Война и мир

Chapter 10

           

           DespiteCountBezúkhov’senormouswealth,sincehehadcomeintoanincomewhichwassaidtoamounttofivehundredthousandrublesayear,Pierrefelthimselffarpoorerthanwhenhisfatherhadmadehimanallowanceoftenthousandrubles.Hehadadimperceptionofthefollowingbudget:

           About80,000wentinpaymentsonalltheestatestotheLandBank,about30,000wentfortheupkeepoftheestatenearMoscow,thetownhouse,andtheallowancetothethreeprincesses;about15,000wasgiveninpensionsandthesameamountforasylums;150,000alimonywassenttothecountess;about70,000wentforinterestondebts.Thebuildingofanewchurch,previouslybegun,hadcostabout10,000ineachofthelasttwoyears,andhedidnotknowhowtherest,about100,000rubles,wasspent,andalmosteveryyearhewasobligedtoborrow.Besidesthisthechiefstewardwroteeveryyeartellinghimoffiresandbadharvests,orofthenecessityofrebuildingfactoriesandworkshops.SothefirsttaskPierrehadtofacewasoneforwhichhehadverylittleaptitudeorinclination—practicalbusiness.

           Hediscussedestateaffairseverydaywithhischiefsteward.Buthefeltthatthisdidnotforwardmattersatall.Hefeltthattheseconsultationsweredetachedfromrealaffairsanddidnotlinkupwiththemormakethemmove.Ontheonehand,thechiefstewardputthestateofthingstohimintheveryworstlight,pointingoutthenecessityofpayingoffthedebtsandundertakingnewactivitieswithserflabor,towhichPierredidnotagree.

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