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,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,LEO ,TOL/OY 

,TEXT 3 

,NEXT DAY ! DECREPIT ,KUTUZOV1 HAV+ GIV5 ORD]S TO BE CALL$ E>LY1 
 SAID HIS PRAY]S1 DRESS$1 &1 ) AN UNPLEASANT CONSCI\SNESS ( HAV+ 
 TO DIRECT A BATTLE HE DID NOT APPROVE (1 GOT 9TO HIS CALE*E & DROVE 
 FROM ,LETA%OVKA 7A VILLAGE ?REE & A HALF MILES FROM ,T>UT9O7 TO ! 
 PLACE :]E ! ATTACK+ COLUMNS W]E TO MEET4 ,HE SAT 9 ! CALE*E1 
 DOZ+ & WAK+ UP BY TURNS1 & LI/5+ = ANY S\ND ( FIR+ ON 
 ! RI<T AS AN 9DICATION ?AT ! ACTION HAD BEGUN4 ,BUT ALL WAS /ILL 
 QUIET4 ,A DAMP DULL AUTUMN MORN+ WAS JU/ DAWN+4 ,ON APPROA*+ 
 ,T>UT9O ,KUTUZOV NOTIC$ CAVALRYM5 LEAD+ !IR HORSES TO WAT] ACROSS 
 ! ROAD ALONG :I* HE WAS DRIV+4 ,KUTUZOV LOOK$ AT !M SE>*+LY1 
 /OPP$ HIS C>RIAGE1 & 9QUIR$ :AT REGIM5T !Y BELONG$ TO4 ,!Y 
 BELONG$ TO A COLUMN ?AT %\LD HAVE BE5 F> 9 FRONT & 9 AMBU% LONG 
 BE=E !N4 0,IT MAY BE A MI/AKE10 ?\<T ! OLD COMM&] 9 *IEF4 
 ,BUT A LITTLE FUR!R ON HE SAW 9FANTRY REGIM5TS ) !IR >MS PIL$ 
 & ! SOLDI]S1 ONLY P>TLY DRESS$1 EAT+ !IR RYE PORRIDGE & 
 C>RY+ FUEL4 ,HE S5T = AN (FIC]4 ,! (FIC] REPORT$ ?AT NO ORD] 
 TO ADVANCE HAD BE5 RECEIV$4 

0,H[6 ,NOT REC4440 ,KUTUZOV BEGAN1 BUT *ECK$ HIMSELF IMM$IATELY & S5T 
 = A S5IOR (FIC]4 ,GETT+ \T ( HIS CALE*E1 HE WAIT$ ) DROOP+ 
 HEAD & BREA?+ HEAVILY1 PAC+ SIL5TLY UP & D[N4 ,:5 ,EYKH51 ! 
 (FIC] ( ! G5]AL /AFF :OM HE HAD SUMMON$1 APPE>$1 ,KUTUZOV W5T 
 PURPLE 9 ! FACE1 NOT BECAUSE ?AT (FIC] WAS TO BLAME = ! MI/AKE1 
 BUT BECAUSE HE WAS AN OBJECT ( SUFFICI5T IMPORTANCE = HIM TO V5T HIS 
 WRA? ON4 ,TREMBL+ & PANT+ ! OLD MAN FELL 9TO ?AT /ATE ( FURY 
 9 :I* HE SOMETIMES US$ TO ROLL ON ! GR\ND1 & HE FELL UPON ,EYKH51 
 ?REAT5+ HIM ) HIS H&S1 %\T+ & LOAD+ HIM ) GROSS ABUSE4 
 ,ANO!R MAN1 ,CAPTA9 ,BROZ91 :O HAPP5$ TO TURN UP & :O WAS NOT AT 
 ALL TO BLAME1 SUFF]$ ! SAME FATE4 

0,:AT SORT ( ANO!R BLACKGU>D >E Y\8 ,I'LL HAVE Y\ %OT6 ,SC\NDRELS60 
 YELL$ ,KUTUZOV 9 A HO>SE VOICE1 WAV+ HIS >MS & REEL+4 

,HE WAS SUFF]+ PHYSICALLY4 ,HE1 ! COMM&] 9 *IEF1 A ,S]5E ,HI<NESS 
 :O EV]YBODY SAID POSSESS$ P[]S SU* AS NO MAN HAD EV] HAD 9 ,RUSSIA1 
 TO BE PLAC$ 9 ?IS POSITION--MADE ! LAU<+/OCK ( ! :OLE 
 >MY6 0,I NE$N'T HAVE BE5 9 SU* A HURRY TO PRAY AB\T TODAY1 OR HAVE 
 KEPT AWAKE ?9K+ EV]Y?+ OV] ALL NI<T10 ?\<T HE TO HIMSELF4 
 0,:5 ,I WAS A *IT ( AN (FIC] NO ONE W\LD HAVE D>$ TO MOCK ME SO444 
 & N[60 ,HE WAS 9 A /ATE ( PHYSICAL SUFF]+ AS IF FROM CORPORAL 
 PUNI%M5T1 & C\LD NOT AVOID EXPRESS+ IT BY CRIES ( ANG] & 
 DI/RESS4 ,BUT HIS /R5G? SOON BEGAN TO FAIL HIM1 & LOOK+ AB\T HIM1 
 CONSCI\S ( HAV+ SAID MU* ?AT WAS AMISS1 HE AGA9 GOT 9TO HIS 
 CALE*E & DROVE BACK 9 SIL5CE4 

,HIS WRA?1 ONCE EXP5D$1 DID NOT RETURN1 & BL9K+ FEEBLY HE LI/5$ 
 TO EXCUSES & SELF-JU/IFICATIONS 7,]MOLOV DID NOT COME TO SEE HIM TILL 
 ! NEXT DAY7 & TO ! 9SI/5CE ( ,B5NIGS51 ,KONOVNITSYN1 & ,TOLL 
 ?AT ! MOVEM5T ?AT HAD MISC>RI$ %\LD BE EXECUT$ NEXT DAY4 ,& 
 ONCE MORE ,KUTUZOV HAD TO CONS5T4 

,FROM 3 ,GUT5B]G4ORG4 

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