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Chapter 12

           Thepassionatetendernesswithwhichhismotherreceivedhimdidnotpleasethesixteen-year-oldofficer.Thoughsheconcealedfromhimherintentionofkeepinghimunderherwing,Pétyaguessedherdesigns,andinstinctivelyfearingthathemightgivewaytoemotionwhenwithher—might“becomewomanish”ashetermedittohimself—hetreatedhercoldly,avoidedher,andduringhisstayinMoscowattachedhimselfexclusivelytoNatáshaforwhomhehadalwayshadaparticularlybrotherlytenderness,almostlover-like.

           Owingtothecount’scustomarycarelessnessnothingwasreadyfortheirdeparturebythetwenty-eighthofAugustandthecartsthatweretocomefromtheirRyazánandMoscowestatestoremovetheirhouseholdbelongingsdidnotarrivetillthethirtieth.

           Fromthetwenty-eighthtillthethirty-firstallMoscowwasinabustleandcommotion.EverydaythousandsofmenwoundedatBorodinówerebroughtinbytheDorogomílovgateandtakentovariouspartsofMoscow,andthousandsofcartsconveyedtheinhabitantsandtheirpossessionsoutbytheothergates.InspiteofRostopchín’sbroadsheets,orbecauseofthemorindependentlyofthem,thestrangestandmostcontradictoryrumorswerecurrentinthetown.Somesaidthatnoonewastobeallowedtoleavethecity,othersonthecontrarysaidthatalltheiconshadbeentakenoutofthechurchesandeverybodywastobeorderedtoleave.SomesaidtherehadbeenanotherbattleafterBorodinóatwhichtheFrenchhadbeenrouted,whileothersonthecontraryreportedthattheRussianarmyhadbeendestroyed.

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