做了世界上最让人感动的表白:
"If I were not what I am, but the handsomest, cleverest, and best man in the world, and were free, I would beg for your hand and love on my knees."
然后他出门,马车在清冽的夜幕中急行驶,他抬头望见哈雷彗星,这对别人来说不祥的预兆,对皮埃尔来说却预示着心灵的解放:
It seemed to Pierre that this falling star was a symbol of what was passing in his own softened and uplifted soul.