In the end of 1809, Natasha attends her first ball. Andrei falls deeply in love with her and plans to wed her, but her dad demands they wait. The prince travels abroad, and Natasha yearns to get him. However she meets with Anatol Kuragin and forgets of Andrei. At the eleventh hour, she moans and abandons her plans to elope with Anatol. Bolkonsky admits their betrothal has ended and hears of this. Pierre, trying to calm her down, unexpectedly declares she is loved by him.