Chapter 4

           

           BaldHills,PrinceNicholasBolkónski’sestate,layfortymileseastfromSmolénskandtwomilesfromthemainroadtoMoscow.

           ThesameeveningthattheprincegavehisinstructionstoAlpátych,Dessalles,havingaskedtoseePrincessMary,toldherthat,astheprincewasnotverywellandwastakingnostepstosecurehissafety,thoughfromPrinceAndrew’sletteritwasevidentthattoremainatBaldHillsmightbedangerous,herespectfullyadvisedhertosendaletterbyAlpátychtotheProvincialGovernoratSmolénsk,askinghimtoletherknowthestateofaffairsandtheextentofthedangertowhichBaldHillswasexposed.DessalleswrotethislettertotheGovernorforPrincessMary,shesignedit,anditwasgiventoAlpátychwithinstructionstohandittotheGovernorandtocomebackasquicklyaspossibleiftherewasdanger.

           HavingreceivedallhisordersAlpátych,wearingawhitebeaverhat—apresentfromtheprince—andcarryingastickastheprincedid,wentoutaccompaniedbyhisfamily.Threewell-fedroansstoodreadyharnessedtoasmallconveyancewithaleatherhood.

           Thelargerbellwasmuffledandthelittlebellsontheharnessstuffedwithpaper.TheprinceallowednooneatBaldHillstodrivewithringingbells;butonalongjourneyAlpátychlikedtohavethem.Hissatellites—theseniorclerk,acountinghouseclerk,ascullerymaid,acook,twooldwomen,alittlepageboy,thecoachman,andvariousdomesticserfs—wereseeinghimoff.

           Hisdaughterplacedchintz-covereddowncushionsforhimtositonandbehindhisback.

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