Война и мир

Chapter 19

           SohewroteLerusseBesuhofandaddingupthenumbersgot671.Thiswasonlyfivetoomuch,andfivewasrepresentedbye,theveryletterelidedfromthearticlelebeforethewordEmpereur.Byomittingthee,thoughincorrectly,Pierregottheanswerhesought.L’russeBesuhofmade666.Thisdiscoveryexcitedhim.How,orbywhatmeans,hewasconnectedwiththegreateventforetoldintheApocalypsehedidnotknow,buthedidnotdoubtthatconnectionforamoment.HisloveforNatásha,Antichrist,Napoleon,theinvasion,thecomet,666,L’EmpereurNapoléon,andL’russeBesuhof—allthishadtomatureandculminate,tolifthimoutofthatspellbound,pettysphereofMoscowhabitsinwhichhefelthimselfheldcaptiveandleadhimtoagreatachievementandgreathappiness.

           *Forty-two.

           OntheeveoftheSundaywhenthespecialprayerwasread,PierrehadpromisedtheRostóvstobringthem,fromCountRostopchínwhomheknewwell,boththeappealtothepeopleandthenewsfromthearmy.Inthemorning,whenhewenttocallatRostopchín’shemetthereacourierfreshfromthearmy,anacquaintanceofhisown,whooftendancedatMoscowballs.

           “Do,please,forheaven’ssake,relievemeofsomething!”saidthecourier.“Ihaveasackfulofletterstoparents.”

           AmongtheseletterswasonefromNicholasRostóvtohisfather.Pierretookthatletter,andRostopchínalsogavehimtheEmperor’sappealtoMoscow,whichhadjustbeenprinted,thelastarmyorders,andhisownmostrecentbulletin.

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