He filled the girls' albums with verses and music, and having at last sent Dolokhov the whole forty-three thousand rubles and received his receipt, he left at the end of November, without taking leave of any of his acquaintances, to overtake his regiment which was already in Poland.

After his interview with his wife Pierre left for Petersburg.

At the Torzhok post station, either there were no horses or the postmaster would not supply them.

Pierre was obliged to wait.

Without undressing, he lay down on the leather sofa in front of a round table, put his big feet in their overboots on the table, and began to reflect.