Война и мир

Chapter 4

           Afterthattheytookhisrighthand,placeditonsomething,andtoldhimtoholdapairofcompassestohisleftbreastwiththeotherhandandtorepeataftersomeonewhoreadaloudanoathoffidelitytothelawsoftheOrder.Thecandleswerethenextinguishedandsomespiritlighted,asPierreknewbythesmell,andhewastoldthathewouldnowseethelesserlight.Thebandagewastakenoffhiseyesand,bythefaintlightoftheburningspirit,Pierre,asinadream,sawseveralmenstandingbeforehim,wearingapronsliketheRhetor’sandholdingswordsintheirhandspointedathisbreast.Amongthemstoodamanwhosewhiteshirtwasstainedwithblood.Onseeingthis,Pierremovedforwardwithhisbreasttowardtheswords,meaningthemtopierceit.Buttheswordsweredrawnbackfromhimandhewasatonceblindfoldedagain.

           “Nowthouhastseenthelesserlight,”utteredavoice.Thenthecandleswererelitandhewastoldthathewouldseethefulllight;thebandagewasagainremovedandmorethantenvoicessaidtogether:“Sictransitgloriamundi.”

           Pierregraduallybegantorecoverhimselfandlookedaboutattheroomandatthepeopleinit.Roundalongtablecoveredwithblacksatsometwelvemeningarmentslikethosehehadalreadyseen.SomeofthemPierrehadmetinPetersburgsociety.InthePresident’schairsatayoungmanhedidnotknow,withapeculiarcrosshangingfromhisneck.OnhisrightsattheItalianabbéwhomPierrehadmetatAnnaPávlovna’stwoyearsbefore.

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