Chapter 15

           

           AttheendofJanuaryPierrewenttoMoscowandstayedinanannexofhishousewhichhadnotbeenburned.HecalledonCountRostopchínandonsomeacquaintanceswhowerebackinMoscow,andheintendedtoleaveforPetersburgtwodayslater.Everybodywascelebratingthevictory,everythingwasbubblingwithlifeintheruinedbutrevivingcity.EveryonewaspleasedtoseePierre,everyonewishedtomeethim,andeveryonequestionedhimaboutwhathehadseen.Pierrefeltparticularlywelldisposedtowardthemall,butwasnowinstinctivelyonhisguardforfearofbindinghimselfinanyway.Toallquestionsputtohim—whetherimportantorquitetrifling—suchas:Wherewouldhelive?Washegoingtorebuild?WhenwashegoingtoPetersburgandwouldhemindtakingaparcelforsomeone?—hereplied:“Yes,perhaps,”or,“Ithinkso,”andsoon.

           HehadheardthattheRostóvswereatKostromábutthethoughtofNatáshaseldomoccurredtohim.Ifitdiditwasonlyasapleasantmemoryofthedistantpast.Hefelthimselfnotonlyfreefromsocialobligationsbutalsofromthatfeelingwhich,itseemedtohim,hehadarousedinhimself.

           OnthethirddayafterhisarrivalheheardfromtheDrubetskóysthatPrincessMarywasinMoscow.Thedeath,sufferings,andlastdaysofPrinceAndrewhadoftenoccupiedPierre’sthoughtsandnowrecurredtohimwithfreshvividness.HavingheardatdinnerthatPrincessMarywasinMoscowandlivinginherhouse—whichhadnotbeenburned—inVozdvízhenkaStreet,hedrovethatsameeveningtoseeher.

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