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directly support 8 processor configurations commonly found in midrange servers. More powerful servers use additional costly routing chips to support more than 8 CPUs per board.

In many computer tests, the Opteron architecture demonstrates better multiprocessor system scalability than the Intel Xeon . [1] In systems based on the Xeon , the total processing power is often less than the sum of the individual CPUs. For example, a system based on 9The 1044 Xeon can run two parallel tasks at 90% throughput, or four parallel tasks at 80% throughput. Systems based on the Opteron are significantly less affected by this effect, justifying AMD’s choice of the architectural solution applied. In addition, the Opteron has a processor-integrated memory controller that allows each CPU to access its own memory without using the HyperTransport bus. If it is necessary to access the memory of another processor or during interprocessor interactions, only the initiator and its counterpart are involved, which reduces the use of the bus to a minimum. On multiprocessor systems based on Xeon , on the other hand, uses one common bus for processor-to-processor and processor-to-memory data exchange. As the number of processors used in a single Xeon based system increases, the load on this common bus from competing requests from different processors increases. This leads to a drop in the efficiency of the system as a whole.

Multi-core Opteron

In May 2005, AMD introduced the first «multi-core» Opteron processor. AMD currently uses the term «multi-core» to refer to «dual-core» processors; in each processor 9The 1044 Opteron hosts 2 separate processor cores. This effectively doubles the processing power available to each processor socket on motherboards that support these processors. One processor socket can now provide the performance of two processors, two processor sockets — four, and so on. The cost of motherboards increases significantly with the increase in the number of processor sockets installed on them, so new multi-core processors now allow building high-performance systems on the basis of relatively cheap motherboards with fewer sockets that were previously unavailable.

The processor model numbering system used by AMD has changed slightly in light of the new multi-core product lineup. During the official release, AMD introduced the fastest multi-core Opteron , model 875 with two cores running at 2.2 GHz. The fastest single-core processor Opteron at that time was the «model 252», operating at 2.6 GHz. For multi-threaded applications, the 875 performs better than the 252, but in single-threaded applications, the 252 outperforms the 875.

In September 2007, quad-core Opteron 3G models based on the Barcelona core were introduced. But due to an error in revision B2 (BA), their deliveries were suspended. In April 2008, with the announcement of new B3 revision models, deliveries were resumed.

Socket 939 and AM2

AMD also introduced the Socket 939 Opteron to reduce the cost of motherboards in low-end servers and workstations. Opteron s for Socket 939 processors are identical to the San Diego-based Athlon 64 processors, while running at much lower clock speeds than their maximum, providing extremely reliable performance. Because this under-clocked design means a lot of overclocking potential, these processors are in high demand among enthusiasts. With the transition of desktop processors to Socket AM2, the Opteron 1xxx series processors also switched to it.

1974-pin Socket G34

In March 2010, AMD released the world’s first 12-core x86 architecture Opteron 6100 server processors for the 1974-pin Socket G34. There are currently 16-core versions of Opteron processors, and in this indicator, AMD processors outperform similar server versions of Intel [2] processors.

Models

All Opteron 1G chips have a three-digit model number, in the form «Opteron xyy «. First digit ( x ) shows the maximum number of processors in the system:

  • 1 — Designed for use in
  • single processor systems

  • 2 — Designed for use in dual processor systems
  • 8 — Designed for use in multiprocessor systems (4 or 8 processor systems)

The last two numbers in the model number ( yy ) indicate the speed of the processor. Meanings yy more than 60 are used in dual core models.

Opteron 2G and 3G chips have a four-digit model number, in the form «Opteron xzyy «.
x denotes belonging to the series:

  • 1 — Designed for use in
  • single processor systems

  • 2 — Designed for use in dual processor systems
  • 8 — Designed for use in multiprocessor systems (4 or 8 processor systems)

z stands for Opteron processor generation.

  • 2 — for Opteron 2G
  • 3 — for Opteron 3G

The last two numbers in the model number ( yy ) indicate the speed of the processor.

