Chapter 5

           

           ThedayafterhehadbeenreceivedintotheLodge,PierrewassittingathomereadingabookandtryingtofathomthesignificanceoftheSquare,onesideofwhichsymbolizedGod,anothermoralthings,athirdphysicalthings,andthefourthacombinationofthese.NowandthenhisattentionwanderedfromthebookandtheSquareandheformedinimaginationanewplanoflife.OnthepreviouseveningattheLodge,hehadheardthatarumorofhisduelhadreachedtheEmperorandthatitwouldbewiserforhimtoleavePetersburg.Pierreproposedgoingtohisestatesinthesouthandthereattendingtothewelfareofhisserfs.Hewasjoyfullyplanningthisnewlife,whenPrinceVasílisuddenlyenteredtheroom.

           “Mydearfellow,whathaveyoubeenuptoinMoscow?WhyhaveyouquarreledwithHélène,moncher?Youareunderadelusion,”saidPrinceVasíli,asheentered.“Iknowallaboutit,andIcantellyoupositivelythatHélèneisasinnocentbeforeyouasChristwasbeforetheJews.”

           Pierrewasabouttoreply,butPrinceVasíliinterruptedhim.

           “Andwhydidn’tyousimplycomestraighttomeastoafriend?Iknowallaboutitandunderstanditall,”hesaid.“Youbehavedasbecomesamanwhovalueshishonor,perhapstoohastily,butwewon’tgointothat.Butconsiderthepositioninwhichyouareplacingherandmeintheeyesofsociety,andevenofthecourt,”headded,loweringhisvoice.“SheislivinginMoscowandyouarehere.Remember,dearboy,”andhedrewPierre’sarmdownwards,“itissimplyamisunderstanding.Iexpectyoufeelitsoyourself.

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