Katerina Semyonovna Mamontov (Catiche)

Pierre's cousin

The eldest of three princesses, relatives of Count Bezukhov and Prince Vasili’s wife. Her sisters are called Olga and Sophia (the giggling one with the mole).

BOOK ONE

Book 1 Part 1

Chapter 13

Catiche and her sisters treat Pierre like “a corpse or a leper.” “If you wish to kill him” you can see your father, she tells him. A warm welcome from Pierre’s cousin, indeed.

Chapter 18

In her dark, cluttered room, she tells Prince Vasili that she has a “wicked heart” and one must be “cunning and cruel” in this world. And no one is worse than the “vile woman” Anna Mikhailovna, who has wormed herself into the household. She admits their is a will legitimised Pierre in an inland portfolio under the count’s pillow.

Chapter 19

Pierre and Anna Mikhailovna snatch a glimpse of the conspiratorial conversation between Prince Vasili and Katiche. A door is slammed by the princess with the “
wicked heart”.

Chapter 20

In the count’s room, she has a “vicious and determined” look about her. When the opportunity arises, she and Vasili make for the count’s pillow, where they hope to find the inlaid portfolio.

Chapter 21

Her rage reaches a fever pitch in the fight for the inlaid portfolio. “Intriguer” she shouts at Anna Mikhailovna. But her sister bursts into the room and distracts her, and her future falls to the floor. Her dagger eyes for Pierre are incomprehensible to our hapless hero: “Yes, now you may be glad! …this is what you have been waiting for.”