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Chapter 25

           HewasdrivingtotheYaúzabridgewherehehadheardthatKutúzovwas.CountRostopchínwasmentallypreparingtheangryandstingingreproacheshemeanttoaddresstoKutúzovforhisdeception.HewouldmakethatfoxyoldcourtierfeelthattheresponsibilityforallthecalamitiesthatwouldfollowtheabandonmentofthecityandtheruinofRussia(asRostopchínregardedit)wouldfalluponhisdotingoldhead.PlanningbeforehandwhathewouldsaytoKutúzov,Rostopchínturnedangrilyinhiscalècheandgazedsternlyfromsidetoside.

           TheSokólnikifieldwasdeserted.Onlyattheendofit,infrontofthealmshouseandthelunaticasylum,couldbeseensomepeopleinwhiteandotherslikethemwalkingsinglyacrossthefieldshoutingandgesticulating.

           OneofthesewasrunningtocrossthepathofCountRostopchín’scarriage,andthecounthimself,hiscoachman,andhisdragoonslookedwithvaguehorrorandcuriosityatthesereleasedlunaticsandespeciallyattheonerunningtowardthem.

           Swayingfromsidetosideonhislong,thinlegsinhisflutteringdressinggown,thislunaticwasrunningimpetuously,hisgazefixedonRostopchín,shoutingsomethinginahoarsevoiceandmakingsignstohimtostop.Thelunatic’ssolemn,gloomyfacewasthinandyellow,withitsbeardgrowinginuneventufts.Hisblack,agatepupilswithsaffron-yellowwhitesmovedrestlesslynearthelowereyelids.

           “Stop!Pullup,Itellyou!”hecriedinapiercingvoice,andagainshoutedsomethingbreathlesslywithemphaticintonationsandgestures.

           Comingabreastofthecalècheheranbesideit.

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