TheofficerandsoldierswhohadarrestedPierretreatedhimwithhostilitybutyetwithrespect, —perhapsaveryimportantperson—andhostilityasaresultoftheirrecentpersonalconflictwithhim.
Butwhentheguardwasrelievednextmorning, Pierrefeltthatforthenewguard—bothofficersandmen—hewasnotasinterestingashehadbeentohiscaptors; andinfacttheguardoftheseconddaydidnotrecognizeinthisbig, stoutmaninapeasantcoatthevigorouspersonwhohadfoughtsodesperatelywiththemarauderandtheconvoyandhadutteredthosesolemnwordsaboutsavingachild; theysawinhimonlyNo.17ofthecapturedRussians, , itwasonlyhisunabashed, meditativeconcentrationandthoughtfulness, andthewayhespokeFrench, , astheseparateroomhehadoccupiedwasrequiredbyanofficer.
AlltheRussiansconfinedwithPierreweremenofthelowestclassand, recognizinghimasagentleman, theyallavoidedhim, .
Thateveninghelearnedthatalltheseprisoners (he, probably, amongthem) , andwhichissupposedtoprecludehumanfrailty, Pierreliketheotherswasquestionedastowhohewas, wherehehadbeen, withwhatobject, andsoon.
Thesequestions, likequestionsputattrialsgenerally, lefttheessenceofthematteraside, shutoutthepossibilityofthatessence'sbeingrevealed, andweredesignedonlytoformachannelthroughwhichthejudgeswishedtheanswersoftheaccusedtoflowsoastoleadtothedesiredresult, , , moreover, whattheaccusedalwaysfeelattheirtrial, 'spower, thatonlybyforcehadtheybroughthimthere, thatforcealonegavethemtherighttodemandanswerstotheirquestions, , astheyhadthepowerandwishtoinculpatehim, , ? Pierreansweredthathe "wasprotectingawoman," andthat "toprotectawomanwhowasbeinginsultedwasthedutyofeveryman; that..." Theyinterruptedhim, ? : theyhadnotaskedwherehewasgoing, butwhyhewasfoundnearthefire? Whowashe? theyasked, repeatingtheirfirstquestion, .
"Putthatdown, that'sbad...verybad," sternlyremarkedthegeneralwiththewhitemustacheandredflushedface.
OnthefourthdayfiresbrokeoutontheZubovskirampart.
Pierreandthirteenothersweremovedtothecoachhouseofamerchant', andlookedatthefireswithhorror.
HepassedfourdaysinthecoachhouseneartheCrimeanbridgeandduringthattimelearned, fromthetalkoftheFrenchsoldiers, , "themarshal" representedaveryhighandrathermysteriouspower.
Thesefirstdays, beforetheeighthofSeptemberwhentheprisonerswerehadupforasecondexamination, werethehardestofallforPierre.
