CHAPTER 10
Pierre writes in his diary of how he is getting along and guiding his brothers in the fraternity. He also writes about his recent dreams and how, in one of them, he is getting bitten by dogs, in another Alexeevich warns him about loving his wife more, and in the last, Alexeevich who looks much younger shows him a picture of a woman in a sheer dress representing the Song of Songs, but he can't look away from the woman's naked body.
CHAPTER 11
Berg proposes to Vera Rostov whose parents are eager to get rid of. Berg has always wanted to marry her, but also keeps an eye out for his dowry. Old Count Rostov is currently broke (after Nicholas Rostov bet all his money to Dolokhov), so when Berg asks what the dowry is and threatens to cancel the wedding is he isn't told, the count says he'll give him 80,000 rubles which he doesn't have.
CHAPTER 12
Natasha wonders if Boris has forgotten her, secretly wishing that he'd remember their promise from four years prior. One day, Boris goes to pay them a visit to tell the family that he cannot marry Natasha since he plans on marrying rich to elevate his status. However, something about Natasha attracts him still and he visits every day, not able to get enough.
Important Quotes
"After his first visit Boris said to himself that Natasha attracted him
just as much as ever, but that he must not yield to that feeling, because
to marry her, a girl almost without fortune, would mean ruin to his
career, while to renew their former relations without intending to marry
her would be dishonorable. Boris made up his mind to avoid meeting
Natasha, but despite that resolution he called again a few days later and
began calling often and spending whole days at the Rostovs'."
"every day he went away in a fog, without
having said what he meant to, and not knowing what he was doing or why he
came, or how it would all end."
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