Briggs: Princess Marya joins the Rostovs in Yaroslavl. Andrey is in a bad way.
Maude (chapters 14-16): Princess Mary goes to the Rostovs' in Yaroslavl. Prince Andrew's last days and death
Pevear and Volokhonsky (chapters 14-15): Princess Marya goes to the Rostovs in Yaroslavl. Her love for Nikolai. Princess Marya and Sonya. Natasha takes Princess Marya to Prince Andrei. He is cold and distant.
Translation:
XIV.
Receiving from Nikolay news about that her brother was located with the Rostovs, in Yaroslavl, Princess Marya, despite the excuses of her aunt, immediately again gathered to go, and not only alone, but with her nephew. Whether it was difficult, whether it was not difficult, whether it was possible, whether this was impossible, she did not ask and did not want to know: her duty was not only to be by the side of, maybe, her dying brother, but to do everything possible so that to bring his son, and she went up to go. Prince Andrey himself did not notify her what this was for Princess Marya to explain, or that he was too fragile so that to write, or that he counted for her and for his son this long move too hard and dangerous.
In a few days Princess Marya gathered for the road. Her crews took place from the great, princely carriages, at which she arrived at Voronezh, with carts and wagons. With her rode m-lle Bourienne, Nikolushka with his governor, an old nurse, three girls, Tihon, and a young lackey and an outlaw which her aunt let go with her.
To go the ordinary path to Moscow could not be to think, and because of it the roundabout way which was to make Princess Marya to Lipetsk, Ryazan, Vladimir, Shuya was very long, and the lack of postal horses everywhere was very difficult and, about Ryazan, where (as it was said) showed up the French, was even dangerous.
In the time of these difficult travels, m-llе Bourienne, Desala and the maidservant of Princess Marya were surprised by her solidity of spirit and activity. She later than all lied down, earlier than all got up, and no difficulty could stop her. Thanks to her activities and energy, exciting her travellers, at the end of the second week they drove up to Yaroslavl.
In the latter time of her stay in Voronezh, Princess Marya tested the best happiness in her life. Her love to Rostov now did not torment, and did not worry her. This love filled all her soul, making an inseparable part of her very most, and she did not fight more against it. In the latter time Princess Marya made sure — although she never in clear words definitely said to herself this — made sure that she was loved and loved. In this she made sure in the last of her appointments with Nikolay, when he had arrived to her to declare about how her brother was with the Rostovs. Nikolay not by one word hinted at that now (in the case of the convalescence of Prince Andrey) the former relationship between him and Natasha could resume, but Princess Marya saw by his face that he knew and thought this. And, despite that, his relationship to her — careful, gentle and amorous, not only did not change, but he, it seemed, rejoiced to that how now the kinship between him and Princess Marya allowed him to more freely express his friendship and love to her, as sometimes thought Princess Marya. Princess Marya knew that she loved for the first and last time in her life, and felt that she was loved, and was happy and calm regarding this.
Yet this happiness in one part of her soul not only did not hinder her throughout her strength to feel grief about her brother, but, the opposite, this mental calm, regarding one, gave her a big opportunity to give back quite his feeling to her brother. This feeling was so strong in the first moment of departure from Voronezh that seeing off she was sure, looking at her tormented, desperate face that she was indispensable dearly ill; but it was difficult to care for the travels, behind which with such activity took Princess Marya, saving her at the time from her grief and giving her forces.
As always this is in the time of travels, Princess Marya thought only about the travel, forgetting about what was its purpose. Yet driving to Yaroslavl, when opened again that what could come to her and now not across many days, but this night, the excitement of Princess Marya reached to extreme limits.
When the sent out forward so to know in Yaroslavl, where stayed the Rostovs and at which position was Prince Andrey, met at the outposts the big entering carriage, he was terrified, seeing the fearfully-pale face of the princess, which stuck out to him from the window.
— All found out, your excellency: the Rostovs stay in the square, at the house of the merchant Bronnikov. Not far away, above Volga, — said the outlaw.
Princess Marya scared and interrogatively watched his face, not understanding why he did not respond to the main question: that of her brother. М-llе Bourienne made this question for the princess.
— What of the prince? — she asked.
— Their excellency with them in this same house stays.
"Stays, he is alive," thought the princess and quietly asked, — what of him?
— The people say: all in the same position.
What was meant by "all in this same position," the princess did not begin to ask and caught only the unnoticed look of the seven year old Nikolushka, sitting before her and rejoicing in the city, lowering his head and not lifting it before since, the tough coach, rattling, shaking and swaying, did not stop somewhere. Rattled the reclining step.
