Война и мир

Chapter 18

           TheFrenchhadnotyetoccupiedthatregion,andtheRussians—theuninjuredandslightlywounded—hadleftitlongago.Allaboutthefield,likeheapsofmanureonwell-keptplowland,layfromtentofifteendeadandwoundedtoeachcoupleofacres.Thewoundedcrepttogetherintwosandthreesandonecouldheartheirdistressingscreamsandgroans,sometimesfeigned—orsoitseemedtoRostóv.Heputhishorsetoatrottoavoidseeingallthesesufferingmen,andhefeltafraid—afraidnotforhislife,butforthecourageheneededandwhichheknewwouldnotstandthesightoftheseunfortunates.

           TheFrench,whohadceasedfiringatthisfieldstrewnwithdeadandwoundedwheretherewasnoonelefttofireat,onseeinganadjutantridingoverittrainedagunonhimandfiredseveralshots.ThesensationofthoseterriblewhistlingsoundsandofthecorpsesaroundhimmergedinRostóv’smindintoasinglefeelingofterrorandpityforhimself.Herememberedhismother’slastletter.“Whatwouldshefeel,”thoughthe,“ifshesawmeherenowonthisfieldwiththecannonaimedatme?”

           InthevillageofHosjeradektherewereRussiantroopsretiringfromthefieldofbattle,whothoughstillinsomeconfusionwerelessdisordered.TheFrenchcannondidnotreachthereandthemusketryfiresoundedfaraway.Hereeveryoneclearlysawandsaidthatthebattlewaslost.NoonewhomRostóvaskedcouldtellhimwheretheEmperororKutúzovwas.

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