[War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy]@TWC D-Link bookWar and Peace CHAPTER XXII 11/11
Prince Vasili said something to Lorrain in passing and went through the door on tiptoe.
He could not walk well on tiptoe and his whole body jerked at each step.
The eldest princess followed him, and the priests and deacons and some servants also went in at the door. Through that door was heard a noise of things being moved about, and at last Anna Mikhaylovna, still with the same expression, pale but resolute in the discharge of duty, ran out and touching Pierre lightly on the arm said: "The divine mercy is inexhaustible! Unction is about to be administered. Come." Pierre went in at the door, stepping on the soft carpet, and noticed that the strange lady, the aide-de-camp, and some of the servants, all followed him in, as if there were now no further need for permission to enter that room..
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