Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 14

Characters Present:

Princess Mary Bolkonskaya
Nicholas Rostóv
Dron


Location:

Boguchárovo 

Nicholas calls for Dron, the leader of the peasant's to be brought to him, and Dron is subsequently locked in a cupboard while Nicholas rallies the peasants to load Princess Mary's carts.

He has a conversation with Princess Mary before she departs, and they, unbeknownst to one another, fall in love. Dron is released from the cupboard.

Nicholas feels agitated by the taunts by his comrades, but only because he doesn't know what to do about Sonya, his cousin, to whom he is betrothed.  

Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 11

Characters Present:

Dron
Princess Mary Bolkonskaya
The Peasants

Location:

Boguchárovo 

Princess Mary is visited by Dron an hour after he first left, who tells her that the peasants have come to speak with her.

Princess Mary goes outside to ask why they haven't left for Moscow, or taken the grain that she offered them.

She gives an impassioned speech, saying to them what what is hers is theirs, but is met by a grim silence. 

Eventually, she asks why they won't leave for safety, and the answer comes back in several voices from the crowd, that imply that she is tricking them into slavery by getting them to move on to Moscow.  They would prefer to stay where they are, despite the danger from the French.

Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 10

Characters Present:

Alpátych
Dron
Princess Mary Bolkonskaya
Mademoiselle Bourienne
General Rameu

Location:

Boguchárovo 


Princess Mary is grieving alone for her father, but eventually, Mademoiselle Bourienne comes to weep with her.  Mademoiselle Bourienne hands over a letter from the French army, saying that General Rameu has offered to take them under his protection.

This announcement spurs Princess Mary into action, and she calls Dron (this is prior to Alpátych's conversation with him), to tell him to give Prince Andrew's grain to the peasants.  

She starts to worry about the French occupying her house and going through her brother and father's things. 

Volume 2: Book 10 - Chapter 9

Characters Present:

Alpátych
Dron

Location:

Boguchárovo 

Alpátych goes on ahead to Boguchárovo, which is part of the Bolkónski holdings, to tell the peasants to abandon it and move into Moscow, as the French had unexpectedly made it closer than expected.

The Boguchárovovians had the reputation of being rather stubborn with a tendency to rebel against the ruling classes, and this is confirmed when Alpátych has some trouble convincing their leader, Dron, that they should pack up carts and leave.

Though he eventually gets a small agreement from Dron in the end, nothing has been done to affect the move by evening, and Alpátych readies himself to get the help of the police.