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Chapter 33

           ButPierredidnotknowthis;hewasentirelyabsorbedinwhatlaybeforehim,andwastortured—asthosearewhoobstinatelyundertakeataskthatisimpossibleforthemnotbecauseofitsdifficultybutbecauseofitsincompatibilitywiththeirnatures—bythefearofweakeningatthedecisivemomentandsolosinghisself-esteem.

           ThoughheheardandsawnothingaroundhimhefoundhiswaybyinstinctanddidnotgowronginthesidestreetsthatledtothePovarskóy.

           AsPierreapproachedthatstreetthesmokebecamedenseranddenser—heevenfelttheheatofthefire.Occasionallycurlytonguesofflamerosefromundertheroofsofthehouses.Hemetmorepeopleinthestreetsandtheyweremoreexcited.ButPierre,thoughhefeltthatsomethingunusualwashappeningaroundhim,didnotrealizethathewasapproachingthefire.Ashewasgoingalongafootpathacrossawide-openspaceadjoiningthePovarskóyononesideandthegardensofPrinceGruzínski’shouseontheother,Pierresuddenlyheardthedesperateweepingofawomanclosetohim.Hestoppedasifawakeningfromadreamandliftedhishead.

           Bythesideofthepath,onthedustydrygrass,allsortsofhouseholdgoodslayinaheap:featherbeds,asamovar,icons,andtrunks.Ontheground,besidethetrunks,satathinwomannolongeryoung,withlong,prominentupperteeth,andwearingablackcloakandcap.Thiswoman,swayingtoandfroandmutteringsomething,waschokingwithsobs.

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