BOOK OF SHADOWS: steward for his part tried to pretend to the count that he considered these consultations very valuable for the proprietor and troublesome to himself. In Kiev Pierre found some people he knew, and strangers hastened to make his acquaintance and joyfully welcomed the rich newcomer, the largest landowner of the province. Temptations to Pierre's greatest weakness- the one to which he had confessed when admitted to the Lodge- were so strong that he could not resist them. book of shadows whole days, weeks, and months of his life passed in as book of shadows a rush and were as much occupied with evening parties,BOOK OF SHADOWS: dinners, lunches, and balls, giving him no time for reflection, as in Petersburg. Instead of the new life he had hoped to lead he still lived the old life, only in new surroundings. Of the three precepts of Freemasonry Pierre realized that he did not fulfill the one which enjoined every Mason to set an example of moral life, and that of the seven virtues he lacked two- morality and the love of death. He consoled himself with the thought that he fulfilled another book of shadows the precepts- that of book of shadows the human race- and had other virtues- love of his
BOOK OF SHADOWS: neighbor, and especially generosity. In the spring of 1807 he decided to book of shadows to Petersburg. On the way he intended to visit all his estates and see for himself how far his orders had been carried out and in what state were the serfs whom God had entrusted to his care and whom he intended to benefit. The chief steward, who considered the young count's attempts almost insane- unprofitable to himself, to the count, and to the serfs- book of shadows some concessions. Continuing to represent the liberation of the serfs as impracticable, he arranged for the erection of large buildings- schools,
BOOK OF SHADOWS: hospitals, and asylums- on all the estates before the master arrived. Everywhere preparations were made not for ceremonious welcomes (which he knew Pierre would not like), but for just such gratefully religious ones, with offerings of icons and the bread and salt of hospitality, as, according to his understanding of his book of shadows would touch and delude him. The southern spring, the comfortable rapid traveling in a Vienna carriage, and the solitude of the road, all book of shadows a gladdening effect on Pierre. The estates he had not before visited were each more picturesque than the other; the serfs everywhere seemed thriving
BOOK OF SHADOWS: and touchingly grateful for the benefits book of shadows on them. Everywhere were receptions, which though they embarrassed Pierre awakened a joyful feeling in the depth of his heart. In one place the peasants presented him with bread and salt book of shadows an icon of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, asking permission, as a mark of their gratitude for the benefits he had conferred on them, to build a new chantry to the church at their own expense in honor of Peter and Paul, his patron saints. In another place the women with infants in arms met him to thank him for releasing
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