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Chapter 10

           Hedidnotknowthatthepriestwhomethimwiththecrossoppressedthepeasantsbyhisexactions,andthatthepupils’parentsweptathavingtolethimtaketheirchildrenandsecuredtheirreleasebyheavypayments.Hedidnotknowthatthebrickbuildings,builttoplan,werebeingbuiltbyserfswhosemanoriallaborwasthusincreased,thoughlessenedonpaper.Hedidnotknowthatwherethestewardhadshownhimintheaccountsthattheserfs’paymentshadbeendiminishedbyathird,theirobligatorymanorialworkhadbeenincreasedbyahalf.AndsoPierrewasdelightedwithhisvisittohisestatesandquiterecoveredthephilanthropicmoodinwhichhehadleftPetersburg,andwroteenthusiasticletterstohis“brother-instructor”ashecalledtheGrandMaster.

           “Howeasyitis,howlittleeffortitneeds,todosomuchgood,”thoughtPierre,“andhowlittleattentionwepaytoit!”

           Hewaspleasedatthegratitudehereceived,butfeltabashedatreceivingit.Thisgratituderemindedhimofhowmuchmorehemightdoforthesesimple,kindlypeople.

           Thechiefsteward,averystupidbutcunningmanwhosawperfectlythroughthenaïveandintelligentcountandplayedwithhimaswithatoy,seeingtheeffecttheseprearrangedreceptionshadonPierre,pressedhimstillharderwithproofsoftheimpossibilityandabovealltheuselessnessoffreeingtheserfs,whowerequitehappyasitwas

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