Thedoctor，whowasfetchedthatsamenight，bledhimandsaidthattheprincehadhadseizureaparalyzinghisrightside。
ItwasbecomingmoreandmoredangeroustoremainatBaldHills，andnextdaytheymovedtheprincetoBogucharovo，thedoctoraccompanyinghim。
BythetimetheyreachedBogucharovo，DessallesandthelittleprincehadalreadyleftforMoscow。
ForthreeweekstheoldprincelaystrickenbyparalysisinthenewhousePrinceAndrewhadbuiltatBogucharovo，everinthesamestate，gettingneitherbetternorworse。Hewasunconsciousandlaylikeadistortedcorpse。Hemutteredunceasingly，hiseyebrowsandlipstwitching，anditwasimpossibletotellwhetherheunderstoodwhatwasgoingonaroundhimornot。Onethingwascertain—thathewassufferingandwishedtosaysomething。Butwhatitwas，noonecouldtell：itmightbesomecapriceofasickandhalf—crazyman，oritmightrelatetopublicaffairs，orpossiblytofamilyconcerns。
Thedoctorsaidthisrestlessnessdidnotmeananythingandwasduetophysicalcauses；butPrincessMarythoughthewishedtotellhersomething，andthefactthatherpresencealwaysincreasedhisrestlessnessconfirmedheropinion。