"Thank God!" said Prince Vasili.
" My wife has told me everything!" (He put one arm around Pierre and the other around his daughter.
)--"My dear boy... Lelya... I am very pleased.
" (His voice trembled.
) "I loved your father... and she will make you a good wife... God bless you!..." He embraced his daughter, and then again Pierre, and kissed him with his malodorous mouth.