with a gay
and
coquettish
smile,
talked to
him and
congratulated
him on his
approaching
marriage—the
very Boris
she had
once been
in love
with. In
the
condition
of
emotional
intoxication
in which
she found
herself
everything
seemed
simple and
natural.
Ellen sat
in her
nakedness
close by
her, and
smiled on
all alike,
and just
such a
smile
Natasha
bestowed
on Boris.
Ellen’s
box was
filled and
surrounded
on the
side of
the stalls
by the
most
distinguished