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Chapter 10

           Everywherewerereceptions,whichthoughtheyembarrassedPierreawakenedajoyfulfeelinginthedepthofhisheart.InoneplacethepeasantspresentedhimwithbreadandsaltandaniconofSaintPeterandSaintPaul,askingpermission,asamarkoftheirgratitudeforthebenefitshehadconferredonthem,tobuildanewchantrytothechurchattheirownexpenseinhonorofPeterandPaul,hispatronsaints.Inanotherplacethewomenwithinfantsinarmsmethimtothankhimforreleasingthemfromhardwork.Onathirdestatethepriest,bearingacross,cametomeethimsurroundedbychildrenwhom,bythecount’sgenerosity,hewasinstructinginreading,writing,andreligion.OnallhisestatesPierresawwithhisowneyesbrickbuildingserectedorincourseoferection,allononeplan,forhospitals,schools,andalmshouses,whichweresoontobeopened.Everywherehesawthestewards’accounts,accordingtowhichtheserfs’manoriallaborhadbeendiminished,andheardthetouchingthanksofdeputationsofserfsintheirfull-skirtedbluecoats.

           WhatPierredidnotknowwasthattheplacewheretheypresentedhimwithbreadandsaltandwishedtobuildachantryinhonorofPeterandPaulwasamarketvillagewhereafairwasheldonSt.Peter’sday,andthattherichestpeasants(whoformedthedeputation)hadbegunthechantrylongbefore,butthatninetenthsofthepeasantsinthatvillageswereinastateofthegreatestpoverty.Hedidnotknowthatsincethenursingmotherswerenolongersenttoworkonhisland,theydidstillharderworkontheirownland.

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