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Chapter 33

           Butashischiefaimconsistednotincarryingouthisdesign,butinprovingtohimselfthathewouldnotabandonhisintentionandwasdoingallhecouldtoachieveit,PierrehastilytookthebluntjaggeddaggerinagreensheathwhichhehadboughtattheSúkharevmarketwiththepistol,andhiditunderhiswaistcoat.

           Havingtiedagirdleoverhiscoatandpulledhiscaplowonhishead,Pierrewentdownthecorridor,tryingtoavoidmakinganoiseormeetingthecaptain,andpassedoutintothestreet.

           Theconflagration,atwhichhehadlookedwithsomuchindifferencetheeveningbefore,hadgreatlyincreasedduringthenight.Moscowwasonfireinseveralplaces.ThebuildingsinCarriageRow,acrosstheriver,intheBazaarandthePovarskóy,aswellasthebargesontheMoskváRiverandthetimberyardsbytheDorogomílovBridge,wereallablaze.

           Pierre’swayledthroughsidestreetstothePovarskóyandfromtheretothechurchofSt.NicholasontheArbát,wherehehadlongbeforedecidedthatthedeedshouldbedone.Thegatesofmostofthehouseswerelockedandtheshuttersup.Thestreetsandlanesweredeserted.Theairwasfullofsmokeandthesmellofburning.NowandthenhemetRussianswithanxiousandtimidfaces,andFrenchmenwithanairnotofthecitybutofthecamp,walkinginthemiddleofthestreets.BoththeRussiansandtheFrenchlookedatPierrewithsurprise.Besideshisheightandstoutness,andthestrangemoroselookofsufferinginhisfaceandwholefigure,theRussiansstaredatPierrebecausetheycouldnotmakeouttowhatclasshecouldbelong.

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