Война и мир

Chapter 25

           thepublicwelfare,”thoughthe.

           TroopswerestillcrowdingattheYaúzabridge.Itwashot.Kutúzov,dejectedandfrowning,satonabenchbythebridgetoyingwithhiswhipinthesandwhenacalèchedashedupnoisily.Amaninageneral’suniformwithplumesinhishatwentuptoKutúzovandsaidsomethinginFrench.ItwasCountRostopchín.HetoldKutúzovthathehadcomebecauseMoscow,thecapital,wasnomoreandonlythearmyremained.

           “ThingswouldhavebeendifferentifyourSereneHighnesshadnottoldmethatyouwouldnotabandonMoscowwithoutanotherbattle;allthiswouldnothavehappened,”hesaid.

           KutúzovlookedatRostopchínasif,notgraspingwhatwassaidtohim,hewastryingtoreadsomethingpeculiarwrittenatthatmomentonthefaceofthemanaddressinghim.Rostopchíngrewconfusedandbecamesilent.KutúzovslightlyshookhisheadandnottakinghispenetratinggazefromRostopchín’sfacemutteredsoftly:

           “No!IshallnotgiveupMoscowwithoutabattle!”

           WhetherKutúzovwasthinkingofsomethingentirelydifferentwhenhespokethosewords,orutteredthempurposely,knowingthemtobemeaningless,atanyrateRostopchínmadenoreplyandhastilylefthim.Andstrangetosay,theGovernorofMoscow,theproudCountRostopchín,tookupaCossackwhipandwenttothebridgewherehebeganwithshoutstodriveonthecartsthatblockedtheway.

           

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