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Chapter 21

           Nowherecouldheseethebattlefieldhehadexpectedtofind,butonlyfields,meadows,troops,woods,thesmokeofcampfires,villages,mounds,andstreams;andtryashewouldhecoulddescrynomilitary“position”inthisplacewhichteemedwithlife,norcouldheevendistinguishourtroopsfromtheenemy’s.

           “Imustasksomeonewhoknows,”hethought,andaddressedanofficerwhowaslookingwithcuriosityathishugeunmilitaryfigure.

           “MayIaskyou,”saidPierre,“whatvillagethatisinfront?”

           “Búrdino,isn’tit?”saidtheofficer,turningtohiscompanion.

           “Borodinó,”theothercorrectedhim.

           Theofficer,evidentlygladofanopportunityforatalk,moveduptoPierre.

           “Arethoseourmenthere?”Pierreinquired.

           “Yes,andthere,furtheron,aretheFrench,”saidtheofficer.“Theretheyare,there...youcanseethem.”

           “Where?Where?”askedPierre.

           “Onecanseethemwiththenakedeye...Why,there!”

           Theofficerpointedwithhishandtothesmokevisibleontheleftbeyondtheriver,andthesamesternandseriousexpressionthatPierrehadnoticedonmanyofthefaceshehadmetcameintohisface.

           “Ah,thosearetheFrench!Andoverthere?...”Pierrepointedtoaknollontheleft,nearwhichsometroopscouldbeseen.

           “Thoseareours.”

           “Ah,ours!Andthere?...”Pierrepointedtoanotherknollinthedistancewithabigtreeonit,nearavillagethatlayinahollowwherealsosomecampfiresweresmokingandsomethingblackwasvisible.

           “That’shisagain,”saidtheofficer.(ItwastheShevárdinoRedoubt.

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