Part 11, Chapters 8-15 Summary

At the end of the day at Borodino, all Pierre wants to do is get away. He stops at the campfire of some soldiers and talks to them for a while. He can't find room in the inn, so he sleeps in his carriage. After speaking with the common soldiers, Pierre can think of no better life than that of a common soldier. The next day, he puts his carriage in the service of a wounded general. On the way to Moscow he hears about the death of his brother-in-law Anatole and his friend Prince Andrew. When he returns to Moscow at the end of August, a messenger tells Pierre that Count Rastoptchin urgently wants to see him. Instead of going home, he hails a cab and goes to see the governor. Rastoptchin wants to talk to him about...