War and Peace: resumen de Part 1: First Epilogue: 1813–20, Chapter 15

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1. After a friendly supper, Nicholas finds Countess Mary writing and reads her diary about the children’s behavior.
2. Nicholas admires Mary’s care for their children and recounts his disagreement with Pierre about government and duty.
3. Mary accepts the duty to help others but argues that parents must not expose their children to danger.
4. Mary worries that young Nicholas lacks companionship and receives less love from her than her own children.
5. Nicholas discusses estate income and buying Otrádnoe back, while Mary struggles to follow his financial plans.
6. Mary silently seeks a fuller love for everyone, and Nicholas fears losing her and begins his prayers.

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Mary recognizes a gap between caring conscientiously for her nephew and feeling a mother’s love. This concern persists beneath the conversation about money.

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