His new brethren gave him letters to the Kiev and Odessa Masons and promised to write to him and guide him in his new activity.

The duel between Pierre and Dolokhov was hushed up and, in spite of the Emperor's severity regarding duels at that time, neither the principals nor their seconds suffered for it.

But the story of the duel, confirmed by Pierre's rupture with his wife, was the talk of society.