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Chapter 5

           Butdespitethis,thankstohisregiment,PrinceAndrewhadsomethingtothinkaboutentirelyapartfromgeneralquestions.Twodayspreviouslyhehadreceivednewsthathisfather,son,andsisterhadleftforMoscow;andthoughtherewasnothingforhimtodoatBaldHills,PrinceAndrewwithacharacteristicdesiretofomenthisowngriefdecidedthathemustridethere.

           Heorderedhishorsetobesaddledand,leavinghisregimentonthemarch,rodetohisfather’sestatewherehehadbeenbornandspenthischildhood.Ridingpastthepondwherethereusedalwaystobedozensofwomenchatteringastheyrinsedtheirlinenorbeatitwithwoodenbeetles,PrinceAndrewnoticedthattherewasnotasoulaboutandthatthelittlewashingwharf,tornfromitsplaceandhalfsubmerged,wasfloatingonitssideinthemiddleofthepond.Herodetothekeeper’slodge.Noonewasatthestoneentrancegatesofthedriveandthedoorstoodopen.Grasshadalreadybeguntogrowonthegardenpaths,andhorsesandcalveswerestrayingintheEnglishpark.PrinceAndrewrodeuptothehothouse;someoftheglasspaneswerebroken,andofthetreesintubssomewereoverturnedandothersdriedup.HecalledforTarásthegardener,butnoonereplied.Havinggoneroundthecornerofthehothousetotheornamentalgarden,hesawthatthecarvedgardenfencewasbrokenandbranchesoftheplumtreeshadbeentornoffwiththefruit.AnoldpeasantwhomPrinceAndrewinhischildhoodhadoftenseenatthegatewassittingonagreengardenseat,plaitingabastshoe.

           HewasdeafanddidnothearPrinceAndrewrideup.

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