Sometimes the best of the pupils, of whom Natasha, who was exceptionally graceful, was first, even danced the pas de chale, but at this last ball only the ecossaise, the anglaise, and the mazurka, which was just coming into fashion, were danced.

Iogel had taken a ballroom in Bezukhov's house, and the ball, as everyone said, was a great success.

There were many pretty girls and the Rostov girls were among the prettiest.