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In
truth
everything
presented
itself
in
a
dark
and
gloomy
light
to
Prince
Andrew
,
especially
after
the
abandonment
of
Smolénsk
on
the
sixth
of
August
(
he
considered
that
it
could
and
should
have
been
defended
)
and
after
his
sick
father
had
had
to
flee
to
Moscow
,
abandoning
to
pillage
his
dearly
beloved
Bald
Hills
which
he
had
built
and
peopled
.
But
despite
this
,
thanks
to
his
regiment
,
Prince
Andrew
had
something
to
think
about
entirely
apart
from
general
questions
.
Two
days
previously
he
had
received
news
that
his
father
,
son
,
and
sister
had
left
for
Moscow
;
and
though
there
was
nothing
for
him
to
do
at
Bald
Hills
,
Prince
Andrew
with
a
characteristic
desire
to
foment
his
own
grief
decided
that
he
must
ride
there
.
He
ordered
his
horse
to
be
saddled
and
,
leaving
his
regiment
on
the
march
,
rode
to
his
father
's
estate
where
he
had
been
born
and
spent
his
childhood
.
Riding
past
the
pond
where
there
used
always
to
be
dozens
of
women
chattering
as
they
rinsed
their
linen
or
beat
it
with
wooden
beetles
,
Prince
Andrew
noticed
that
there
was
not
a
soul
about
and
that
the
little
washing
wharf
,
torn
from
its
place
and
half
submerged
,
was
floating
on
its
side
in
the
middle
of
the
pond
.
He
rode
to
the
keeper
's
lodge
.
No
one
was
at
the
stone
entrance
gates
of
the
drive
and
the
door
stood
open
.
Grass
had
already
begun
to
grow
on
the
garden
paths
,
and
horses
and
calves
were
straying
in
the
English
park
.
Prince
Andrew
rode
up
to
the
hothouse
;
some
of
the
glass
panes
were
broken
,
and
of
the
trees
in
tubs
some
were
overturned
and
others
dried
up
.
He
called
for
Tarás
the
gardener
,
but
no
one
replied
.
Having
gone
round
the
corner
of
the
hothouse
to
the
ornamental
garden
,
he
saw
that
the
carved
garden
fence
was
broken
and
branches
of
the
plum
trees
had
been
torn
off
with
the
fruit
.
An
old
peasant
whom
Prince
Andrew
in
his
childhood
had
often
seen
at
the
gate
was
sitting
on
a
green
garden
seat
,
plaiting
a
bast
shoe
.
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He
was
deaf
and
did
not
hear
Prince
Andrew
ride
up
.
He
was
sitting
on
the
seat
the
old
prince
used
to
like
to
sit
on
,
and
beside
him
strips
of
bast
were
hanging
on
the
broken
and
withered
branch
of
a
magnolia
.
Prince
Andrew
rode
up
to
the
house
.
Several
limes
in
the
old
garden
had
been
cut
down
and
a
piebald
mare
and
her
foal
were
wandering
in
front
of
the
house
among
the
rosebushes
.
The
shutters
were
all
closed
,
except
at
one
window
which
was
open
.
A
little
serf
boy
,
seeing
Prince
Andrew
,
ran
into
the
house
.
Alpátych
,
having
sent
his
family
away
,
was
alone
at
Bald
Hills
and
was
sitting
indoors
reading
the
Lives
of
the
Saints
.
On
hearing
that
Prince
Andrew
had
come
,
he
went
out
with
his
spectacles
on
his
nose
,
buttoning
his
coat
,
and
,
hastily
stepping
up
,
without
a
word
began
weeping
and
kissing
Prince
Andrew
's
knee
.
Then
,
vexed
at
his
own
weakness
,
he
turned
away
and
began
to
report
on
the
position
of
affairs
.
Everything
precious
and
valuable
had
been
removed
to
Boguchárovo
.
Seventy
quarters
of
grain
had
also
been
carted
away
.
The
hay
and
the
spring
corn
,
of
which
Alpátych
said
there
had
been
a
remarkable
crop
that
year
,
had
been
commandeered
by
the
troops
and
mown
down
while
still
green
.
The
peasants
were
ruined
;
some
of
them
too
had
gone
to
Boguchárovo
,
only
a
few
remained
.
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Without
waiting
to
hear
him
out
,
Prince
Andrew
asked
:
"
When
did
my
father
and
sister
leave
?
"
meaning
when
did
they
leave
for
Moscow
.
Alpátych
,
understanding
the
question
to
refer
to
their
departure
for
Boguchárovo
,
replied
that
they
had
left
on
the
seventh
and
again
went
into
details
concerning
the
estate
management
,
asking
for
instructions
.