Война и мир

Chapter 20

           Theirspiritsoncerousedwere,however,notdiminished,butonlychangedcharacter.Thehorseswerereplacedbyothersfromareserveguncarriage,thewoundedwerecarriedaway,andthefourgunswereturnedagainsttheten-gunbattery.Túshin’scompanionofficerhadbeenkilledatthebeginningoftheengagementandwithinanhourseventeenofthefortymenoftheguns’crewshadbeendisabled,buttheartillerymenwerestillasmerryandlivelyasever.TwicetheynoticedtheFrenchappearingbelowthem,andthentheyfiredgrapeshotatthem.

           LittleTúshin,movingfeeblyandawkwardly,kepttellinghisorderlyto“refillmypipeforthatone!”andthen,scatteringsparksfromit,ranforwardshadinghiseyeswithhissmallhandtolookattheFrench.

           “Smackat‘em,lads!”hekeptsaying,seizingthegunsbythewheelsandworkingthescrewshimself.

           Amidthesmoke,deafenedbytheincessantreportswhichalwaysmadehimjump,Túshinnottakinghispipefromhismouthranfromguntogun,nowaiming,nowcountingthecharges,nowgivingordersaboutreplacingdeadorwoundedhorsesandharnessingfreshones,andshoutinginhisfeeblevoice,sohighpitchedandirresolute.Hisfacegrewmoreandmoreanimated.Onlywhenamanwaskilledorwoundeddidhefrownandturnawayfromthesight,shoutingangrilyatthemenwho,asisalwaysthecase,hesitatedaboutliftingtheinjuredordead.

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