Война и мир

Chapter 14

           ButplunderingbytheRussians,withwhichthereoccupationofthecitybegan,hadanoppositeeffect:thelongeritcontinuedandthegreaterthenumberofpeopletakingpartinitthemorerapidlywasthewealthofthecityanditsregularliferestored.

           Besidestheplunderers,veryvariouspeople,somedrawnbycuriosity,somebyofficialduties,somebyself-interest—houseowners,clergy,officialsofallkinds,tradesmen,artisans,andpeasants—streamedintoMoscowasbloodflowstotheheart.

           Withinaweekthepeasantswhocamewithemptycartstocarryoffplunderwerestoppedbytheauthoritiesandmadetocartthecorpsesoutofthetown.Otherpeasants,havingheardoftheircomrades’discomfiture,cametotownbringingrye,oats,andhay,andbeatdownoneanother’spricestobelowwhattheyhadbeeninformerdays.GangsofcarpentershopingforhighpayarrivedinMoscoweveryday,andonallsideslogswerebeinghewn,newhousesbuilt,andold,charredonesrepaired.Tradesmenbegantradinginbooths.Cookshopsandtavernswereopenedinpartiallyburnedhouses.Theclergyresumedtheservicesinmanychurchesthathadnotbeenburned.DonorscontributedChurchpropertythathadbeenstolen.Governmentclerkssetuptheirbaize-coveredtablesandtheirpigeonholesofdocumentsinsmallrooms.ThehigherauthoritiesandthepoliceorganizedthedistributionofgoodsleftbehindbytheFrench

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