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Chapter 14

           Onceatastandstilltheyallseemedtounderstandthattheydidnotyetknowwheretheyweregoing,andthatmuchthatwaspainfulanddifficultawaitedthemonthisjourney.

           Duringthishalttheescorttreatedtheprisonersevenworsethantheyhaddoneatthestart.Itwasherethattheprisonersforthefirsttimereceivedhorsefleshfortheirmeatration.

           Fromtheofficerdowntothelowestsoldiertheyshowedwhatseemedlikepersonalspiteagainsteachoftheprisoners,inunexpectedcontrasttotheirformerfriendlyrelations.

           Thisspiteincreasedstillmorewhen,oncallingovertherollofprisoners,itwasfoundthatinthebustleofleavingMoscowoneRussiansoldier,whohadpretendedtosufferfromcolic,hadescaped.PierresawaFrenchmanbeataRussiansoldiercruellyforstrayingtoofarfromtheroad,andheardhisfriendthecaptainreprimandandthreatentocourt-martialanoncommissionedofficeronaccountoftheescapeoftheRussian.Tothenoncommissionedofficer’sexcusethattheprisonerwasillandcouldnotwalk,theofficerrepliedthattheorderwastoshootthosewholaggedbehind.Pierrefeltthatthatfatalforcewhichhadcrushedhimduringtheexecutions,butwhichhehadnotfeltduringhisimprisonment,nowagaincontrolledhisexistence.Itwasterrible,buthefeltthatinproportiontotheeffortsofthatfatalforcetocrushhim,theregrewandstrengthenedinhissoulapoweroflifeindependentofit.

           Heatehissupperofbuckwheatsoupwithhorsefleshandchattedwithhiscomrades.

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