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Chapter 15

           Notonlywerehugesumsofferedforthehorsesandcarts,butonthepreviouseveningandearlyinthemorningofthefirstofSeptember,orderliesandservantssentbywoundedofficerscametotheRostóvs’andwoundedmendraggedthemselvestherefromtheRostóvs’andfromneighboringhouseswheretheywereaccommodated,entreatingtheservantstotrytogetthemaliftoutofMoscow.Themajor-domotowhomtheseentreatieswereaddressed,thoughhewassorryforthewounded,resolutelyrefused,sayingthathedarenotevenmentionthemattertothecount.Pitythesewoundedmenasonemight,itwasevidentthatiftheyweregivenonecarttherewouldbenoreasontorefuseanother,orallthecartsandone’sowncarriagesaswell.Thirtycartscouldnotsaveallthewoundedandinthegeneralcatastropheonecouldnotdisregardoneselfandone’sownfamily.Sothoughtthemajor-domoonhismaster’sbehalf.

           OnwakingupthatmorningCountIlyáRostóvlefthisbedroomsoftly,soasnottowakethecountesswhohadfallenasleeponlytowardmorning,andcameouttotheporchinhislilacsilkdressinggown.Intheyardstoodthecartsreadycorded.Thecarriageswereatthefrontporch.Themajor-domostoodattheporchtalkingtoanelderlyorderlyandtoapaleyoungofficerwithabandagedarm.Onseeingthecountthemajor-domomadeasignificantandsterngesturetothembothtogoaway.

           “Well,Vasílich,iseverythingready?”askedthecount,andstrokinghisbaldheadhelookedgood-naturedlyattheofficerandtheorderlyandnoddedtothem.(Helikedtoseenewfaces.

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