"Go away? But where to? It's one--let them sing!" He continued to pace the room, looking gloomily at Denisov and the girls and avoiding their eyes.

"Nikolenka, what is the matter?" Sonya's eyes fixed on him seemed to ask.

She noticed at once that something had happened to him.

Nicholas turned away from her.

Natasha too, with her quick instinct, had instantly noticed her brother's condition.