Andrei promises to Natasha that he will marry her in a year and she promised to wait for him. During that time, the Rostov family is going through some financial difficulties and Nikolai says that he wants to marry Sonya, but his parents wanted him to marry a rich girl to save them from economic problems. Anatole invites Natasha at a little party the next evening. Andrei does not know that Natasha is in love with Anatole and not with him anymore because she doesn’t feel accepted in their family after visiting Andrei’s sister and father. Natasha then receives a letter from Anatole and decides…