A fortnight after receiving the letter , prince vassilys servants arrived one evening in advance of him , and the following day he came himself with his son . old bolkonsky had always had a poor opinion of prince vassilys character , and this opinion had grown stronger of late since prince vassily had , under the new reigns of paul and alexander , advanced to high rank and honours . now from the letter and the little princesss hints , he saw what the object of the visit was , and his poor opinion of prince vassily passed into a feeling of ill - will and contempt in the old princes heart 安娜帕夫洛夫娜举办晚会之后，皮埃尔熬过了一个心情激动的不眠之夜，夜里他断定，娶海伦为妻是一件不幸的事，他要避开海伦，远走高飞，皮埃尔作出这一决定后度过了一个半月，他没有从瓦西里公爵家里迁走，他很恐惧地感到在人们的眼睛里，他和海伦的关系日甚一日地暧昧，他无论怎样都不能恢复他以前对她的看法，他也不能离开她，他觉得多么可怕，可是他应当把自己的命运和她联系起来。
