War and Peace: resumen de Book 11: 1812, Chapter 18

Qué sucede

1. A letter from Countess Hélène deepens Pierre’s despair, and he leaves home without meeting the visitors waiting for him.
2. On the way to the Bazdéevs’ house, a cabdriver tells Pierre that weapons are available and a battle is expected.
3. Gerásim admits Pierre to the deserted study, where Pierre briefly handles manuscripts before spending hours lost in thought.
4. Pierre asks Gerásim to keep his identity secret and obtain peasant clothes and a pistol.
5. Pierre stays overnight, then wears a coachman’s coat while accompanying Gerásim to buy a pistol and meeting the Rostóvs.

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Pierre makes concealment an explicit request. His withdrawal from visitors becomes a deliberate effort to act without revealing his identity.

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