" "Yes, we know that, but the harm I am conscious of in myself is something I cannot inflict on others," said Prince Andrew, growing more and more animated and evidently wishing to express his new outlook to Pierre.

He spoke in French.

" I only know two very real evils in life: remorse and illness.

The only good is the absence of those evils.

To live for myself avoiding those two evils is my whole philosophy now.