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Chapter 12

           

           Whenonthefirstdayhegotupearly,wentoutoftheshedatdawn,andsawthecupolasandcrossesoftheNewConventoftheVirginstilldarkatfirst,thehoarfrostonthedustygrass,theSparrowHills,andthewoodedbanksabovethewindingrivervanishinginthepurpledistance,whenhefeltthecontactofthefreshairandheardthenoiseofthecrowsflyingfromMoscowacrossthefield,andwhenafterwardslightgleamedfromtheeastandthesun’srimappearedsolemnlyfrombehindacloud,andthecupolasandcrosses,thehoarfrost,thedistanceandtheriver,allbegantosparkleinthegladlight—Pierrefeltanewjoyandstrengthinlifesuchashehadneverbeforeknown.Andthisnotonlystayedwithhimduringthewholeofhisimprisonment,butevengrewinstrengthasthehardshipsofhispositionincreased.

           Thatfeelingofalertnessandofreadinessforanythingwasstillfurtherstrengthenedinhimbythehighopinionhisfellowprisonersformedofhimsoonafterhisarrivalattheshed.Withhisknowledgeoflanguages,therespectshownhimbytheFrench,hissimplicity,hisreadinesstogiveanythingaskedofhim(hereceivedtheallowanceofthreerublesaweekmadetoofficers);withhisstrength,whichheshowedtothesoldiersbypressingnailsintothewallsofthehut;hisgentlenesstohiscompanions,andhiscapacityforsittingstillandthinkingwithoutdoinganything(whichseemedtothemincomprehensible),heappearedtothemarathermysteriousandsuperiorbeing

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