Though the position was now altered by his decision to pay his wife 's debts and to rebuild his houses , Pierre still maintained that he had become three times as rich as before .
Хотя теперь положение изменилось из-за его решения выплатить долги жены и перестроить свои дома, Пьер все же утверждал, что стал в три раза богаче, чем прежде.