Chapter 27

           

           TheabsorptionoftheFrenchbyMoscow,radiatingstarwiseasitdid,onlyreachedthequarterwherePierrewasstayingbytheeveningofthesecondofSeptember.

           Afterthelasttwodaysspentinsolitudeandunusualcircumstances,Pierrewasinastateborderingoninsanity.Hewascompletelyobsessedbyonepersistentthought.Hedidnotknowhoworwhenthisthoughthadtakensuchpossessionofhim,butherememberednothingofthepast,understoodnothingofthepresent,andallhesawandheardappearedtohimlikeadream.

           Hehadlefthomeonlytoescapetheintricatetangleoflife’sdemandsthatenmeshedhim,andwhichinhispresentconditionhewasunabletounravel.HehadgonetoJosephAlexéevich’shouse,onthepleaofsortingthedeceased’sbooksandpapers,onlyinsearchofrestfromlife’sturmoil,forinhismindthememoryofJosephAlexéevichwasconnectedwithaworldofeternal,solemn,andcalmthoughts,quitecontrarytotherestlessconfusionintowhichhefelthimselfbeingdrawn.Hesoughtaquietrefuge,andinJosephAlexéevich’sstudyhereallyfoundit.Whenhesatwithhiselbowsonthedustywritingtableinthedeathlikestillnessofthestudy,calmandsignificantmemoriesofthelastfewdaysroseoneafteranotherinhisimagination,particularlyofthebattleofBorodinóandofthatvaguesenseofhisowninsignificanceandinsinceritycomparedwiththetruth,simplicity,andstrengthoftheclassofmenhementallyclassedasthey.

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