SONYA How was it I noticed nothing? How could it go so far? It can't be that she loves him It can't be Natasha
(Natasha awakes and sees Sonya)
NATASHA Sonya, you're back And with the tender resolve that often comes at the moment of awakening I embraced my friend But noticing Sonya's look of embarrassment My face expressed confusion And suspicion
Sonya, you've read the letter?
SONYA Yes
NATASHA Oh Sonya, I'm glad, I can't hide it any longer! Now you know, we love one another! Oh Sonya, he writes, he writes He writes, he writes, he writes
SONYA And Andrey?
NATASHA Oh Sonya, if you only knew how happy I am! You don't know what love is
SONYA But Natasha, can that all be over?
NATASHA I do not grasp the question
SONYA Are you refusing Prince Andrey?
NATASHA Oh, you don't understand anything! Don't talk nonsense, just listen
SONYA But I can't believe it, I don\\'t understand How you loved one man a whole year And suddenly - You've only known him three days! Natasha, you're joking!
NATASHA Three days? It seems to me I've loved him a hundred years It seems to me that I've never loved anyone before Sonya, wait a bit, sit here
I had heard that it happens like this And you must have heard it too But it's only now That I feel such love It's not the same as before He's my master and I am his slave What can I do? Sonya, what can I do? I'm so happy And so frightened Why can't you understand? I love him!
SONYA Then I won't let it come to that, I shall tell! Bursting into tears
NATASHA What do you mean? For God's sake, if you tell, you are my enemy! You want me to be miserable You want to tear us apart For God's sake, Sonya, don't tell anyone, don't torture me I have confided in you
SONYA What has happened between you? What has he said to you? Why doesn't he come to the house and openly ask for you hand? Why this secrecy? Have you thought what his secret reasons may be?
NATASHA I don't know what the reasons are But there must be reasons! Sonya, one can't doubt him! One can't, one can't! Don't you understand?
SONYA Does he love you?
NATASHA Does he love me? Why, you've read his letter, you've seen him I can't live without him
SONYA Natasha, think of our family And think of Prince Andrey
NATASHA Andrey said I was free to refuse him
SONYA But you haven't refused him, or have you?
NATASHA Perhaps I have Perhaps all is over between me and Bolkonsky Would you think so badly of me?
SONYA I won't succumb to your tender tone Natasha I don't trust him, Natasha! I'm afraid for you, Natasha! Afraid you are going to your ruin
NATASHA Then I'll go to my ruin, yes I will, as soon as possible! But it's not your business! It won't be you, it'll be me, who'll suffer Leave me alone, yes leave me alone! I hate you Sonya! I hate you Sonya! I hate you, I hate you! You're my enemy forever!
SONYA I burst into sobs
(Natasha runs out of the room)
NATASHA And without a moment's reflection I wrote the answer to Princess Mary I'd been unable to write all morning
All our misunderstandings are at an end Forget everything and forgive me But I can't be Andrey's wife