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Chapter 11

           Oh,bytheby!”heshoutedthroughthedoorwayafterPierre,“isittruethatthecountesshasfallenintotheclutchesoftheholyfathersoftheSocietyofJesus?”

           PierredidnotanswerandleftRostopchín’sroommoresullenandangrythanhehadeverbeforeshownhimself.

           Whenhereachedhomeitwasalreadygettingdark.Someeightpeoplehadcometoseehimthatevening:thesecretaryofacommittee,thecolonelofhisbattalion,hissteward,hismajor-domo,andvariouspetitioners.TheyallhadbusinesswithPierreandwanteddecisionsfromhim.Pierredidnotunderstandandwasnotinterestedinanyofthesequestionsandonlyansweredtheminordertogetridofthesepeople.Whenleftaloneatlastheopenedandreadhiswife’sletter.

           “They,thesoldiersatthebattery,PrinceAndrewkilled...thatoldman...SimplicityissubmissiontoGod.Sufferingisnecessary...themeaningofall...onemustharness...mywifeisgettingmarried...Onemustforgetandunderstand...”Andgoingtohisbedhethrewhimselfonitwithoutundressingandimmediatelyfellasleep.

           Whenheawokenextmorningthemajor-domocametoinformhimthataspecialmessenger,apoliceofficer,hadcomefromCountRostopchíntoknowwhetherCountBezúkhovhadleftorwasleavingthetown.

           AdozenpersonswhohadbusinesswithPierrewereawaitinghiminthedrawingroom.Pierredressedhurriedlyand,insteadofgoingtoseethem,wenttothebackporchandoutthroughthegate

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