War and Peace Volume 2 Book 6 Chapter 25

In which the sombre and tender life at Bald Hills reveals the steady decline of Prince Nicholas’s health and temper, testing the patience and Christian charity of Princess Mary, whose faith becomes her solace amid unkindness and loss. Her heartfelt letter to a friend in Petersburg speaks of sorrow and divine providence, offering a gentle meditation on love, endurance, and the inscrutable workings of God’s will in the affairs of men.