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Nikolai knows that Denisov has an eye for Natasha. When Denisov compliments her to Nikolai, Nikolai makes him repeat himself as if he didn’t understand whom he was speaking of – the way people do when we know that they know.

I love this dance of Denisov, love how Tolstoy describes him as looking the way he felt about himself: confident and handsome.

These are the people the French wanted to kill.