Osip Alexeevich Bazdeev
Freemason
BOOK TWO
Book Two, Part Two
Chapter 1
Bazdeev meets Pierre at the Torzhok post-station. He is described as a “short, large -boned, yellow-faced, wrinkled old man, with grey bushy eyebrows overhanging bright eyes of an indefinite greyish colour.” He has a death’s read ring and fixes Pierre with a steady and severe gaze.
Chapter 2
Bazdeev explains why he thinks Pierre hates his life, and tells him not to return to his former way of life. When Pierre gets to Petersburg he is to hand a note to Count Willarksi.
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