Chapter 30

           

           OnreturningtoGórkiafterhavingseenPrinceAndrew,Pierreorderedhisgroomtogetthehorsesreadyandtocallhimearlyinthemorning,andthenimmediatelyfellasleepbehindapartitioninacornerBoríshadgivenuptohim.

           Beforehewasthoroughlyawakenextmorningeverybodyhadalreadyleftthehut.Thepaneswererattlinginthelittlewindowsandhisgroomwasshakinghim.

           “Yourexcellency!Yourexcellency!Yourexcellency!”hekeptrepeatingpertinaciouslywhileheshookPierrebytheshoulderwithoutlookingathim,havingapparentlylosthopeofgettinghimtowakeup.

           “What?Hasitbegun?Isittime?”Pierreasked,wakingup.

           “Hearthefiring,”saidthegroom,adischargedsoldier.“Allthegentlemenhavegoneout,andhisSereneHighnesshimselfrodepastlongago.”

           Pierredressedhastilyandranouttotheporch.Outsideallwasbright,fresh,dewy,andcheerful.Thesun,justburstingforthfrombehindacloudthathadconcealedit,wasshining,withraysstillhalfbrokenbytheclouds,overtheroofsofthestreetopposite,onthedew-besprinkleddustoftheroad,onthewallsofthehouses,onthewindows,thefence,andonPierre’shorsesstandingbeforethehut.Theroarofgunssoundedmoredistinctoutside.AnadjutantaccompaniedbyaCossackpassedbyatasharptrot.

           “It’stime,Count;it’stime!”criedtheadjutant.

           Tellingthegroomtofollowhimwiththehorses,Pierrewentdownthestreettotheknollfromwhichhehadlookedatthefieldofbattlethedaybefore.

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