War and Peace Volume 2 Book 7 Chapter 2

In which young Nicholas returns home burdened by the responsibility of managing his mother's finances and, in a fit of indignation, confronts the steward Mítenka with fierce reproach before abruptly turning away from such worldly concerns. Thus relieved, he devotes himself anew with eager spirit to the pleasures of the hunt, leaving the perplexities of account books behind.