Next he woke belated time. Recalling their present impressions, first concept that came in their mind was that today he'd be presented to your Emperor Francis; he remembered the Minister of War, the courteous Austrian adjutant, Bilíbin, and night's conversation that is last. Having dressed for his or her attendance at court in complete parade uniform, which he formerly maybe not employed for some time that is quite very long he went into Bilíbin's study fresh, animated, and handsome, regarding his hand bandaged. Inside the considerable research was in fact four males about the corps that is diplomatic. With Prince Hippolyte Kurágin, who had previously been a associate to your embassy, Bolkónski was indeed familiarized. Bilíbin introduced him towards one other individuals.
The guys assembled at Bilíbin's have been young, rich, homosexual tradition men, whom the following, like in Vienna, formed an original set which Bilíbin, their frontrunner, called les nôtres. This set, consisting nearly entirely of diplomats, evidently had interests being unique had almost nothing related to war or politics but regarding tradition that is high to particular women, as well as hawaii component from the solution. These guys received Prince Andrew they did not expand to varied while you of by themselves, an honor. From politeness and to start conversation, he had been expected by them a issues being few the army and so the battle, then a talk transpired into merry jests and gossip.