Война и мир

Chapter 12

           

           PrinceAndrewstoodleaningontherailingoftheraftlisteningtoPierre,andhegazedwithhiseyesfixedontheredreflectionofthesungleamingonthebluewaters.Therewasperfectstillness.Pierrebecamesilent.Therafthadlongsincestoppedandonlythewavesofthecurrentbeatsoftlyagainstitbelow.PrinceAndrewfeltasifthesoundofthewaveskeptuparefraintoPierre’swords,whispering:

           “Itistrue,believeit.”

           Hesighed,andglancedwitharadiant,childlike,tenderlookatPierre’sface,flushedandrapturous,butyetshybeforehissuperiorfriend.

           “Yes,ifitonlywereso!”saidPrinceAndrew.“However,itistimetogeton,”headded,and,steppingofftheraft,helookedupattheskytowhichPierrehadpointed,andforthefirsttimesinceAusterlitzsawthathigh,everlastingskyhehadseenwhilelyingonthatbattlefield;andsomethingthathadlongbeenslumbering,somethingthatwasbestwithinhim,suddenlyawoke,joyfulandyouthful,inhissoul.Itvanishedassoonashereturnedtothecustomaryconditionsofhislife,butheknewthatthisfeelingwhichhedidnotknowhowtodevelopexistedwithinhim.HismeetingwithPierreformedanepochinPrinceAndrew’slife.Thoughoutwardlyhecontinuedtoliveinthesameoldway,inwardlyhebegananewlife.

           

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