Part 15, Chapters 16-20 Summary

Pierre tells Natasha about Petya's death, and Maria tells Pierre about Andrew's last days. Pierre comments on how wonderful it is that Andrew saw Natasha again. Natasha opens up and talks about Andrew; she hasn't done so since Andrew's death. When Andrew's son comes in, he looks so like Andrew that Pierre has to look away. Pierre stays for dinner. At dinner, the women want to hear Pierre's stories as a prisoner and about the death of his wife. He tells them of Karataev, about saving the child from the fire, about everything he can think of. When they finish talking it's 3 o'clock in the morning. That night Pierre can't sleep. He wants to marry Natasha. Pierre goes to Maria's house again the next night, goes to church with them, and stays to visit, but they don't have as...