Chapter 13

           

           Twenty-threesoldiers,threeofficers,andtwoofficialswereconfinedintheshedinwhichPierrehadbeenplacedandwhereheremainedforfourweeks.

           WhenPierrerememberedthemafterwardstheyallseemedmistyfigurestohimexceptPlatónKaratáev,whoalwaysremainedinhismindamostvividandpreciousmemoryandthepersonificationofeverythingRussian,kindly,andround.WhenPierresawhisneighbornextmorningatdawnthefirstimpressionofhim,asofsomethinground,wasfullyconfirmed:Platón’swholefigure—inaFrenchovercoatgirdledwithacord,asoldier’scap,andbastshoes—wasround.Hisheadwasquiteround,hisback,chest,shoulders,andevenhisarms,whichheheldasifeverreadytoembracesomething,wererounded,hispleasantsmileandhislarge,gentlebrowneyeswerealsoround.

           PlatónKaratáevmusthavebeenfifty,judgingbyhisstoriesofcampaignshehadbeenin,toldasbyanoldsoldier.Hedidnothimselfknowhisageandwasquiteunabletodetermineit.Buthisbrilliantlywhite,strongteethwhichshowedintwounbrokensemicircleswhenhelaughed—asheoftendid—wereallsoundandgood,therewasnotagrayhairinhisbeardoronhishead,andhiswholebodygaveanimpressionofsupplenessandespeciallyoffirmnessandendurance.

           Hisface,despiteitsfine,roundedwrinkles,hadanexpressionofinnocenceandyouth,hisvoicewaspleasantandmusical.Butthechiefpeculiarityofhisspeechwasitsdirectnessandappositeness.

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