Chapter 5

           

           Atthatverytime,incircumstancesevenmoreimportantthanretreatingwithoutabattle,namelytheevacuationandburningofMoscow,Rostopchín,whoisusuallyrepresentedasbeingtheinstigatorofthatevent,actedinanaltogetherdifferentmannerfromKutúzov.

           AfterthebattleofBorodinótheabandonmentandburningofMoscowwasasinevitableastheretreatofthearmybeyondMoscowwithoutfighting.

           EveryRussianmighthavepredictedit,notbyreasoningbutbythefeelingimplantedineachofusandinourfathers.

           ThesamethingthattookplaceinMoscowhadhappenedinallthetownsandvillagesonRussiansoilbeginningwithSmolénsk,withouttheparticipationofCountRostopchínandhisbroadsheets.Thepeopleawaitedtheenemyunconcernedly,didnotriotorbecomeexcitedortearanyonetopieces,butfaceditsfate,feelingwithinitthestrengthtofindwhatitshoulddoatthatmostdifficultmoment.Andassoonastheenemydrewnearthewealthyclasseswentawayabandoningtheirproperty,whilethepoorerremainedandburnedanddestroyedwhatwasleft.

           TheconsciousnessthatthiswouldbesoandwouldalwaysbesowasandispresentintheheartofeveryRussian.Andaconsciousnessofthis,andaforebodingthatMoscowwouldbetaken,waspresentinRussianMoscowsocietyin1812.ThosewhohadquittedMoscowalreadyinJulyandatthebeginningofAugustshowedthattheyexpectedthis.

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