1 Let me have news of your brother and his charming little wife.
2 And that stupid set without whom my wife cannot exist, and those women.
3 The count came waddling in to see his wife with a rather guilty look as usual.
4 He sat down by his wife, his elbows on his knees and his hands ruffling his gray hair.
5 I have had a letter from my brother, who announces his speedy arrival at Bald Hills with his wife.
6 And among all these faces that he found so tedious, none seemed to bore him so much as that of his pretty wife.
7 "I still can't understand what you are afraid of," said Prince Andrew slowly, not taking his eyes off his wife.
8 Prince Andrew got out of the carriage, helped his little wife to alight, and let her pass into the house before him.
9 "You, my little countess, are a notorious spendthrift," said the count, and having kissed his wife's hand he went back to his study.
10 Everything about him, from his weary, bored expression to his quiet, measured step, offered a most striking contrast to his quiet, little wife.
11 Attendez," said Anna Pavlovna, reflecting, "I'll speak to Lise, young Bolkonski's wife, this very evening, and perhaps the thing can be arranged.
12 Prince Andrew, who had evidently wished to tone down the awkwardness of Pierre's remarks, rose and made a sign to his wife that it was time to go.
13 From behind the crystal decanters and fruit vases, the count kept glancing at his wife and her tall cap with its light-blue ribbons, and busily filled his neighbors' glasses, not neglecting his own.
14 Prince Andrew had gone out into the hall, and, turning his shoulders to the footman who was helping him on with his cloak, listened indifferently to his wife's chatter with Prince Hippolyte who had also come into the hall.
15 At Bald Hills, Prince Nicholas Andreevich Bolkonski's estate, the arrival of young Prince Andrew and his wife was daily expected, but this expectation did not upset the regular routine of life in the old prince's household.
16 Prince Andrew apparently knew this as well as Tikhon; he looked at his watch as if to ascertain whether his father's habits had changed since he was at home last, and, having assured himself that they had not, he turned to his wife.
17 However painful it may be to me, should the Almighty lay the duties of wife and mother upon me I shall try to perform them as faithfully as I can, without disquieting myself by examining my feelings toward him whom He may give me for husband.
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