Война и мир

Chapter 30

           Thesmokeofthegunsmingledwiththismist,andoverthewholeexpanseandthroughthatmisttheraysofthemorningsunwerereflected,flashingbacklikelightningfromthewater,fromthedew,andfromthebayonetsofthetroopscrowdedtogetherbytheriverbanksandinBorodinó.Awhitechurchcouldbeseenthroughthemist,andhereandtheretheroofsofhutsinBorodinóaswellasdensemassesofsoldiers,orgreenammunitionchestsandordnance.Andallthismoved,orseemedtomove,asthesmokeandmistspreadoutoverthewholespace.Justasinthemist-envelopedhollownearBorodinó,soalongtheentirelineoutsideandaboveitandespeciallyinthewoodsandfieldstotheleft,inthevalleysandonthesummitsofthehighground,cloudsofpowdersmokeseemedcontinuallytospringupoutofnothing,nowsingly,nowseveralatatime,sometranslucent,othersdense,which,swelling,growing,rolling,andblending,extendedoverthewholeexpanse.

           Thesepuffsofsmokeand(strangetosay)thesoundofthefiringproducedthechiefbeautyofthespectacle.

           “Puff!”—suddenlyaroundcompactcloudofsmokewasseenmergingfromvioletintograyandmilkywhite,and“boom!”camethereportasecondlater.

           “Puff!puff!”—andtwocloudsarosepushingoneanotherandblendingtogether;and“boom,boom!”camethesoundsconfirmingwhattheeyehadseen.

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