Война и мир

Chapter 16

           Butjustwhenhewasclumsilycreepingtowardthedoor,thatdreadfulsomethingontheothersidewasalreadypressingagainstitandforcingitswayin.Somethingnothuman—death—wasbreakinginthroughthatdoor,andhadtobekeptout.Heseizedthedoor,makingafinalefforttoholditback—tolockitwasnolongerpossible—buthiseffortswereweakandclumsyandthedoor,pushedfrombehindbythatterror,openedandclosedagain.

           Onceagainitpushedfromoutside.Hislastsuperhumaneffortswerevainandbothhalvesofthedoornoiselesslyopened.Itentered,anditwasdeath,andPrinceAndrewdied.

           Butattheinstanthedied,PrinceAndrewrememberedthathewasasleep,andattheveryinstanthedied,havingmadeaneffort,heawoke.

           “Yes,itwasdeath!Idied—andwokeup.Yes,deathisanawakening!”Andallatonceitgrewlightinhissoulandtheveilthathadtillthenconcealedtheunknownwasliftedfromhisspiritualvision.Hefeltasifpowerstillthenconfinedwithinhimhadbeenliberated,andthatstrangelightnessdidnotagainleavehim.

           When,wakinginacoldperspiration,hemovedonthedivan,Natáshawentupandaskedhimwhatwasthematter.Hedidnotanswerandlookedatherstrangely,notunderstanding.

           ThatwaswhathadhappenedtohimtwodaysbeforePrincessMary’sarrival.Fromthatday,asthedoctorexpressedit,thewastingfeverassumedamalignantcharacter,butwhatthedoctorsaiddidnotinterestNatásha,shesawtheterriblemoralsymptomswhichtoherweremoreconvincing.

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