AfterhisinterviewwithPierreinMoscow, PrinceAndrewwenttoPetersburg, onbusinessashetoldhisfamily, , hisformercommanderwhowasalwayswelldisposedtowardhim, andKutuzovsuggestedthatheshouldaccompanyhimtothearmyinMoldavia, , havingreceivedanappointmentontheheadquartersstaff, leftforTurkey.
, forsoonafterPrinceAndrewarrived, , amidnewconditions, —whichhefeltthemoreacutelythemorehetriedtoconcealitseffects—thesurroundingsinwhichhehadbeenhappybecametryingtohim, , andwhichhadfilledhissolitudeatBogucharovoandtheninSwitzerlandandRome, , , infinitecanopyofheaventhathadoncetoweredabovehimhadsuddenlyturnedintoalow, solidvaultthatweighedhimdown, inwhichallwasclear, butnothingeternalormysterious.
Oftheactivitiesthatpresentedthemselvestohim, 'sstaff, , PrinceAndrewdidnotthinkitnecessarytorushbacktoRussiaafterhim, butallthesameheknewthathoweverlongitmightbebeforehemetKuragin, despitehiscontemptforhimanddespitealltheproofshededucedtoconvincehimselfthatitwasnotworthstoopingtoaconflictwithhim—heknewthatwhenhedidmeethimhewouldnotbeabletoresistcallinghimout, , thathisrancorwasstillunspent, weighedonhisheartandpoisonedtheartificialtranquillitywhichhemanagedtoobtaininTurkeybymeansofrestless, plodding, andrathervaingloriousandambitiousactivity.