Opened the doors. On the left was water — the big river, on the right — a porch; at the porch were people, a maidservant, and some ruddy, with a large black oblique, girl, which unpleasantly and feignedly smiled, as it seemed to Princess Marya (this was Sonya). The princess ran up by the stairs, and the feignedly smiling girl said: here, here! And princess found herself at the front before an old woman with an eastern type of face, who with a touched expression quickly went towards her. This was the old countess. She hugged Princess Marya and began to kiss her.
— My child! — she spoke, — I love you and have known for a long time.936
Despite all her excitement, Princess Marya understood that this was the countess, and that it was needed to say to her something. She, herself not knowing how, spoke some courteous French words, in this same tone in which were those which were said to her, and she asked: — what of him?
— The doctor speaks that there are no dangers, — said the countess, but in that time, as she said this, she with a sigh raised her eyes up, and in this gesture was an expression contradictory to her words.
— Where is he? Can I see him, can I? — asked the princess.
— Now, princess, now my friend. This is his son? — she said, turning to Nikolushka, who entered with Desala. — We placed all, the house is big. Oh, what a charming boy!
The countess introduced the princess in the living room. Sonya talked with m-lle Bourienne. The countess caressed the boy. The old count entered in the room, welcoming the princess. The old count had extremely changed with that since he for the last time had seen the princess. Then he was a jaunty, merry, self-confident old man, and now he seemed a miserable, lost human. He, talking with the princess, incessantly looked around, as would be asking all whether he did what was needed. After the ruin of Moscow and his estates, knocked out from his habitual ruts, he apparently lost the consciousness of his meaning and felt that he now had no place in life.
Despite her one wish to soon see her brother and her annoyance for that in this moment, when she alone wanted to see him — she was occupied and feignedly praised her nephew, and the princess noticed all that was done around her and felt miserable in the time of obeying this new order, into which she was marched. She knew that all this was necessary, and although to her this was difficult, she was not annoyed at them.
— This is my niece, — said the count, presenting Sonya, — you do not know her, princess?
The princess turned to her and, trying to extinguish the ascending in her soul hostile feeling to this girl, kissed her. Yet she became heavy from how the mood of all surrounding her was so long away from what was in her soul.
— Where is he? — she asked another time, turning to all.
— He is downstairs, Natasha is with him, — answered Sonya grinning. — Let's go now. You, I think, are tired, princess?
In the princess’s eyes came forward tears of annoyance. She turned away and wanted to again ask the countess where to take to him, as in the doorway was heard light, impetuos, as if funny steps. The princess looked around and saw the almost running in Natasha, that Natasha which in that long-standing appointment in Moscow was so not liked by her.
Yet the princess did not manage to take a look at this face of Natasha, as she understood that this was her sincere fellow by grief, and because of it her friend. She threw towards her, and, hugging her, cried on her shoulder.
Only as Natasha, sitting at the headboard of Prince Andrey, recognized the arrival of Princess Marya, she quietly exited from his room with those fast, as it seemed to Princess Marya, as if fun steps and ran to her.
In her excited face, when she ran in to the room, was only one expression — the expression of love, boundless love to him, to her, to all that what was close to the beloved person, an expression of pity, suffering for others and the passionate desires to give all of herself so that to help them. It was seen that in this moment not one thought about herself, or about her relations to him, was in the soul of Natasha.
The sensitive Princess Marya from the first sight of the face of Natasha understood all this, and from woeful enjoyment cried on her shoulder.
— Let's go, let's go to him, Marie, — spoke Natasha, taking her somewhere to another room.
Princess Marya raised her face, wiped her eyes and turned to Natasha. She felt that from her she will understand and recognize all.
— What... — she began the question, but suddenly stopped. She felt that words could not ask or answer. The face and eyes of Natasha were saying everything clearer and deeper.
Natasha watched her, but, it seemed, was in fear and doubt — to say or not say all that she knew; she as if felt that before these radiant eyes, penetrating very deep in her heart, it cannot be to not say all, all the truth, which she saw. The lip of Natasha suddenly trembled, the ugly wrinkles formed around her mouth, and she, sobbing, closed her face with her hands.
Princess Marya understood all.
Yet she all the same hoped and asked the words in which she did not believe:
— Yet how is his wound? In all which is his position?
— You, you... see — only could say Natasha.
They sat for some time downstairs beside his room with that, so that to stop to cry and enter to him with calm faces.
— So went all his disease? Whether for a long time he was worse? When did this happen? — asked Princess Marya.
