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Hélène
,
having
returned
with
the
court
from
Vílna
to
Petersburg
,
found
herself
in
a
difficult
position
.
In
Petersburg
she
had
enjoyed
the
special
protection
of
a
grandee
who
occupied
one
of
the
highest
posts
in
the
Empire
.
In
Vílna
she
had
formed
an
intimacy
with
a
young
foreign
prince
.
When
she
returned
to
Petersburg
both
the
magnate
and
the
prince
were
there
,
and
both
claimed
their
rights
.
Hélène
was
faced
by
a
new
problem
--
how
to
preserve
her
intimacy
with
both
without
offending
either
.
What
would
have
seemed
difficult
or
even
impossible
to
another
woman
did
not
cause
the
least
embarrassment
to
Countess
Bezúkhova
,
who
evidently
deserved
her
reputation
of
being
a
very
clever
woman
.
Had
she
attempted
concealment
,
or
tried
to
extricate
herself
from
her
awkward
position
by
cunning
,
she
would
have
spoiled
her
case
by
acknowledging
herself
guilty
.
But
Hélène
,
like
a
really
great
man
who
can
do
whatever
he
pleases
,
at
once
assumed
her
own
position
to
be
correct
,
as
she
sincerely
believed
it
to
be
,
and
that
everyone
else
was
to
blame
.
The
first
time
the
young
foreigner
allowed
himself
to
reproach
her
,
she
lifted
her
beautiful
head
and
,
half
turning
to
him
,
said
firmly
:
"
That
's
just
like
a
man
--
selfish
and
cruel
!
I
expected
nothing
else
.
A
woman
sacrifices
herself
for
you
,
she
suffers
,
and
this
is
her
reward
!
What
right
have
you
,
monseigneur
,
to
demand
an
account
of
my
attachments
and
friendships
?
He
is
a
man
who
has
been
more
than
a
father
to
me
!
"
The
prince
was
about
to
say
something
,
but
Hélène
interrupted
him
.
"
Well
,
yes
,
"
said
she
,
"
it
may
be
that
he
has
other
sentiments
for
me
than
those
of
a
father
,
but
that
is
not
a
reason
for
me
to
shut
my
door
on
him
.
I
am
not
a
man
,
that
I
should
repay
kindness
with
ingratitude
!
Know
,
monseigneur
,
that
in
all
that
relates
to
my
intimate
feelings
I
render
account
only
to
God
and
to
my
conscience
,
"
she
concluded
,
laying
her
hand
on
her
beautiful
,
fully
expanded
bosom
and
looking
up
to
heaven
.
"
But
for
heaven
's
sake
listen
to
me
!
"
"
Marry
me
,
and
I
will
be
your
slave
!
"
"
But
that
's
impossible
.
"
"
You
wo
n't
deign
to
demean
yourself
by
marrying
me
,
you
...
"
said
Hélène
,
beginning
to
cry
.
The
prince
tried
to
comfort
her
,
but
Hélène
,
as
if
quite
distraught
,
said
through
her
tears
that
there
was
nothing
to
prevent
her
marrying
,
that
there
were
precedents
(
there
were
up
to
that
time
very
few
,
but
she
mentioned
Napoleon
and
some
other
exalted
personages
)
,
that
she
had
never
been
her
husband
's
wife
,
and
that
she
had
been
sacrificed
.
