, butonlywhentheshoutwasthreateninglyrepeatedandheheardtheclickoftheman', likesomethingdreadfulandalientohim, for, afterthepreviousnight'sexperience, , hisintentioncouldnotnowhavebeencarriedout, forNapoleonhadpassedtheArbatmorethanfourhourspreviouslyonhiswayfromtheDorogomilovsuburbtotheKremlin, andwasnowsittinginaverygloomyframeofmindinaroyalstudyintheKremlin, givingdetailedandexactordersastomeasurestobetakenimmediatelytoextinguishthefire, topreventlooting, ; hewasentirelyabsorbedinwhatlaybeforehim, andwastortured—asthosearewhoobstinatelyundertakeataskthatisimpossibleforthemnotbecauseofitsdifficultybutbecauseofitsincompatibilitywiththeirnatures—bythefearofweakeningatthedecisivemomentandsolosinghisself-esteem.
ThoughheheardandsawnothingaroundhimhefoundhiswaybyinstinctanddidnotgowronginthesidestreetsthatledtothePovarskoy.
AsPierreapproachedthatstreetthesmokebecamedenseranddenser—, thoughhefeltthatsomethingunusualwashappeningaroundhim, 'shouseontheother, .