Opteron 1G (130 nm SOI)

Single core — SledgeHammer (1yy, 2yy, 8yy)
  • processor steppings: B3, C0, CG
  • First level cache: 64 + 64 KB (data + instructions)
  • Second level cache: 1024 KB running at
  • core speed

  • Support for MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, AMD64
  • Socket: Socket 940, 800 MHz HyperTransport
  • NOT required to use registered DDR SDRAM, ECC memory supported
  • Core voltage: 1. 50 — 1.55 V
  • First introduced: April 22, 2003 [www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,51_104_543_13302~69678,00.html]
  • Clock speeds: 1400 — 2400 MHz (x40 — x50)

Opteron 1G (90nm SOI)

Single core — Venus (1yy), Troy (2yy), Athens (8yy) 92:445
    stepping processors

  • First level cache: 64 + 64 KB (data + instructions)
  • Second level cache: 1024 KB running at
  • core speed

  • MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64
  • Socket: Socket 939/Socket 940, 1000 MHz HyperTransport
  • Requires registered DDR SDRAM for Socket 9 variant40, memory with ECC
  • supported

  • Core voltage: 1.35 — 1.4 V
  • NX Bit Support
  • Optimized Power Management (OPM)
  • First introduced: February 14, 2005
  • Clocks: 1600 — 3000 MHz (x42 — x56)

Opteron 1G (90nm SOI)

Dual Core — Denmark (1yy).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 2048 KB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, OPM, NX-Bit.
  • Connector: Socket 939.
  • Core voltage: 1.10 V — 1.35 V, power: 110 W (TDP), technology: 90 nm (SOI).
  • Clock rates: 1.8 GHz — 2.6 GHz
  • Models: 165: 1.8 GHz, 170: 2 GHz, 175: 2.2 GHz, 180: 2.4 GHz, 185: 2.6 GHz.

Opteron 1G (90nm SOI)

Dual Core — Italy (2yy).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 2048 KB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, OPM, NX-Bit.
  • Connector: Socket 940.
  • Core voltage: ? — 1.35V, power: 55W — 95W (TDP), technology: 90nm (SOI).
  • Clock speeds: 1.6 GHz — 2.8 GHz
  • Model HE (TDP: 55 W): 260: 1.6 GHz, 265: 1.8 GHz, 270: 2.0 GHz, 275: 2.2 GHz.
  • Standard model (TDP: 95 W): 260: 1.6 GHz, 265: 1.8 GHz, 270: 2. 0 GHz, 275: 2.2 GHz, 280: 2.4 GHz, 285: 2.6 GHz, 290: 2.8 GHz.

Opteron 1G (90nm SOI)

Dual Core — Egypt (8yy).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 2048 KB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, OPM, NX-Bit.
  • Socket: Socket 940.
  • Core voltage: ? — 1.35V, power: 55W — 95W (TDP), technology: 90nm (SOI).
  • Clock speeds: 1.6 GHz — 2.8 GHz
  • Model HE (TDP: 55 W): 860: 1.6 GHz, 865: 1.8 GHz, 870: 2.0 GHz, 875: 2.2 GHz.
  • Standard model (TDP: 95 W): 860: 1.6 GHz, 865: 1.8 GHz, 870: 2.0 GHz, 875: 2.2 GHz, 880: 2.4 GHz, 885: 2.6 GHz, 890: 2.8 GHz.

Opteron 2G (90nm SOI)

Dual Core — Santa Ana (1000 Series).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 2048 KB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Cool’n’Quiet, NX-Bit, AMD Virtualization.
  • Connector: Socket AM2.
  • Core voltage: 1.3 — 1.4V, power: 103W — 125W (TDP), technology: 90nm (SOI).
  • Clock speeds: 1.8 GHz — 3.0 GHz
  • Standard Model (TDP: 103 W): 1210: 1.8 GHz, 1212: 2.0 GHz, 1214: 2.2 GHz, 1216: 2.4 GHz, 1218: 2.6 GHz, 1220: 2.8 GHz, 1222: 3.0 GHz.
  • HE Model (TDP: 68W): 1210HE: 1.8GHz, 1212HE: 2.0GHz, 1214HE: 2.2GHz, 1216HE: 2.4GHz, 1218HE: 2.6GHz.
  • SE Model (TDP: 125W): 1220SE: 2.8GHz, 1222SE: 3.0GHz.

