[SERVANT]
A letter from Marya Dmitryevna
Asking you to come and visit her
On a matter of great importance
Relating to Andrey Bolkonsky
And his betrothed
 
[PIERRE]
What?
What can they want with me?
 
[MARYA]
Pierre, old friend, I'm sorry it's late,
I'm sorry I haven't seen you about
Where have you been?
Where have you been?
 
[PIERRE]
I have been studying
 
[MARYA]
Pierre, old friend, we need your help
Pierre, old friend, the family name
We need your help
We need your help
There's ruin at the door!
 
[PIERRE]
Marya!
 
[MARYA]
Natasha has let down the family
 
[PIERRE]
What?
 
[MARYA]
Natasha has broken with Andrey
 
[PIERRE]
What?
 
[MARYA]
Natasha has tried to elope
 
[PIERRE]
What?
 
[MARYA]
Natasha and Antole Kuragin!
 
[PIERRE]
What?!
 
[MARYA]
We need your help
We need your help
There's ruin at the door!
 
[PIERRE]
Natasha, that charming girl?
I can't believe my ears
So I am not the only man
Tied to a bad woman
And Anatole, that stupid child,
They'll lock him up for years
For Anatole is a married man!
 
[MARYA]
Married? He's married?
 
[PIERRE]
Yes
 
[MARYA]
Oh, wait till I tell her!
 
[PIERRE]
Poor Andrey...
 
[MARYA]
And when Andrey comes home,
He will challenge Anatole to a duel
And get himself killed
And all will be ruined!
 
You must go see your brother-in-law
And tell him that he must leave Moscow
And not dare to let me set my eyes on him again!
 
[PIERRE]
At once