law'scommissions, northedressmaterialforapresenttoBelova, nortoysforhiswife', , andgavehimcommissionsforothersonlywhenhehimselfhadofferedtoundertakethem, henowfoundanunexpectedandchildlikepleasureinthispurchaseofpresentsforeveryoneinthehouse, ' (asmostpeoplethoughtthem, butwhichtoPierrewerequalities) ofuntidinessandneglectofherself, shenowaddedstinginess.
FromthetimethatPierrebeganlifeasafamilymanonafootingentailingheavyexpenditure, hehadnoticedtohissurprisethathespentonlyhalfasmuchasbefore, andthathisaffairs—whichhadbeenindisorderoflate, chieflybecauseofhisfirstwife'sdebts—hadbeguntoimprove.
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