Opteron 2G (90nm SOI)

Dual Core — Santa Roza (2000 Series).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 2048 KB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Cool’n’Quiet, NX-Bit, AMD Virtualization.
  • Connector: Socket F.
  • Core Voltage: 1.2V — 1.375V, Power: 68W — 120W (TDP), Technology: 90nm (SOI).
  • Clock speeds: 1.8 GHz — 2.8 GHz
  • Standard Model (TDP: 95 W): 2210: 1. 8 GHz, 2212: 2.0 GHz, 2214: 2.2 GHz, 2216: 2.4 GHz, 2218: 2.6 GHz, 2220: 2.8 GHz, 2222: 3.0 GHz.
  • HE Model (TDP: 68W): 2210HE: 1.8GHz, 2212HE: 2.0GHz, 2214HE: 2.2GHz, 2216HE: 2.4GHz, 2218HE: 2.6GHz.
  • SE model (TDP: 120W): 2220SE: 2.8GHz, 2222SE: 3.0GHz, 2224SE: 3.2GHz.

Opteron 2G (90nm SOI)

Dual Core — Santa Roza (8000 Series).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 2048 KB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Cool’n’Quiet, NX-Bit, AMD Virtualization.
  • Connector: Socket F.
  • Core Voltage: 1.2V — 1.375V, Power: 68W — 120W (TDP), Technology: 90nm (SOI).
  • Clock rates: 2.0 GHz — 3.2 GHz
  • Standard model (TDP: 95 W): 8212: 2.0 GHz, 8214: 2.2 GHz, 8216: 2.4 GHz, 8218: 2.6 GHz, 8220: 2.8 GHz, 8222: 3.0 GHz.
  • HE model (TDP 68W): 8212HE: 2.0 GHz, 8214HE: 2.2 GHz, 8216HE: 2. 4 GHz, 8218HE: 2.6 GHz.
  • SE Model (TDP: 120W): 8220SE: 2.8GHz, 8222SE: 3.0GHz, 8224SE: 3.2GHz.

Opteron 3G (65nm SOI)

Quad Core — Barcelona (AMD) (1000 Series).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 512 KB.
  • Level 3 cache (L3): 2048 KB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Cool’n’Quiet 2.0, NX-Bit, AMD Virtualization.
  • Connector: AM2+.
  • Core voltage: 1.2 — 1.375V, power: 75W (ACP), technology: 65nm (SOI).
  • Clock rates: 2.1 GHz — 2.3 GHz
  • Standard model (ACP: 75W): 1356 2.3GHz, 1354 2.2GHz, 1352 2.1GHz.

Opteron 3G (65nm SOI)

Quad Core — Barcelona (AMD) (2000 Series).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 512 KB.
  • Level 3 cache (L3): 2048 KB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Cool’n’Quiet 2. 0, NX-Bit, AMD Virtualization.
  • Connector: Socket F.
  • Core voltage: 1.2 — 1.375 V, power: 68 W — 120 W (TDP), 55 W — 95 W (ACP), technology: 65 nm (SOI).
  • Clock speeds: 1.7 GHz — 2.5 GHz
  • Standard Model (ACP: 75W): 2356 2.3GHz, 2354 2.2GHz, 2352 2.1GHz, 2350 2.0GHz, 2347: 1.9GHz.
  • HE model (ACP: 55 W): 2347HE: 1.6 GHz, 2346HE: 1.9 GHz, 2344HE: 1.7 GHz.
  • SE model (ACP: 95 W): 2360SE: 2.5 GHz, 2358SE: 2.4 GHz.

