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Chapter 21

           Perhapsitmightreallyhavebeenso?Couldonepossiblymakeoutamidallthatconfusionwhatdidordidnothappen?

           “Bytheway,yourexcellency,Ishouldinformyou,”hecontinued—rememberingDólokhov’sconversationwithKutúzovandhislastinterviewwiththegentleman-ranker—“thatPrivateDólokhov,whowasreducedtotheranks,tookaFrenchofficerprisonerinmypresenceandparticularlydistinguishedhimself.”

           “IsawthePávlogradhussarsattackthere,yourexcellency,”chimedinZherkóv,lookinguneasilyaround.Hehadnotseenthehussarsallthatday,buthadheardaboutthemfromaninfantryofficer.“Theybrokeuptwosquares,yourexcellency.”

           SeveralofthosepresentsmiledatZherkóv’swords,expectingoneofhisusualjokes,butnoticingthatwhathewassayingredoundedtothegloryofourarmsandoftheday’swork,theyassumedaseriousexpression,thoughmanyofthemknewthatwhathewassayingwasaliedevoidofanyfoundation.PrinceBagratiónturnedtotheoldcolonel:

           “Gentlemen,Ithankyouall;allarmshavebehavedheroically:infantry,cavalry,andartillery.Howwasitthattwogunswereabandonedinthecenter?”heinquired,searchingwithhiseyesforsomeone.(PrinceBagratióndidnotaskaboutthegunsontheleftflank;heknewthatallthegunstherehadbeenabandonedattheverybeginningoftheaction.)“IthinkIsentyou?”headded,turningtothestaffofficeronduty.

           “Onewasdamaged,”answeredthestaffofficer,“andtheotherIcan’tunderstand.Iwasthereallthetimegivingordersandhadonlyjustleft....

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