Natasha told that in the first time was danger from his feverish state and misery, but at Trinity this passed, and the doctor was afraid of only — Antonova fire. Yet this danger passed. When arriving in Yaroslav, his wound began to fester (Natasha knew all that touched inflammation and so on) and the doctor spoke that the inflammation may go right. It made a fever. The doctor spoke that this fever was not so dangerous. — But two days to that backwards, — began Natasha, — suddenly this was made... — she kept sobbing. — I do not know from what, but you will see, what he has become.
— Weakened? Lost weight?.. — asked the princess.
— No, not that, but worse. You see. Ah, Marie, he is too good, he may not, he may not live, because of how...
936 Mon enfant! je vous aime et vous connais depuis longtemps. (My child! I love you and have known you for a long time.)
Mentioned: two days ago
Locations: Voronezh, Yaroslav
Mentioned: Moscow, Lipetsk, Ryazan, Vladimir, Shuya (dropped in Bell.), Frenchmen, Volga, Eastern, the Rostovs' estate, Troitsa
Pevear and Volokhonsky Notes: We switch to Princess Marya who leaves to go to Andrei. She gets lost in the job she feels she has to do and does not complain. "Her love for Rostov no longer worried or upset her. That love filled all her soul".
"As always happens during a journey, Princess Marya thought only about the journey itself, forgetting its goal."
Marya arrives, initially greets Sonya, whom she sees as unpleasant and false. Notably, Count Rostov has changed to a pitiful, lost person. "he had clearly lost the awareness of his significance and felt that he no longer had any place in life."
Marya sees Natasha and now sees she has a friend in grief in contrast to her previous dislike of her. Natasha speaks about Andrei's changing health conditions and we get a cliff-hanger of her saying he can't live.
Characters (characters who do not appear, but are mentioned are placed in italics. First appearances are in Bold. First mentions are underlined. Final appearance denoted by *):
Prince Mariya (also "Marie")
Nikolai Rostof
Prince Andrei (also "brother" and "illustriousness".)
Malvintseva ("aunt")
Nikolushka (also "nephew")
Mlle. Bourienne
Dessalles (also "tutor")
Old nyanya (also three maids)
Tikhon (also a young footman and a haiduk.)
Natasha
Bronnikof (the merchant. "Bronnikov" in Wiener, Garnett, and Mandelker. "Bronnikow" in Bell. )
Sonya (also "niece")
Countess Rostova ("old countess")
Count Rostof ("old count")
Abridged Versions: Start of Chapter 4 in Bell. No break.
Gibian: Chapter 4: line break instead of chapter break.
Fuller: The details about the journey are removed, getting to the joy Marya felt quicker. The section about the old count is also removed. Chapter is followed by a line break.
Komroff: Mary's short reflections on why Andrei did not write is removed. The journey itself and the conversations are removed, getting to the Rostovs more quickly. Her conversation with Natasha is a little shorter. Followed by a line break.
Kropotkin: Chapter 9: Maria's short reflections on why Andrei did not write is removed. The journey itself and the conversations are removed, getting to the Rostovs more quickly. We remove the conversation before we get to Sonya. No break at the end.
Bromfield: Chapter 19: The Rostovs, and Prince Andrei's servants have arrived in Tambov and stay in a merchant's house. Marya travels to catch up with them. Sonya reads a book called Corinne to Andrei and time is spent talking about Sonya's reading ability. We then get Sonya's perspective on Nikolai and Marya. She has a conversation with Andei about the book and her own situation. He says "there are...certain considerations that are higher than one's own personal happiness. Can you understand that?"
Sonya runs out crying, deciding that she must sacrifice herself. Marya arrives and it is more explicit that Marya and Nikolai will marry. Most interesting is the difference in conversation with and around Andrei, who does not appear to be dying. Andrei and Marya discuss Nikolai and then, importantly, Natasha, whom he considers as a younger sister and nothing more. Sonya sees Count Rostov crying and begging acquaintances for money through letters and decides to write to Nikolai and give him his ring back. Sonya tells Andrei that Natasha loves Pierre, so Andrei and Natasha discuss it. Natasha sings beautifully and Ponici arrives and updates everyone about Pierre. The old count finds himself unnecessary and cannot find happiness in all the news.
Simmons: Chapter 4: the description of Mary's journey is removed. Mary also gets to Natasha much faster. Line break instead of chapter break.
Edmundson: Act 4 Scene 11: Here Maria does not seem to understand the gravity of his injury, saying it is not serious while Nikolai has to convince her that it is.
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