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Chapter 13

           Whoneedsitmost?Andperhapstheyarebothimpostors?”Intheolddayshehadbeenunabletofindawayoutofallthesesurmisesandhadgiventoallwhoaskedaslongashehadanythingtogive.Formerlyhehadbeeninasimilarstateofperplexitywithregardtoeveryquestionconcerninghisproperty,whenonepersonadvisedonethingandanothersomethingelse.

           Nowtohissurprisehefoundthathenolongerfelteitherdoubtorperplexityaboutthesequestions.Therewasnowwithinhimajudgewhobysomeruleunknowntohimdecidedwhatshouldorshouldnotbedone.

           Hewasasindifferentasheretoforetomoneymatters,butnowhefeltcertainofwhatoughtandwhatoughtnottobedone.ThefirsttimehehadrecoursetohisnewjudgewaswhenaFrenchprisoner,acolonel,cametohimand,aftertalkingagreatdealabouthisexploits,concludedbymakingwhatamountedtoademandthatPierreshouldgivehimfourthousandfrancstosendtohiswifeandchildren.Pierrerefusedwithouttheleastdifficultyoreffort,andwasafterwardssurprisedhowsimpleandeasyhadbeenwhatusedtoappearsoinsurmountablydifficult.Atthesametimethatherefusedthecolonel’sdemandhemadeuphismindthathemusthaverecoursetoartificewhenleavingOrël,toinducetheItalianofficertoacceptsomemoneyofwhichhewasevidentlyinneed.AfurtherprooftoPierreofhisownmoresettledoutlookonpracticalmatterswasfurnishedbyhisdecisionwithregardtohiswife’sdebtsandtotherebuildingofhishousesinandnearMoscow.

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