做了世界上最讓人感動的表白:
"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."
然後他出門,馬車在清冽的夜幕中急行駛,他抬頭望見哈雷彗星,這對別人來說不祥的預兆,對皮埃爾來說卻預示著心靈的解放:
It seemed to Pierre that this falling star was a symbol of what was passing in his own softened and uplifted soul.