Война и мир

Chapter 13

           

           HisheadstewardcametohimatOrëlandPierrereckonedupwithhimhisdiminishedincome.TheburningofMoscowhadcosthim,accordingtotheheadsteward’scalculation,abouttwomillionrubles.

           ToconsolePierrefortheselossestheheadstewardgavehimanestimateshowingthatdespitetheselosseshisincomewouldnotbediminishedbutwouldevenbeincreasedifherefusedtopayhiswife’sdebtswhichhewasundernoobligationtomeet,anddidnotrebuildhisMoscowhouseandthecountryhouseonhisMoscowestate,whichhadcosthimeightythousandrublesayearandbroughtinnothing.

           “Yes,ofcoursethat’strue,”saidPierrewithacheerfulsmile.“Idon’tneedallthatatall.BybeingruinedIhavebecomemuchricher.”

           ButinJanuarySavélichcamefromMoscowandgavehimanaccountofthestateofthingsthere,andspokeoftheestimateanarchitecthadmadeofthecostofrebuildingthetownandcountryhouses,speakingofthisasofasettledmatter.AboutthesametimehereceivedlettersfromPrinceVasíliandotherPetersburgacquaintancesspeakingofhiswife’sdebts.AndPierredecidedthatthesteward’sproposalswhichhadsopleasedhimwerewrongandthathemustgotoPetersburgandsettlehiswife’saffairsandmustrebuildinMoscow.Whythiswasnecessaryhedidnotknow,butheknewforcertainthatitwasnecessary.Hisincomewouldbereducedbythreefourths,buthefeltitmustbedone.

           WillarskiwasgoingtoMoscowandtheyagreedtotraveltogether

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