Opteron 3G (65nm SOI)

Quad Core — Barcelona (AMD) (8000 Series).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 512 KB.
  • Level 3 cache (L3): 2048 KB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Cool’n’Quiet 2.0, NX-Bit, AMD Virtualization.
  • Connector: Socket F.
  • Core voltage: 1.2V — 1.375V, Wattage: 68W — 120W (TDP), 55W — 95W (ACP), Technology: 65nm (SOI).
  • Clock rates: 1.8 GHz — 2.5 GHz
  • Standard model (ACP: 75W): 8356 2.3GHz, 8354 2.2GHz, 8350 2.0GHz, 8347: 1.9GHz.
  • HE model (ACP: 55 W): 8347HE: 1.6 GHz, 8346HE: 1.9 GHz.
  • SE model (ACP: 95 W): 8360SE: 2.5 GHz, 8358SE: 2.4 GHz.

Opteron 3G (45nm SOI)

Quad Core — Shanghai (AMD) (2000 Series).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 512 KB.
  • Level 3 cache (L3): 6 MB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Cool’n’Quiet 2.0, NX-Bit, AMD Virtualization.
  • Connector: Socket F.
  • Core voltage: 1.2V — 1.375V, Wattage: 68W — 120W (TDP), 55W — 105W (ACP), Technology: 45nm (SOI).
  • Clock rates: 2.3 GHz — 2.7 GHz
  • Standard Model (ACP: 75W): 2384 2.7GHz, 2382 2.6GHz, 2380 2.5GHz, 2378 2.4GHz, 2376: 2.3GHz.
  • Model HE (ACP: 55W): no (11/15/08)
  • SE Model (ACP: 95 W): no (11/15/08)

Opteron 3G (45nm SOI)

Quad Core — Shanghai (AMD) (8000 Series).
  • First level cache (L1): 64 KB + 64 KB (data + instructions).
  • Second level cache (L2): 512 KB.
  • Level 3 cache (L3): 6 MB.
  • Flags: MMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Cool’n’Quiet 2.0, NX-Bit, AMD Virtualization.
  • Connector: Socket F.
  • Core voltage: 1.2V — 1.375V, Wattage: 68W — 120W (TDP), 55W — 105W (ACP), Technology: 45nm (SOI).
  • Clock rates: 2.5 GHz — 2.7 GHz
  • Standard model (ACP: 75W): 8384 2.7GHz, 8382 2.6GHz, 8380 2.5GHz
  • Model HE (ACP: 55W): no (11/15/08)
  • SE model (ACP: 95 W): no (11/15/08)

See also

  • AMD
  • microprocessor list

  • List of Intel microprocessors

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Links

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    2. Website overclockers. ua: [www.overclockers.ua/news/hardware/2010-03-29/105401/ «AMD greenlights 8- and 12-core Opteron 6100 series processors»].

