Война и мир

Chapter 8

           “No,heisnomore!Heisnot,butherewherehewasissomethingunfamiliarandhostile,somedreadful,terrifying,andrepellentmystery!”Andhidingherfaceinherhands,PrincessMarysankintothearmsofthedoctor,whoheldherup.

           InthepresenceofTíkhonandthedoctorthewomenwashedwhathadbeentheprince,tiedhisheadupwithahandkerchiefthatthemouthshouldnotstiffenwhileopen,andwithanotherhandkerchieftiedtogetherthelegsthatwerealreadyspreadingapart.Thentheydressedhiminuniformwithhisdecorationsandplacedhisshriveledlittlebodyonatable.Heavenonlyknowswhoarrangedallthisandwhen,butitallgotdoneasifofitsownaccord.Towardnightcandleswereburningroundhiscoffin,apallwasspreadoverit,thefloorwasstrewnwithspraysofjuniper,aprintedbandwastuckedinunderhisshriveledhead,andinacorneroftheroomsatachanterreadingthepsalms.

           Justashorsesshyandsnortandgatheraboutadeadhorse,sotheinmatesofthehouseandstrangerscrowdedintothedrawingroomroundthecoffin—theMarshal,thevillageElder,peasantwomen—andallwithfixedandfrightenedeyes,crossingthemselves,bowedandkissedtheoldprince’scoldandstiffenedhand.

           

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