AftertheexecutionPierrewasseparatedfromtherestoftheprisonersandplacedaloneinasmall, ruined, andbefouledchurch.
, , wherethereweresomeshedsbuiltofcharredplanks, beams, andbattens, , whytheywerethere, , , butdidnotconsiderwhowaslisteningtohisreplies, , buttheyallseemedtohimequallymeaningless.
FromthemomentPierrehadwitnessedthoseterriblemurderscommittedbymenwhodidnotwishtocommitthem, itwasasifthemainspringofhislife, onwhicheverythingdependedandwhichmadeeverythingappearalive, , hisfaithintherightorderingoftheuniverse, inhumanity, inhisownsoul, andinGod, , , theyhadbeentheresultofhisownwrongdoing, , .
, andatlasthefoundhimselfinacorneroftheshedamongmenwhowerelaughingandtalkingonallsides.
"Well, then, mates...thatveryprincewho..." somevoiceattheotherendoftheshedwassaying, withastrongemphasisonthewordwho.
Sittingsilentandmotionlessonaheapofstrawagainstthewall, —especiallydreadfulbecauseofitssimplicity—andthefacesofthemurderers, .
, , andthewayhediditarousedPierre'sinterest.
Havingunwoundthestringthattiedthebandononeleg, hecarefullycoileditupandimmediatelysettoworkontheotherleg, , havingcarefullyremovedthelegbandsbydeftcircularmotionsofhisarmfollowingoneanotheruninterruptedly, , cutsomething, closedtheknife, placeditundertheheadofhisbed, and, seatinghimselfcomfortably, , comforting, andwell-roundedinthesedeftmovements, intheman'swell-orderedarrangementsinhiscorner, andeveninhisverysmell, andhelookedatthemanwithouttakinghiseyesfromhim.