    Excerpt characterizing the Opteron

    For the first time, as a young foreign person allowed herself to reproach her, she, proudly raising her beautiful head and turning to him in a half turn, said firmly:
    — Voila l’egoisme et la cruaute des hommes! Je ne m’attendais pas a autre chose. Za femme se sacrifie pour vous, elle souffre, et voila sa recompense. Quel droit avez vous, Monseigneur, de me demander compte de mes amities, de mes affections? C’est un homme qui a ete plus qu’un pere pour moi. [Here is the selfishness and cruelty of men! I didn’t expect anything better. The woman sacrifices herself to you; she suffers, and here is her reward. Your highness, what right have you to demand from me an account of my affections and friendships? This is a man who was more than a father to me.]
    The face wanted to say something. Helen interrupted him.
    “Eh bien, oui,” she said, “peut etre qu’il a pour moi d’autres sentiments que ceux d’un pere, mais ce n’est; pas une raison pour que je lui ferme ma porte. Je ne suis pas un homme pour etre ingrate. Sachez, Monseigneur, pour tout ce qui a rapport a mes sentiments intimes, je ne rends compte qu’a Dieu et a ma conscience, [Well, yes, maybe the feelings he has for me are not entirely paternal; but that is not why I should refuse him my house. I’m not a man to pay with ingratitude. Let it be known to your highness that in my innermost feelings I give account only to God and my conscience.] — she finished, touching her hand to her beautiful chest that rose high and looking at the sky.
    Mais ecoutez moi, au nom de Dieu. [But hear me out, for God’s sake.]
    — Epousez moi, et je serai votre esclave. [Marry me and I will be your work.]
    Mais c’est impossible. [But that’s impossible.]
    — Vous ne daignez pas descende jusqu’a moi, vous … [You do not condescend to marry me, you . ..] — Helen said, crying.
    The face began to console her; Helen, through tears, said (as if forgetting) that nothing could prevent her from getting married, that there were examples (there were still few examples then, but she named Napoleon and other high persons), that she had never been the wife of her husband, that she was sacrificed.
    “But laws, religion…” the face was already giving up.
    — Laws, religion … What would they have been invented if they could not do this! Ellen said.
    The important person was surprised that such a simple reasoning could not occur to him, and he turned for advice to the holy brothers of the Society of Jesus, with whom he was in close relations.
    A few days after that, at one of the charming holidays that Helen gave at her dacha on Kamenny Island, she was introduced to a middle-aged, with snow-white hair and black sparkling eyes, charming m r de Jobert, un jesuite a robe courte, [r Jaubert, a Jesuit in a short dress,] who for a long time in the garden, in the light of illumination and the sounds of music, talked with Helen about love for God, for Christ, for the heart of the mother of God and about the consolations delivered in this and in the future life by the only true the Catholic religion. Helen was touched, and several times she and Mr. Jobert had tears in their eyes and their voices trembled. The dance, to which the gentleman came to call Helen, upset her conversation with her future directeur de conscience [guardian of conscience]; but the next day mr de Jobert came alone in the evening to Helene, and from that time began to visit her often.
    One day he took the countess to a Catholic church, where she knelt before the altar, to which she was led. A middle-aged charming Frenchman put his hands on her head, and, as she herself later told, she felt something like a breath of fresh wind that descended into her soul. It was explained to her that it was la grace [grace].
    Then the abbot was brought to her a robe longue [in a long dress], he confessed her and remitted her sins to her. The next day, a box containing the sacrament was brought to her and left at home for her to use. After a few days, Helen learned to her pleasure that she had now entered the true Catholic Church, and that in a few days the pope himself would find out about her and send her some kind of paper.
    Everything that was done during this time around her and with her, all this attention paid to her by so many intelligent people and expressed in such pleasant, refined forms, and the pigeon purity in which she now found herself (she wore all this time white dresses with white ribbons) — all this gave her pleasure; but because of this pleasure, she did not miss her goal for a moment. And as always happens that in a matter of cunning, a stupid person leads smarter ones, she, realizing that the purpose of all these words and troubles was mainly to convert her to Catholicism, to take money from her in favor of the Jesuit institutions (about which she hinted), Helen, before giving money, insisted that she be subjected to those various operations that would free her from her husband. In her conception, the significance of any religion consisted only in the fact that, in satisfying human desires, to observe certain decorum. And for this purpose, in one of her conversations with her confessor, she urgently demanded from him an answer to the question of the extent to which her marriage binds her.
    They sat in the living room by the window. There were dusk. Flowers smelled from the window. Helen was wearing a white dress that showed through her shoulders and chest. The abbot, well-fed, but with a plump, smoothly shaven beard, a pleasant strong mouth and white hands folded meekly on his knees, sat close to Helen and with a thin smile on his lips, peacefully — admiring her beauty with a look from time to time looked at her face and expounded his opinion to their question. Helen smiled uneasily, looked at his curly hair, smooth-shaven, blackening, full cheeks, and waited every minute for a new turn in the conversation. But the abbe, although obviously enjoying the beauty and intimacy of his companion, was carried away by the skill of his craft.
    The reasoning of the leader of conscience was as follows. In ignorance of the significance of what you were undertaking, you took a vow of marriage fidelity to a man who, on his part, having entered into marriage and not believing in the religious significance of marriage, committed blasphemy. This marriage did not have the double meaning it should have. But in spite of that, your vow bound you. You backed off from him. What did you do with it? Peche veniel or peche mortel? [A venial sin or a mortal sin?] Peche veniel, because you did an act without ill intent. If you now, in order to have children, would enter into a new marriage, then your sin could be forgiven. But the question again splits in two: the first …
    “But I think,” said Helen, suddenly bored, with her charming smile, “that I, having entered into the true religion, cannot be bound by what the false religion has imposed on me.
    The directeur de conscience [Guardian of conscience] was amazed at this Columbus egg set before him with such simplicity. He admired the unexpected speed of his student’s progress, but he could not give up his labors of intellectually constructed edifice of arguments.
    — Entendons nous, comtesse, [Let’s look at the matter, countess,] — he said with a smile and began to refute the reasoning of his spiritual daughter.

