Chapter 4

           

           PierresatoppositeDólokhovandNicholasRostóv.Asusual,heateanddrankmuch,andeagerly.Butthosewhoknewhimintimatelynoticedthatsomegreatchangehadcomeoverhimthatday.Hewassilentallthroughdinnerandlookedabout,blinkingandscowling,or,withfixedeyesandalookofcompleteabsent-mindedness,keptrubbingthebridgeofhisnose.Hisfacewasdepressedandgloomy.Heseemedtoseeandhearnothingofwhatwasgoingonaroundhimandtobeabsorbedbysomedepressingandunsolvedproblem.

           Theunsolvedproblemthattormentedhimwascausedbyhintsgivenbytheprincess,hiscousin,atMoscow,concerningDólokhov’sintimacywithhiswife,andbyananonymousletterhehadreceivedthatmorning,whichinthemeanjocularwaycommontoanonymousletterssaidthathesawbadlythroughhisspectacles,butthathiswife’sconnectionwithDólokhovwasasecrettonoonebuthimself.Pierreabsolutelydisbelievedboththeprincess’hintsandtheletter,buthefearednowtolookatDólokhov,whowassittingoppositehim.EverytimehechancedtomeetDólokhov’shandsomeinsolenteyes,Pierrefeltsomethingterribleandmonstrousrisinginhissoulandturnedquicklyaway.Involuntarilyrecallinghiswife’spastandherrelationswithDólokhov,Pierresawclearlythatwhatwassaidinthelettermightbetrue,ormightatleastseemtobetruehaditnotreferredtohiswife.HeinvoluntarilyrememberedhowDólokhov,whohadfullyrecoveredhisformerpositionafterthecampaign,hadreturnedtoPetersburgandcometohim.

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