Chapter 13
Between the 6th and 7th of October, the French army begin to march on from Moscow, taking the prisoners with them. One has dysentery and is afraid of being left behind to die alone. Pierre tries to reassure him that the hospital in Moscow is still staffed and that he might well be better off being left there, but he does also try to intercede with the French army on the man's behalf. He had previously begun to think of the officers as friends, but now the same strange thing that came upon them the day of the executions is back. Basically, everyone is back in war mode. The atmosphere is not helped when they come across a dead man as they begin to move on.
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