    Helen understood that the matter was very simple and easy from a spiritual point of view, but that her leaders were only making difficulties because they were afraid of how the secular authorities would look at this matter.
    And as a result of this, Helen decided that it was necessary to prepare this matter in society. She aroused the jealousy of the old nobleman and told him the same thing as the first seeker, that is, she put the question in such a way that the only way to get rights to her was to marry her. The old important person was for the first minute as struck by this proposal to marry a living husband as the first young person; but Helen’s unshakable conviction that it was as simple and natural as the marriage of a girl had an effect on him. If even the slightest sign of hesitation, shame or secrecy in Helen herself were noticeable, then her case would undoubtedly have been lost; but not only were there no signs of secrecy and shame, but, on the contrary, she with simplicity and good-natured naivety told her close friends (and this was the whole of Petersburg) that both the prince and the nobleman had made an offer to her and that she loved both and was afraid to upset him. and another.
    A rumor instantly spread throughout Petersburg not that Helen wanted to divorce her husband (if this rumor spread, very many would rebel against such an illegal intention), but a rumor spread directly that the unfortunate, interesting Helen was at a loss about which of the two she should marry. The question was no longer to what extent this was possible, but only which party was more profitable and how the court would look at it. There were indeed some inveterate people who did not know how to rise to the height of the question and saw in this plan a desecration of the sacrament of marriage; but there were few of them, and they were silent, while most were interested in questions about the happiness that befell Helen, and what choice is better. They didn’t talk about whether it’s good or bad to marry a living husband, because this question, obviously, had already been resolved for people smarter than you and me (as they said) and to doubt the correctness of the solution of the issue meant to risk showing their stupidity and inability live in the light.
    Only Marya Dmitrievna Akhrosimova, who came to St. Petersburg that summer to meet with one of her sons, allowed herself to express her opinion, contrary to public opinion, directly. Meeting Helen at the ball, Marya Dmitrievna stopped her in the middle of the hall and, in the general silence, in her rough voice said to her:
    — You have started getting married from a living husband. Do you think you’ve come up with something new? Beware, mother. It’s been invented for a long time. In all … … they do it that way. — And with these words, Marya Dmitrievna, with her usual formidable gesture, rolling up her wide sleeves and looking around sternly, passed through the room.
    Although they were afraid of her, they looked at Marya Dmitrievna in Petersburg as a cracker, and therefore, from the words spoken by her, they noticed only a rude word and repeated it in a whisper to each other, assuming that this word contained all the salt of what was said.
    Prince Vasily, who lately had especially often forgotten what he said, and repeated the same thing a hundred times, said every time he happened to see his daughter.
    «Helene, j’ai un mot a vous dire,» he told her, pulling her aside and jerking her arm down. – J’ai eu vent de certains projets relatifs a… Vous savez. Eh bien, ma chere enfant, vous savez que mon c?ur de pere se rejouit do vous savoir… Vous avez tant souffert… Mais, chere enfant… ne consultez que votre c?ur. C’est tout ce que je vous dis. [Ellen, I need to tell you something. I’ve heard about some of the species regarding… you know. Well, my dear child, you know that your father’s heart rejoices that you … You endured so much … But, dear child … Do as your heart tells you. That’s my whole advice.] — And, always hiding the same excitement, he pressed his cheek to his daughter’s cheek and walked away.
