PrinceAndrew, lookingstraightinfrontofhim, listenedinsilencetoPierre', whenthenoiseofthewheelspreventedhiscatchingwhatPierresaid, heaskedhimtorepeatit, andbythepeculiarglowthatcameintoPrinceAndrew'seyesandbyhissilence, PierresawthathiswordswerenotinvainandthatPrinceAndrewwouldnotinterrupthimorlaughatwhathesaid.
, theyalsosteppedontheraft.
PrinceAndrew, leaninghisarmsontheraftrailing, gazedsilentlyatthefloodingwatersglitteringinthesettingsun.
"Well, whatdoyouthinkaboutit?" Pierreasked."Whyareyousilent?"
"WhatdoIthinkaboutit? 'sallverywell....Yousay: joinourbrotherhoodandwewillshowyoutheaimoflife, thedestinyofman, ? ? WhydoIalonenotseewhatyousee? Youseeareignofgoodnessandtruthonearth, butIdon'tseeit."
Pierreinterruptedhim.
"Doyoubelieveinafuturelife?" heasked.
"Afuturelife?" PrinceAndrewrepeated, butPierre, givinghimnotimetoreply, tooktherepetitionforadenial, themorereadilyasheknewPrinceAndrew'sformeratheisticconvictions.
