A Year of War and Peace+ Day 51

In which Princess Mary learns of a great betrayal and we learn of the power of forgiveness and the benefits of having sympathy for the weak and those who do us wrong

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War and Peace — Book One, Part Three

Chapter Five

They all separated, but, except Anatole who fell asleep as soon as he got into bed, all kept awake a long time that night.

“Is he really to be my husband, this stranger who is so kind — yes, kind, that is the chief thing,” thought Princess Mary; and fear, which she had seldom experienced, came upon her. She feared to look round, it seemed to her that someone was there standing behind the screen in the dark corner. And this someone was he — the devil — and he was also this man with the white forehead, black eyebrows, and red lips.