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Pierre
was
one
of
those
retired
gentlemen-in-waiting
of
whom
there
were
hundreds
good-humoredly
ending
their
days
in
Moscow
.
How
horrified
he
would
have
been
seven
years
before
,
when
he
first
arrived
from
abroad
,
had
he
been
told
that
there
was
no
need
for
him
to
seek
or
plan
anything
,
that
his
rut
had
long
been
shaped
,
eternally
predetermined
,
and
that
wriggle
as
he
might
,
he
would
be
what
all
in
his
position
were
.
He
could
not
have
believed
it
!
Had
he
not
at
one
time
longed
with
all
his
heart
to
establish
a
republic
in
Russia
;
then
himself
to
be
a
Napoleon
;
then
to
be
a
philosopher
;
and
then
a
strategist
and
the
conqueror
of
Napoleon
?
Had
he
not
seen
the
possibility
of
,
and
passionately
desired
,
the
regeneration
of
the
sinful
human
race
,
and
his
own
progress
to
the
highest
degree
of
perfection
?
Had
he
not
established
schools
and
hospitals
and
liberated
his
serfs
?
But
instead
of
all
that
--
here
he
was
,
the
wealthy
husband
of
an
unfaithful
wife
,
a
retired
gentleman-in-waiting
,
fond
of
eating
and
drinking
and
,
as
he
unbuttoned
his
waistcoat
,
of
abusing
the
government
a
bit
,
a
member
of
the
Moscow
English
Club
,
and
a
universal
favorite
in
Moscow
society
.
For
a
long
time
he
could
not
reconcile
himself
to
the
idea
that
he
was
one
of
those
same
retired
Moscow
gentlemen-in-waiting
he
had
so
despised
seven
years
before
.
Sometimes
he
consoled
himself
with
the
thought
that
he
was
only
living
this
life
temporarily
;
but
then
he
was
shocked
by
the
thought
of
how
many
,
like
himself
,
had
entered
that
life
and
that
club
temporarily
,
with
all
their
teeth
and
hair
,
and
had
only
left
it
when
not
a
single
tooth
or
hair
remained
.
In
moments
of
pride
,
when
he
thought
of
his
position
it
seemed
to
him
that
he
was
quite
different
and
distinct
from
those
other
retired
gentlemen-in-waiting
he
had
formerly
despised
:
they
were
empty
,
stupid
,
contented
fellows
,
satisfied
with
their
position
,
"
while
I
am
still
discontented
and
want
to
do
something
for
mankind
.
But
perhaps
all
these
comrades
of
mine
struggled
just
like
me
and
sought
something
new
,
a
path
in
life
of
their
own
,
and
like
me
were
brought
by
force
of
circumstances
,
society
,
and
race
--
by
that
elemental
force
against
which
man
is
powerless
--
to
the
condition
I
am
in
,
"
said
he
to
himself
in
moments
of
humility
;
and
after
living
some
time
in
Moscow
he
no
longer
despised
,
but
began
to
grow
fond
of
,
to
respect
,
and
to
pity
his
comrades
in
destiny
,
as
he
pitied
himself
.
Pierre
no
longer
suffered
moments
of
despair
,
hypochondria
,
and
disgust
with
life
,
but
the
malady
that
had
formerly
found
expression
in
such
acute
attacks
was
driven
inwards
and
never
left
him
for
a
moment
.
"
What
for
?
Why
?
What
is
going
on
in
the
world
?
"
he
would
ask
himself
in
perplexity
several
times
a
day
,
involuntarily
beginning
to
reflect
anew
on
the
meaning
of
the
phenomena
of
life
;
but
knowing
by
experience
that
there
were
no
answers
to
these
questions
he
made
haste
to
turn
away
from
them
,
and
took
up
a
book
,
or
hurried
off
to
the
club
or
to
Apollón
Nikoláevich
's
,
to
exchange
the
gossip
of
the
town
.
"
Hélène
,
who
has
never
cared
for
anything
but
her
own
body
and
is
one
of
the
stupidest
women
in
the
world
,
"
thought
Pierre
,
"
is
regarded
by
people
as
the
acme
of
intelligence
and
refinement
,
and
they
pay
homage
to
her
.
Napoleon
Bonaparte
was
despised
by
all
as
long
as
he
was
great
,
but
now
that
he
has
become
a
wretched
comedian
the
Emperor
Francis
wants
to
offer
him
his
daughter
in
an
illegal
marriage
.
The
Spaniards
,
through
the
Catholic
clergy
,
offer
praise
to
God
for
their
victory
over
the
French
on
the
fourteenth
of
June
,
and
the
French
,
also
through
the
Catholic
clergy
,
offer
praise
because
on
that
same
fourteenth
of
June
they
defeated
the
Spaniards
.
My
brother
Masons
swear
by
the
blood
that
they
are
ready
to
sacrifice
everything
for
their
neighbor
,
but
they
do
not
give
a
ruble
each
to
the
collections
for
the
poor
,
and
they
intrigue
,
the
Astraea
Lodge
against
the
Manna
Seekers
,
and
fuss
about
an
authentic
Scotch
carpet
and
a
charter
that
nobody
needs
,
and
the
meaning
of
which
the
very
man
who
wrote
it
does
not
understand
.
We
all
profess
the
Christian
law
of
forgiveness
of
injuries
and
love
of
our
neighbors
,
the
law
in
honor
of
which
we
have
built
in
Moscow
forty
times
forty
churches
--
but
yesterday
a
deserter
was
knouted
to
death
and
a
minister
of
that
same
law
of
love
and
forgiveness
,
a
priest
,
gave
the
soldier
a
cross
to
kiss
before
his
execution
.
"
So
thought
Pierre
,
and
the
whole
of
this
general
deception
which
everyone
accepts
,
accustomed
as
he
was
to
it
,
astonished
him
each
time
as
if
it
were
something
new
.
"
I
understand
the
deception
and
confusion
,
"
he
thought
,
"
but
how
am
I
to
tell
them
all
that
I
see
?
I
have
tried
,
and
have
always
found
that
they
too
in
the
depths
of
their
souls
understand
it
as
I
do
,
and
only
try
not
to
see
it
.
So
it
appears
that
it
must
be
so
!
But
I
--
what
is
to
become
of
me
?
"
thought
he
.
