Война и мир

Chapter 12

           

           AtDorogobúzhwhilethesoldiersoftheconvoy,afterlockingtheprisonersinastable,hadgoneofftopillagetheirownstores,severalofthesoldierprisonerstunneledunderthewallandranaway,butwererecapturedbytheFrenchandshot.

           Thearrangementadoptedwhentheystarted,thattheofficerprisonersshouldbekeptseparatefromtherest,hadlongsincebeenabandoned.Allwhocouldwalkwenttogether,andafterthethirdstagePierrehadrejoinedKaratáevandthegray-bluebandy-leggeddogthathadchosenKaratáevforitsmaster.

           OnthethirddayafterleavingMoscowKaratáevagainfellillwiththefeverhehadsufferedfrominthehospitalinMoscow,andashegrewgraduallyweakerPierrekeptawayfromhim.Pierredidnotknowwhy,butsinceKaratáevhadbeguntogrowweakerithadcosthimanefforttogonearhim.WhenhedidsoandheardthesubduedmoaningwithwhichKaratáevgenerallylaydownatthehaltingplaces,andwhenhesmelledtheodoremanatingfromhimwhichwasnowstrongerthanbefore,Pierremovedfartherawayanddidnotthinkabouthim.

           WhileimprisonedintheshedPierrehadlearnednotwithhisintellectbutwithhiswholebeing,bylifeitself,thatmaniscreatedforhappiness,thathappinessiswithinhim,inthesatisfactionofsimplehumanneeds,andthatallunhappinessarisesnotfromprivationbutfromsuperfluity.Andnowduringtheselastthreeweeksofthemarchhehadlearnedstillanothernew,consolatorytruth—thatnothinginthisworldisterrible.

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