Now this world disconcerted him no longer and was no longer alien to him, but he himself having entered it found in it a new enjoyment.

After dinner Natasha, at Prince Andrew's request, went to the clavichord and began singing.

Prince Andrew stood by a window talking to the ladies and listened to her.

In the midst of a phrase he ceased speaking and suddenly felt tears choking him, a thing he had thought impossible for him.

He looked at Natasha as she sang, and something new and joyful stirred in his soul.