War and Peace Bibliomancy Reading
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Your passage is from BOOK FOURTEEN: 1812 - CHAPTER XIV.
On his face, besides the look of joyful emotion it had worn yesterday while telling the tale of the merchant who suffered innocently, there was now an expression of quiet solemnity.
For Context: BOOK FOURTEEN: 1812 - CHAPTER XIV
Their faces all looked excited and worried.
“What did he say?
What did he say?” Pierre heard them ask.
While the marshal was passing, the prisoners had huddled together in a crowd, and Pierre saw Karatáev whom he had not yet seen that morning.
He sat in his short overcoat leaning against a birch tree.
On his face, besides the look of joyful emotion it had worn yesterday while telling the tale of the merchant who suffered innocently, there was now an expression of quiet solemnity.
Karatáev looked at Pierre with his kindly round eyes now filled with tears, evidently wishing him to come near that he might say something to him.
But Pierre was not sufficiently sure of himself.
He made as if he did not notice that look and moved hastily away.
When the prisoners again went forward Pierre looked round.
Karatáev was still sitting at the side of the road under the birch tree and two Frenchmen were talking over his head.
