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On
the
other
hand
,
Pierre
demanded
that
steps
should
be
taken
to
liberate
the
serfs
,
which
the
steward
met
by
showing
the
necessity
of
first
paying
off
the
loans
from
the
Land
Bank
,
and
the
consequent
impossibility
of
a
speedy
emancipation
.
The
steward
did
not
say
it
was
quite
impossible
,
but
suggested
selling
the
forests
in
the
province
of
Kostromá
,
the
land
lower
down
the
river
,
and
the
Crimean
estate
,
in
order
to
make
it
possible
:
all
of
which
operations
according
to
him
were
connected
with
such
complicated
measures
--
the
removal
of
injunctions
,
petitions
,
permits
,
and
so
on
--
that
Pierre
became
quite
bewildered
and
only
replied
:
"
Yes
,
yes
,
do
so
.
"
Pierre
had
none
of
the
practical
persistence
that
would
have
enabled
him
to
attend
to
the
business
himself
and
so
he
disliked
it
and
only
tried
to
pretend
to
the
steward
that
he
was
attending
to
it
.
The
steward
for
his
part
tried
to
pretend
to
the
count
that
he
considered
these
consultations
very
valuable
for
the
proprietor
and
troublesome
to
himself
.
In
Kiev
Pierre
found
some
people
he
knew
,
and
strangers
hastened
to
make
his
acquaintance
and
joyfully
welcomed
the
rich
newcomer
,
the
largest
landowner
of
the
province
.
Temptations
to
Pierre
's
greatest
weakness
--
the
one
to
which
he
had
confessed
when
admitted
to
the
Lodge
--
were
so
strong
that
he
could
not
resist
them
.
Again
whole
days
,
weeks
,
and
months
of
his
life
passed
in
as
great
a
rush
and
were
as
much
occupied
with
evening
parties
,
dinners
,
lunches
,
and
balls
,
giving
him
no
time
for
reflection
,
as
in
Petersburg
.
Instead
of
the
new
life
he
had
hoped
to
lead
he
still
lived
the
old
life
,
only
in
new
surroundings
.
Of
the
three
precepts
of
Freemasonry
Pierre
realized
that
he
did
not
fulfill
the
one
which
enjoined
every
Mason
to
set
an
example
of
moral
life
,
and
that
of
the
seven
virtues
he
lacked
two
--
morality
and
the
love
of
death
.
He
consoled
himself
with
the
thought
that
he
fulfilled
another
of
the
precepts
--
that
of
reforming
the
human
race
--
and
had
other
virtues
--
love
of
his
neighbor
,
and
especially
generosity
.
In
the
spring
of
1807
he
decided
to
return
to
Petersburg
.
On
the
way
he
intended
to
visit
all
his
estates
and
see
for
himself
how
far
his
orders
had
been
carried
out
and
in
what
state
were
the
serfs
whom
God
had
entrusted
to
his
care
and
whom
he
intended
to
benefit
.
The
chief
steward
,
who
considered
the
young
count
's
attempts
almost
insane
--
unprofitable
to
himself
,
to
the
count
,
and
to
the
serfs
--
made
some
concessions
.
Continuing
to
represent
the
liberation
of
the
serfs
as
impracticable
,
he
arranged
for
the
erection
of
large
buildings
--
schools
,
hospitals
,
and
asylums
--
on
all
the
estates
before
the
master
arrived
.
Everywhere
preparations
were
made
not
for
ceremonious
welcomes
(
which
he
knew
Pierre
would
not
like
)
,
but
for
just
such
gratefully
religious
ones
,
with
offerings
of
icons
and
the
bread
and
salt
of
hospitality
,
as
,
according
to
his
understanding
of
his
master
,
would
touch
and
delude
him
.
The
southern
spring
,
the
comfortable
rapid
traveling
in
a
Vienna
carriage
,
and
the
solitude
of
the
road
,
all
had
a
gladdening
effect
on
Pierre
.
The
estates
he
had
not
before
visited
were
each
more
picturesque
than
the
other
;
the
serfs
everywhere
seemed
thriving
and
touchingly
grateful
for
the
benefits
conferred
on
them
.
Everywhere
were
receptions
,
which
though
they
embarrassed
Pierre
awakened
a
joyful
feeling
in
the
depth
of
his
heart
.
In
one
place
the
peasants
presented
him
with
bread
and
salt
and
an
icon
of
Saint
Peter
and
Saint
Paul
,
asking
permission
,
as
a
mark
of
their
gratitude
for
the
benefits
he
had
conferred
on
them
,
to
build
a
new
chantry
to
the
church
at
their
own
expense
in
honor
of
Peter
and
Paul
,
his
patron
saints
.
In
another
place
the
women
with
infants
in
arms
met
him
to
thank
him
for
releasing
them
from
hard
work
.
On
a
third
estate
the
priest
,
bearing
a
cross
,
came
to
meet
him
surrounded
by
children
whom
,
by
the
count
's
generosity
,
he
was
instructing
in
reading
,
writing
,
and
religion
.
On
all
his
estates
Pierre
saw
with
his
own
eyes
brick
buildings
erected
or
in
course
of
erection
,
all
on
one
plan
,
for
hospitals
,
schools
,
and
almshouses
,
which
were
soon
to
be
opened
.
Everywhere
he
saw
the
stewards
'
accounts
,
according
to
which
the
serfs
'
manorial
labor
had
been
diminished
,
and
heard
the
touching
thanks
of
deputations
of
serfs
in
their
full-skirted
blue
coats
.
