Chapter 12
Mary begins by dwelling on the confusing behaviour of the peasants, and then moves to her memories and regrets over her father, particularly that she listened outside the door on his last night but did not go to him, even though he asked for her. I googled the peasants thing, btw, and it turns out I was making the same mistake Mary was - it did not occur to me that the peasants might be anything but peasants and serfs, so I was confused why they didn't accept what was a pretty good deal, for serfs. It turns out they have other opinions on their immovable position as serfs, and believe that the French will free them and so don't want to accept Russian captivity, even if it's kindly meant.
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