Chapter 11

           

           ReturningfromhisjourneythroughSouthRussiainthehappieststateofmind,PierrecarriedoutanintentionhehadlonghadofvisitinghisfriendBolkónski,whomhehadnotseenfortwoyears.

           Boguchárovolayinaflatuninterestingpartofthecountryamongfieldsandforestsoffirandbirch,whichwerepartlycutdown.Thehouselaybehindanewlydugpondfilledwithwatertothebrinkandwithbanksstillbareofgrass.Itwasattheendofavillagethatstretchedalongthehighroadinthemidstofayoungcopseinwhichwereafewfirtrees.

           Thehomesteadconsistedofathreshingfloor,outhouses,stables,abathhouse,alodge,andalargebrickhousewithsemicircularfaçadestillincourseofconstruction.Roundthehousewasagardennewlylaidout.Thefencesandgateswerenewandsolid;twofirepumpsandawatercart,paintedgreen,stoodinashed;thepathswerestraight,thebridgeswerestrongandhadhandrails.Everythingboreanimpressoftidinessandgoodmanagement.SomedomesticserfsPierremet,inreplytoinquiriesastowheretheprincelived,pointedoutasmallnewlybuiltlodgeclosetothepond.Antón,amanwhohadlookedafterPrinceAndrewinhisboyhood,helpedPierreoutofhiscarriage,saidthattheprincewasathome,andshowedhimintoacleanlittleanteroom.

           PierrewasstruckbythemodestyofthesmallthoughcleanhouseafterthebrilliantsurroundingsinwhichhehadlastmethisfriendinPetersburg.

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