Война и мир

Chapter 21

           Assoonasthetiredchanters,whoweresingingtheserviceforthetwentiethtimethatday,beganlazilyandmechanicallytosing:“SavefromcalamityThyservants,OMotherofGod,”andthepriestanddeaconchimedin:“FortoTheeunderGodweallfleeastoaninviolablebulwarkandprotection,”thereagainkindledinallthosefacesthesameexpressionofconsciousnessofthesolemnityoftheimpendingmomentthatPierrehadseenonthefacesatthefootofthehillatMozháyskandmomentarilyonmanyandmanyfaceshehadmetthatmorning;andheadswerebowedmorefrequentlyandhairtossedback,andsighsandthesoundmenmadeastheycrossedthemselveswereheard.

           ThecrowdroundtheiconsuddenlypartedandpressedagainstPierre.Someone,averyimportantpersonagejudgingbythehastewithwhichwaywasmadeforhim,wasapproachingtheicon.

           ItwasKutúzov,whohadbeenridingroundthepositionandonhiswaybacktoTatárinovahadstoppedwheretheservicewasbeingheld.Pierrerecognizedhimatoncebyhispeculiarfigure,whichdistinguishedhimfromeverybodyelse.

           Withalongovercoatonhisexceedinglystout,round-shoulderedbody,withuncoveredwhiteheadandpuffyfaceshowingthewhiteballoftheeyehehadlost,Kutúzovwalkedwithplunging,swayinggaitintothecrowdandstoppedbehindthepriest.Hecrossedhimselfwithanaccustomedmovement,benttillhetouchedthegroundwithhishand,andbowedhiswhiteheadwithadeepsigh.BehindKutúzovwasBennigsenandthesuite

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