Война и мир

Chapter 16

           

           Thecountnoddedaffirmatively,andNatásha,attherapidpaceatwhichsheusedtorunwhenplayingattag,ranthroughtheballroomtotheanteroomanddownstairsintotheyard.

           TheservantsgatheredroundNatásha,butcouldnotbelievethestrangeordershebroughtthemuntilthecounthimself,inhiswife’sname,confirmedtheordertogiveupallthecartstothewoundedandtakethetrunkstothestorerooms.Whentheyunderstoodthatordertheservantssettoworkatthisnewtaskwithpleasureandzeal.Itnolongerseemedstrangetothembutonthecontraryitseemedtheonlythingthatcouldbedone,justasaquarterofanhourbeforeithadnotseemedstrangetoanyonethatthewoundedshouldbeleftbehindandthegoodscartedawaybutthathadseemedtheonlythingtodo.

           Thewholehousehold,asiftoatonefornothavingdoneitsooner,seteagerlytoworkatthenewtaskofplacingthewoundedinthecarts.Thewoundeddraggedthemselvesoutoftheirroomsandstoodwithpalebuthappyfacesroundthecarts.Thenewsthatcartsweretobehadspreadtotheneighboringhouses,fromwhichwoundedmenbegantocomeintotheRostóvs’yard.Manyofthewoundedaskedthemnottounloadthecartsbutonlytoletthemsitonthetopofthethings.Buttheworkofunloading,oncestarted,couldnotbearrested.Itseemednottomatterwhetheralloronlyhalfthethingswereleftbehind

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