Chapter 8

           

           AfterhisinterviewwithPierreinMoscow,PrinceAndrewwenttoPetersburg,onbusinessashetoldhisfamily,butreallytomeetAnatoleKuráginwhomhefeltitnecessarytoencounter.OnreachingPetersburgheinquiredforKuráginbutthelatterhadalreadyleftthecity.Pierrehadwarnedhisbrother-in-lawthatPrinceAndrewwasonhistrack.AnatoleKuráginpromptlyobtainedanappointmentfromtheMinisterofWarandwenttojointhearmyinMoldavia.WhileinPetersburgPrinceAndrewmetKutúzov,hisformercommanderwhowasalwayswelldisposedtowardhim,andKutúzovsuggestedthatheshouldaccompanyhimtothearmyinMoldavia,towhichtheoldgeneralhadbeenappointedcommanderinchief.SoPrinceAndrew,havingreceivedanappointmentontheheadquartersstaff,leftforTurkey.

           PrinceAndrewdidnotthinkitpropertowriteandchallengeKurágin.HethoughtthatifhechallengedhimwithoutsomefreshcauseitmightcompromisetheyoungCountessRostóvaandsohewantedtomeetKuráginpersonallyinordertofindafreshpretextforaduel.ButheagainfailedtomeetKurágininTurkey,forsoonafterPrinceAndrewarrived,thelatterreturnedtoRussia.Inanewcountry,amidnewconditions,PrinceAndrewfoundlifeeasiertobear.Afterhisbetrothedhadbrokenfaithwithhim—whichhefeltthemoreacutelythemorehetriedtoconcealitseffects—thesurroundingsinwhichhehadbeenhappybecametryingtohim,andthefreedomandindependencehehadonceprizedsohighlywerestillmoreso.

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