Pierre blushed, as he always did when it was mentioned, and said hurriedly: "I will tell you some time how it all happened.

But you know it is all over, and forever.

" "Forever?" said Prince Andrew.

" Nothing's forever.

" "But you know how it all ended, don't you? You heard of the duel?" "And so you had to go through that too!" "One thing I thank God for is that I did not kill that man," said Pierre.