Come on, Helene! We've got lots to do if we want to leave for the country. Oh Pierre, it's...

Pierre Bezukhov: [opens the bedroom drapes, while his spoiled wife sleeps on] Come on, Helene! We've got lots to do if we want to leave for the country. Helene Kuragina: [very sleepy] Oh Pierre, it's so early! [he kisses her, and she gets a crafty look on her face] Helene Kuragina: Besides, it's so boring in the country. Pierre Bezukhov: [Seriously] I'm sorry, my dear, but I promised those peasants I'd come and see them. They need a new hospital, and a new school, and many other things besides. Helene Kuragina: [very spoiled] Well they can starve just as well without a school, and they can die just as well without a hospital! [catches herself, changes her tune] Helene Kuragina: Pierre, why don't you go on without me? You can do what you have to do, and I'll come visit you in a few months time. [Slyly] Helene Kuragina: You'll appreciate me so much more after a few months of sleeping alone.