, glancingatPierre, brokethesilencenowandthenwithremarkswhichshowedthathewasinagoodtemper.
Pointingtothefields, hespokeoftheimprovementshewasmakinginhishusbandry.
Pierreremainedgloomilysilent, answeringinmonosyllablesandapparentlyimmersedinhisownthoughts.
HewasthinkingthatPrinceAndrewwasunhappy, hadgoneastray, didnotseethetruelight, andthathe, Pierre, oughttoaid, enlighten, , hefeltthatPrinceAndrewwithoneword, oneargument, wouldupsetallhisteaching, andheshrankfrombeginning, afraidofexposingtopossibleridiculewhattohimwaspreciousandsacred.
"No, butwhydoyouthinkso?" Pierresuddenlybegan, loweringhisheadandlookinglikeabullabouttocharge, "whydoyouthinkso? Youshouldnotthinkso."
"Think? Whatabout?" askedPrinceAndrewwithsurprise.
"Aboutlife, aboutman'', anddoyouknowwhatsavedme? Freemasonry! No, don', asIthoughtitwas: Freemasonryisthebestexpressionofthebest, theeternal, aspectsofhumanity."
, ateachingofequality, brotherhood, andlove.
"Onlyourholybrotherhoodhastherealmeaningoflife, alltherestisadream," saidPierre."Understand, mydearfellow, thatoutsidethisunionallisfilledwithdeceitandfalsehoodandIagreewithyouthatnothingisleftforanintelligentandgoodmanbuttoliveouthislife, likeyou, , joinourbrotherhood, giveyourselfuptous, letyourselfbeguided, andyouwillatoncefeelyourself, asIhavefeltmyself, apartofthatvastinvisiblechainthebeginningofwhichishiddeninheaven," saidPierre.
