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Chapter 26

           

           ThegunsemergedatatrotfromthecolumnfollowingMuratandadvanceduptheArbát.WhentheyreachedtheendoftheVozdvízhenkaStreettheyhaltedanddrewintheSquare.SeveralFrenchofficerssuperintendedtheplacingofthegunsandlookedattheKrémlinthroughfieldglasses.

           ThebellsintheKrémlinwereringingforvespers,andthissoundtroubledtheFrench.Theyimaginedittobeacalltoarms.AfewinfantrymenrantotheKutáfyevGate.Beamsandwoodenscreenshadbeenputthere,andtwomusketshotsrangoutfromunderthegateassoonasanofficerandmenbegantoruntowardit.Ageneralwhowasstandingbythegunsshoutedsomewordsofcommandtotheofficer,andthelatterranbackagainwithhismen.

           Thesoundofthreemoreshotscamefromthegate.

           OneshotstruckaFrenchsoldier’sfoot,andfrombehindthescreenscamethestrangesoundofafewvoicesshouting.InstantlyasatawordofcommandtheexpressionofcheerfulserenityonthefacesoftheFrenchgeneral,officers,andmenchangedtooneofdeterminedconcentratedreadinessforstrifeandsuffering.Toallofthemfromthemarshaltotheleastsoldier,thatplacewasnottheVozdvízhenka,Mokhaváya,orKutáfyevStreet,northeTróitsaGate(placesfamiliarinMoscow),butanewbattlefieldwhichwouldprobablyprovesanguinary.Andallmadereadyforthatbattle.Thecriesfromthegatesceased.Thegunswereadvanced,theartillerymenblewtheashofftheirlinstocks,andanofficergavetheword“Fire!”Thiswasfollowedbytwowhistlingsoundsofcanistershot,oneafteranother.

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