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Chapter 14

           Onhisface,besidesthelookofjoyfulemotionithadwornyesterdaywhiletellingthetaleofthemerchantwhosufferedinnocently,therewasnowanexpressionofquietsolemnity.

           KaratáevlookedatPierrewithhiskindlyroundeyesnowfilledwithtears,evidentlywishinghimtocomenearthathemightsaysomethingtohim.ButPierrewasnotsufficientlysureofhimself.Hemadeasifhedidnotnoticethatlookandmovedhastilyaway.

           WhentheprisonersagainwentforwardPierrelookedround.KaratáevwasstillsittingatthesideoftheroadunderthebirchtreeandtwoFrenchmenweretalkingoverhishead.Pierredidnotlookroundagainbutwentlimpingupthehill.

           Frombehind,whereKaratáevhadbeensitting,camethesoundofashot.Pierrehearditplainly,butatthatmomentherememberedthathehadnotyetfinishedreckoninguphowmanystagesstillremainedtoSmolénsk—acalculationhehadbegunbeforethemarshalwentby.Andheagainstartedreckoning.TwoFrenchsoldiersranpastPierre,oneofwhomcarriedaloweredandsmokinggun.Theybothlookedpale,andintheexpressionontheirfaces—oneofthemglancedtimidlyatPierre—therewassomethingresemblingwhathehadseenonthefaceoftheyoungsoldierattheexecution.Pierrelookedatthesoldierandrememberedthat,twodaysbefore,thatmanhadburnedhisshirtwhiledryingitatthefireandhowtheyhadlaughedathim.

           Behindhim,whereKaratáevhadbeensitting,thedogbegantohowl.“Whatastupidbeast!Whyisithowling?”thoughtPierre

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