Война и мир
Chapter 19
Pierrestillwentintosociety,drankasmuchandledthesameidleanddissipatedlife,becausebesidesthehourshespentattheRostóvs’therewereotherhourshehadtospendsomehow,andthehabitsandacquaintanceshehadmadeinMoscowformedacurrentthatborehimalongirresistibly.Butlatterly,whenmoreandmoredisquietingreportscamefromtheseatofwarandNatásha’shealthbegantoimproveandshenolongerarousedinhimtheformerfeelingofcarefulpity,anever-increasingrestlessness,whichhecouldnotexplain,tookpossessionofhim.Hefeltthattheconditionhewasincouldnotcontinuelong,thatacatastrophewascomingwhichwouldchangehiswholelife,andheimpatientlysoughteverywhereforsignsofthatapproachingcatastrophe.OneofhisbrotherMasonshadrevealedtoPierrethefollowingprophecyconcerningNapoleon,drawnfromtheRevelationofSt.John.
Inchapter13,verse18,oftheApocalypse,itissaid:
Hereiswisdom.Lethimthathathunderstandingcountthenumberofthebeast:foritisthenumberofaman;andhisnumberisSixhundredthreescoreandsix.
Andinthefifthverseofthesamechapter:
Andtherewasgivenuntohimamouthspeakinggreatthingsandblasphemies;andpowerwasgivenuntohimtocontinuefortyandtwomonths.
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