Chapter 32

           

           SevendayshadpassedsincePrinceAndrewfoundhimselfintheambulancestationonthefieldofBorodinó.Hisfeverishstateandtheinflammationofhisbowels,whichwereinjured,wereinthedoctor’sopinionsuretocarryhimoff.Butontheseventhdayheatewithpleasureapieceofbreadwithsometea,andthedoctornoticedthathistemperaturewaslower.Hehadregainedconsciousnessthatmorning.ThefirstnightaftertheyleftMoscowhadbeenfairlywarmandhehadremainedinthecalèche,butatMytíshchithewoundedmanhimselfaskedtobetakenoutandgivensometea.Thepaincausedbyhisremovalintothehuthadmadehimgroanaloudandagainloseconsciousness.Whenhehadbeenplacedonhiscampbedhelayforalongtimemotionlesswithclosedeyes.Thenheopenedthemandwhisperedsoftly:“Andthetea?”Hisrememberingsuchasmalldetailofeverydaylifeastonishedthedoctor.HefeltPrinceAndrew’spulse,andtohissurpriseanddissatisfactionfoundithadimproved.Hewasdissatisfiedbecauseheknewbyexperiencethatifhispatientdidnotdienow,hewoulddosoalittlelaterwithgreatersuffering.Timókhin,thered-nosedmajorofPrinceAndrew’sregiment,hadjoinedhiminMoscowandwasbeingtakenalongwithhim,havingbeenwoundedinthelegatthebattleofBorodinó.Theywereaccompaniedbyadoctor,PrinceAndrew’svalet,hiscoachman,andtwoorderlies.

           TheygavePrinceAndrewsometea.Hedrankiteagerly,lookingwithfeverisheyesatthedoorinfrontofhimasiftryingtounderstandandremembersomething.

           “Idon’twantanymore.

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