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Chapter 13

           Thecorporalandsoldierswereinmarchingkitwithknapsacksandshakosthathadmetalstraps,andthesechangedtheirfamiliarfaces.

           Thecorporalcame,accordingtoorders,toshutthedoor.Theprisonershadtobecountedbeforebeingletout.

           “Corporal,whatwilltheydowiththesickman?...”Pierrebegan.

           Butevenashespokehebegantodoubtwhetherthiswasthecorporalhekneworastranger,sounlikehimselfdidthecorporalseematthatmoment.Moreover,justasPierrewasspeakingasharprattleofdrumswassuddenlyheardfrombothsides.ThecorporalfrownedatPierre’swordsand,utteringsomemeaninglessoaths,slammedthedoor.Theshedbecamesemidark,andthesharprattleofthedrumsontwosidesdrownedthesickman’sgroans.

           “Thereitis!...Itagain!...”saidPierretohimself,andaninvoluntaryshudderrandownhisspine.Inthecorporal’schangedface,inthesoundofhisvoice,inthestirringanddeafeningnoiseofthedrums,herecognizedthatmysterious,callousforcewhichcompelledpeopleagainsttheirwilltokilltheirfellowmen—thatforcetheeffectofwhichhehadwitnessedduringtheexecutions.Tofearortotrytoescapethatforce,toaddressentreatiesorexhortationstothosewhoservedasitstools,wasuseless.Pierreknewthisnow.Onehadtowaitandendure.Hedidnotagaingotothesickman,norturntolookathim,butstoodfrowningbythedoorofthehut.

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