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Chapter 10

           

           “Ifthey’resentoutandbroughtbackagainlateronitwilldonoharm,butasthingsarenowonecan’tanswerforanything.”

           “Butyouseewhathewrites...”saidanother,pointingtoaprintedsheetheheldinhishand.

           “That’sanothermatter.That’snecessaryforthepeople,”saidthefirst.

           “Whatisit?”askedPierre.

           “Oh,it’safreshbroadsheet.”

           Pierretookitandbeganreading.

           HisSereneHighnesshaspassedthroughMozháyskinordertojoinupwiththetroopsmovingtowardhimandhastakenupastrongpositionwheretheenemywillnotsoonattackhim.Forty-eightgunswithammunitionhavebeensenthimfromhere,andhisSereneHighnesssayshewilldefendMoscowtothelastdropofbloodandisevenreadytofightinthestreets.Donotbeupset,brothers,thatthelawcourtsareclosed;thingshavetobeputinorder,andwewilldealwithvillainsinourownway!WhenthetimecomesIshallwantbothtownandpeasantladsandwillraisethecryadayortwobeforehand,buttheyarenotwantedyetsoIholdmypeace.Anaxwillbeuseful,ahuntingspearnotbad,butathree-prongedforkwillbebestofall:aFrenchmanisnoheavierthanasheafofrye.TomorrowafterdinnerIshalltaketheIberianiconoftheMotherofGodtothewoundedintheCatherineHospitalwherewewillhavesomewaterblessed.Thatwillhelpthemtogetwellquicker.I,too,amwellnow:oneofmyeyeswassorebutnowIamonthelookoutwithboth.

           “Butmilitarymenhavetoldmethatitisimpossibletofightinthetown,”saidPierre,“andthattheposition...

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