Characters Present:
Joseph Alexéevich Bazdéev (Strange old man)
Count Pierre Bezukhov
Location:
Moscow
Joseph Alexéevich Bazdéev (Strange old man)
Count Pierre Bezukhov
Location:
Moscow
The strange old man turns out to be Joseph Alexéevich Bazdéev, who is a prominent mason, thus the ring. He invites Pierre to sit with him.
Pierre says that he has an life opposite to that of the masons, and the old man asks if he has found god. Pierre replies that he is completely opposed to such notions, and Bazdéev looks piteously at him.
Bazdéev then goes on about god for ages, and Pierre starts to feel better about his life, and asks the old man for help and he is handed a letter to take to Count Willarski in Petersburg.
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