Война и мир

Chapter 5

           

           “Itwasasmallestatethatbroughtinnoprofit,”repliedPrinceAndrew,tryingtoextenuatehisactionsoasnottoirritatetheoldmanuselessly.

           “Afraidofbeinglate...”saidtheoldman,lookingatKochubéy.

           “There’sonethingIdon’tunderstand,”hecontinued.“Whowillplowthelandiftheyaresetfree?Itiseasytowritelaws,butdifficulttorule....Justthesameasnow—Iaskyou,Count—whowillbeheadsofthedepartmentswheneverybodyhastopassexaminations?”

           “Thosewhopasstheexaminations,Isuppose,”repliedKochubéy,crossinghislegsandglancinground.

           “Well,IhavePryánichnikovservingunderme,asplendidman,apricelessman,buthe’ssixty.Ishetogoupforexamination?”

           “Yes,that’sadifficulty,aseducationisnotatallgeneral,but...”

           CountKochubéydidnotfinish.Herose,tookPrinceAndrewbythearm,andwenttomeetatall,bald,fairmanofaboutfortywithalargeopenforeheadandalongfaceofunusualandpeculiarwhiteness,whowasjustentering.Thenewcomerworeablueswallow-tailcoatwithacrosssuspendedfromhisneckandastaronhisleftbreast.ItwasSperánski.PrinceAndrewrecognizedhimatonce,andfeltathrobwithinhim,ashappensatcriticalmomentsoflife.Whetheritwasfromrespect,envy,oranticipation,hedidnotknow.Speránski’swholefigurewasofapeculiartypethatmadehimeasilyrecognizable.

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