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Meanwhile, Nikolay Illyavich has grown from a stupid boy merely pantomiming chivalry to a good man wanting to better himself for the service of his family and nation. Dolokhov, if he was good for anything, was good for forcing Nikolay Illyavich to grow up through taking him to the cleaners. I never noticed the juxtaposition between the former friends and the way they viewed Bonaparte's new authority. Well-written!