Война и мир

Chapter 36

           thosepeasants!”shoutedanofficer,seizingbytheirshouldersandcheckingthepeasants,whowerewalkingunevenlyandjoltingthestretcher.

           “Getintostep,Fëdor...Isay,Fëdor!”saidtheforemostpeasant.

           “Nowthat’sright!”saidtheonebehindjoyfully,whenhehadgotintostep.

           “Yourexcellency!Eh,Prince!”saidthetremblingvoiceofTimókhin,whohadrunupandwaslookingdownonthestretcher.

           PrinceAndrewopenedhiseyesandlookedupatthespeakerfromthestretcherintowhichhisheadhadsunkdeepandagainhiseyelidsdrooped.

           ThemilitiamencarriedPrinceAndrewtothedressingstationbythewood,wherewagonswerestationed.Thedressingstationconsistedofthreetentswithflapsturnedback,pitchedattheedgeofabirchwood.Inthewood,wagonsandhorseswerestanding.Thehorseswereeatingoatsfromtheirmovabletroughsandsparrowsflewdownandpeckedthegrainsthatfell.Somecrows,scentingblood,flewamongthebirchtreescawingimpatiently.Aroundthetents,overmorethanfiveacres,bloodstainedmeninvariousgarbsstood,sat,orlay.Aroundthewoundedstoodcrowdsofsoldierstretcher-bearerswithdismalandattentivefaces,whomtheofficerskeepingordertriedinvaintodrivefromthespot.Disregardingtheofficers’orders,thesoldiersstoodleaningagainsttheirstretchersandgazingintently,asiftryingtocomprehendthedifficultproblemofwhatwastakingplacebeforethem.Fromthetentscamenowloudangrycriesandnowplaintivegroans.Occasionallydressersranouttofetchwater,ortopointoutthosewhoweretobebroughtinnext

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