Part 5

Chapter 1

           

           AfterhisinterviewwithhiswifePierreleftforPetersburg.AttheTorzhókpoststation,eithertherewerenohorsesorthepostmasterwouldnotsupplythem.Pierrewasobligedtowait.Withoutundressing,helaydownontheleathersofainfrontofaroundtable,puthisbigfeetintheiroverbootsonthetable,andbegantoreflect.

           “Willyouhavetheportmanteausbroughtin?Andabedgotready,andtea?”askedhisvalet.

           Pierregavenoanswer,forheneitherheardnorsawanything.Hehadbeguntothinkofthelaststationandwasstillponderingonthesamequestion—onesoimportantthathetooknonoticeofwhatwentonaroundhim.NotonlywasheindifferentastowhetherhegottoPetersburgearlierorlater,orwhetherhesecuredaccommodationatthisstation,butcomparedtothethoughtsthatnowoccupiedhimitwasamatterofindifferencewhetherheremainedthereforafewhoursorfortherestofhislife.

           Thepostmaster,hiswife,thevalet,andapeasantwomansellingTorzhókembroiderycameintotheroomofferingtheirservices.Withoutchanginghiscarelessattitude,Pierrelookedatthemoverhisspectaclesunabletounderstandwhattheywantedorhowtheycouldgoonlivingwithouthavingsolvedtheproblemsthatsoabsorbedhim.HehadbeenengrossedbythesamethoughtseversincethedayhereturnedfromSokólnikiaftertheduelandhadspentthatfirstagonizing,sleeplessnight.Butnow,inthesolitudeofthejourney,theyseizedhimwithspecialforce.

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