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The
novelty
Anna
Pávlovna
was
setting
before
her
guests
that
evening
was
Borís
Drubetskóy
,
who
had
just
arrived
as
a
special
messenger
from
the
Prussian
army
and
was
aide-de-camp
to
a
very
important
personage
.
The
temperature
shown
by
the
political
thermometer
to
the
company
that
evening
was
this
:
"
Whatever
the
European
sovereigns
and
commanders
may
do
to
countenance
Bonaparte
,
and
to
cause
me
,
and
us
in
general
,
annoyance
and
mortification
,
our
opinion
of
Bonaparte
can
not
alter
.
We
shall
not
cease
to
express
our
sincere
views
on
that
subject
,
and
can
only
say
to
the
King
of
Prussia
and
others
:
'
So
much
the
worse
for
you
.
Tu
l'as
voulu
,
George
Dandin
,
'
that
's
all
we
have
to
say
about
it
!
"
When
Borís
,
who
was
to
be
served
up
to
the
guests
,
entered
the
drawing
room
,
almost
all
the
company
had
assembled
,
and
the
conversation
,
guided
by
Anna
Pávlovna
,
was
about
our
diplomatic
relations
with
Austria
and
the
hope
of
an
alliance
with
her
.
Borís
,
grown
more
manly
and
looking
fresh
,
rosy
and
self-possessed
,
entered
the
drawing
room
elegantly
dressed
in
the
uniform
of
an
aide-de-camp
and
was
duly
conducted
to
pay
his
respects
to
the
aunt
and
then
brought
back
to
the
general
circle
.
Anna
Pávlovna
gave
him
her
shriveled
hand
to
kiss
and
introduced
him
to
several
persons
whom
he
did
not
know
,
giving
him
a
whispered
description
of
each
.
"
Prince
Hippolyte
Kurágin
--
charming
young
fellow
;
M.
Kronq
,
--
chargé
d'affaires
from
Copenhagen
--
a
profound
intellect
,
"
and
simply
,
"
Mr.
Shítov
--
a
man
of
great
merit
"
--
this
of
the
man
usually
so
described
.
Thanks
to
Anna
Mikháylovna
's
efforts
,
his
own
tastes
,
and
the
peculiarities
of
his
reserved
nature
,
Borís
had
managed
during
his
service
to
place
himself
very
advantageously
.
He
was
aide-de-camp
to
a
very
important
personage
,
had
been
sent
on
a
very
important
mission
to
Prussia
,
and
had
just
returned
from
there
as
a
special
messenger
.
He
had
become
thoroughly
conversant
with
that
unwritten
code
with
which
he
had
been
so
pleased
at
Olmütz
and
according
to
which
an
ensign
might
rank
incomparably
higher
than
a
general
,
and
according
to
which
what
was
needed
for
success
in
the
service
was
not
effort
or
work
,
or
courage
,
or
perseverance
,
but
only
the
knowledge
of
how
to
get
on
with
those
who
can
grant
rewards
,
and
he
was
himself
often
surprised
at
the
rapidity
of
his
success
and
at
the
inability
of
others
to
understand
these
things
.
In
consequence
of
this
discovery
his
whole
manner
of
life
,
all
his
relations
with
old
friends
,
all
his
plans
for
his
future
,
were
completely
altered
.
He
was
not
rich
,
but
would
spend
his
last
groat
to
be
better
dressed
than
others
,
and
would
rather
deprive
himself
of
many
pleasures
than
allow
himself
to
be
seen
in
a
shabby
equipage
or
appear
in
the
streets
of
Petersburg
in
an
old
uniform
.
He
made
friends
with
and
sought
the
acquaintance
of
only
those
above
him
in
position
and
who
could
therefore
be
of
use
to
him
.
He
liked
Petersburg
and
despised
Moscow
.
The
remembrance
of
the
Rostóvs
'
house
and
of
his
childish
love
for
Natásha
was
unpleasant
to
him
and
he
had
not
once
been
to
see
the
Rostóvs
since
the
day
of
his
departure
for
the
army
.
To
be
in
Anna
Pávlovna
's
drawing
room
he
considered
an
important
step
up
in
the
service
,
and
he
at
once
understood
his
role
,
letting
his
hostess
make
use
of
whatever
interest
he
had
to
offer
.
He
himself
carefully
scanned
each
face
,
appraising
the
possibilities
of
establishing
intimacy
with
each
of
those
present
,
and
the
advantages
that
might
accrue
.
He
took
the
seat
indicated
to
him
beside
the
fair
Hélène
and
listened
to
the
general
conversation
.
"
Vienna
considers
the
bases
of
the
proposed
treaty
so
unattainable
that
not
even
a
continuity
of
most
brilliant
successes
would
secure
them
,
and
she
doubts
the
means
we
have
of
gaining
them
.
That
is
the
actual
phrase
used
by
the
Vienna
cabinet
,
"
said
the
Danish
chargé
d'affaires
.
