OnreturningtoGorkiafterhavingseenPrinceAndrew, Pierreorderedhisgroomtogetthehorsesreadyandtocallhimearlyinthemorning, andthenimmediatelyfellasleepbehindapartitioninacornerBorishadgivenuptohim.
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"Yourexcellency! Yourexcellency! Yourexcellency!" hekeptrepeatingpertinaciouslywhileheshookPierrebytheshoulderwithoutlookingathim, havingapparentlylosthopeofgettinghimtowakeup.
"What? Hasitbegun? Isittime?" Pierreasked, wakingup.
"Hearthefiring," saidthegroom, adischargedsoldier."Allthegentlemenhavegoneout, andhisSereneHighnesshimselfrodepastlongago."
, fresh, dewy, , justburstingforthfrombehindacloudthathadconcealedit, wasshining, withraysstillhalfbrokenbytheclouds, overtheroofsofthestreetopposite, onthedew-besprinkleddustoftheroad, onthewallsofthehouses, onthewindows, thefence, andonPierre'.
"It'stime, Count; it'stime!" criedtheadjutant.
Tellingthegroomtofollowhimwiththehorses, , membersofthestaffcouldbeheardconversinginFrench, andKutuzov'sgrayheadinawhitecapwitharedbandwasvisible, .
MountingthestepstotheknollPierrelookedatthescenebeforehim, , butnowthewholeplacewasfulloftroopsandcoveredbysmokecloudsfromtheguns, andtheslantingraysofthebrightsun, risingslightlytotheleftbehindPierre, castuponitthroughtheclearmorningairpenetratingstreaksofrosy, -greencolor; , , majestic, andunexpected; butwhatimpressedPierremostofallwastheviewofthebattlefielditself, ofBorodinoandthehollowsonbothsidesoftheKolocha.