    Bilibin, who has not lost his reputation as the smartest person and was a disinterested friend of Helen, one of those friends that brilliant women always have, friends of men who can never turn into the role of lovers, Bilibin once in a petit comite [small intimate circle] said to his friend Helen view of the whole thing.
    — Ecoutez, Bilibine (Helen always called friends like Bilibin by their last names), — and she touched his white ringed hand to the sleeve of his tailcoat. — Dites moi comme vous diriez a une s?ur, que dois je faire? Lequel des deux? [Listen, Bilibin: tell me, how would you tell your sister, what should I do? Which of the two?]
    Bilibin gathered the skin over his eyebrows and thought about it with a smile on his lips.
    “Vous ne me prenez pas en by surprise, vous savez,” he said. — Comme veritable ami j’ai pense et repense a votre affaire. Voyez vous. Si vous epousez le prince (it was a young man) — he bent his finger — vous perdez pour toujours la chance d’epouser l’autre, et puis vous mecontentez la Cour. (Comme vous savez, il y a une espece de parente.) Mais si vous epousez le vieux comte, vous faites le bonheur de ses derniers jours, et puis comme veuve du grand… le prince ne fait plus de mesalliance en vous epousant, [You don’t take me by surprise, you know. As a true friend, I have considered your case for a long time. You see: if you marry a prince, then you forever lose the opportunity to be the wife of another, and in addition, the court will be dissatisfied. (You know, kinship is involved here.) And if you marry the old count, then you will make up the happiness of his last days, and then … it will no longer be humiliating for the prince to marry the widow of a nobleman.] — and Bilibin loosened his skin.
    – Voila un veritable ami! said Helen, beaming, once more touching Bilibip’s sleeve with her hand. Mais c’est que j’aime l’un et l’autre, je ne voudrais pas leur faire de chagrin. Je donnerais ma vie pour leur bonheur a tous deux, [Here is a true friend! But I love both and would not want to upset anyone. For the happiness of both, I would be ready to sacrifice my life.] — she said.
    Bilibin shrugged his shoulders, expressing that even he could no longer help such grief.
    «Une maitresse femme! Voila ce qui s’appelle poser carrement la question. Elle voudrait epouser tous les trois a la fois», [«Well done woman! That’s what is called firmly asking a question. She would like to be the wife of all three at the same time.] thought Bilibin.
    “But tell me, how does your husband look at this matter?” he said, owing to the firmness of his reputation, not afraid to drop himself with such a naive question. Will he agree?
    — Ah! Il m’aime tant! — said Helen, who for some reason thought that Pierre also loved her. – Il fera tout pour moi. [Oh! he loves me so much! He is ready for anything for me.]
    Bilibin picked up the skin to indicate the forthcoming mot.
    – Meme le divorce, [Even for a divorce.] – he said.
    Ellen laughed.
    Among the people who allowed themselves to doubt the legality of the proposed marriage was Helen’s mother, Princess Kuragina. She was constantly tormented by envy of her daughter, and now, when the object of envy was the closest to the heart of the princess, she could not come to terms with this thought. She consulted with a Russian priest about the extent to which divorce and marriage were possible with a living husband, and the priest told her that this was impossible, and, to her joy, pointed out to her the Gospel text, which (it seemed to the priest) directly rejected the possibility of marriage from a living husband.