"Sonya! What is anyone in the world to me? You alone are everything!" said Nicholas.

" And I will prove it to you.

" "I don't like you to talk like that.

" "Well, then, I won't; only forgive me, Sonya!" He drew her to him and kissed her.

"Oh, how nice," thought Natasha; and when Sonya and Nicholas had gone out of the conservatory she followed and called Boris to her.