Chapter 21

           

           TheRussiantroopswerepassingthroughMoscowfromtwoo’clockatnighttilltwointheafternoonandboreawaywiththemthewoundedandthelastoftheinhabitantswhowereleaving.

           ThegreatestcrushduringthemovementofthetroopstookplaceattheStone,Moskvá,andYaúzabridges.

           Whilethetroops,dividingintotwopartswhenpassingaroundtheKrémlin,werethrongingtheMoskváandtheStonebridges,agreatmanysoldiers,takingadvantageofthestoppageandcongestion,turnedbackfromthebridgesandslippedstealthilyandsilentlypastthechurchofVasílitheBeatifiedandundertheBorovítskigate,backupthehilltotheRedSquarewheresomeinstincttoldthemtheycouldeasilytakethingsnotbelongingtothem.CrowdsofthekindseenatcheapsalesfilledallthepassagesandalleysoftheBazaar.Buttherewerenodealerswithvoicesofingratiatingaffabilityinvitingcustomerstoenter;therewerenohawkers,northeusualmotleycrowdoffemalepurchasers—butonlysoldiers,inuniformsandovercoatsthoughwithoutmuskets,enteringtheBazaarempty-handedandsilentlymakingtheirwayoutthroughitspassageswithbundles.Tradesmenandtheirassistants(ofwhomtherewerebutfew)movedaboutamongthesoldiersquitebewildered.Theyunlockedtheirshopsandlockedthemupagain,andthemselvescarriedgoodsawaywiththehelpoftheirassistants.OnthesquareinfrontoftheBazaarweredrummersbeatingthemustercall.Buttherollofthedrumsdidnotmakethelootingsoldiersruninthedirectionofthedrumasformerly,butmadethem,onthecontrary,runfartheraway.

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