Pierre, perplexed, looked round with his shortsighted eyes without obeying, and suddenly doubts arose in his mind.

" Where am I? What am I doing? Aren't they laughing at me? Shan't I be ashamed to remember this?" But these doubts only lasted a moment.

Pierre glanced at the serious faces of those around, remembered all he had already gone through, and realized that he could not stop halfway.

He was aghast at his hesitation and, trying to arouse his former devotional feeling, prostrated himself before the Gates of the Temple.