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Chapter 23

           Thishead,withitsremarkablybroadbrowandcheekbones,itshandsome,sensualmouth,anditscold,majesticexpression,wasnotdisfiguredbytheapproachofdeath.ItwasthesameasPierreremembereditthreemonthsbefore,whenthecounthadsenthimtoPetersburg.Butnowthisheadwasswayinghelplesslywiththeunevenmovementsofthebearers,andthecoldlistlessgazefixeditselfuponnothing.

           Afterafewminutes’bustlebesidethehighbedstead,thosewhohadcarriedthesickmandispersed.AnnaMikháylovnatouchedPierre’shandandsaid,“Come.”Pierrewentwithhertothebedonwhichthesickmanhadbeenlaidinastatelyposeinkeepingwiththeceremonyjustcompleted.Helaywithhisheadproppedhighonthepillows.Hishandsweresymmetricallyplacedonthegreensilkquilt,thepalmsdownward.WhenPierrecameupthecountwasgazingstraightathim,butwithalookthesignificanceofwhichcouldnotbeunderstoodbymortalman.Eitherthislookmeantnothingbutthataslongasonehaseyestheymustlooksomewhere,oritmeanttoomuch.Pierrehesitated,notknowingwhattodo,andglancedinquiringlyathisguide.AnnaMikháylovnamadeahurriedsignwithhereyes,glancingatthesickman’shandandmovingherlipsasiftosenditakiss.Pierre,carefullystretchinghisnecksoasnottotouchthequilt,followedhersuggestionandpressedhislipstothelargeboned,fleshyhand.Neitherthehandnorasinglemuscleofthecount’sfacestirred.OncemorePierrelookedquestioninglyatAnnaMikháylovnatoseewhathewastodonext.

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