Book 14 Chapter 14

“TO YOUR PLACES!” a voice shouted suddenly.

There was a cheerful stir among the prisoners and convoy¹ soldiers, and an air of expecting something festive² and solemn. Shouted commands could be heard on all sides, and a party of well-dressed cavalry³ soldiers on good horses came trotting⁴ up from the left, making a circuit round the prisoners. Every face wore the look of nervousness commonly seen at the approach of men in authority. The prisoners huddled⁵ together and were shoved out of the way. The convoy soldiers formed in ranks.

“The Emperor! The Emperor! The marshal! The duke!…” and the sleek⁶ cavalry soldiers had hardly ridden by when a carriage rattled⁷ up drawn⁸ by grey horses. Pierre had a passing glimpse of the serene⁹, handsome, fat, white face of a man in a three-cornered hat. It was one of the marshals. The marshal's eye was caught by Pierre's big, striking figure; and in the expression with which he frowned and looked away Pierre fancied he saw pity and the desire to conceal¹⁰ it.

The general in charge of the transport whipped up his lean horse, and galloped¹¹ after the carriage with a red, panic-stricken face. Several officers met in a group; the soldiers came round them. All had excited and uneasy faces.

“What did he say? What was it he said? …” Pierre heard.

While the marshal was driving by, the prisoners had been hustled¹² together into one group, and Pierre caught sight of Karataev, whom he had not yet seen that morning. He was sitting, wrapped in his little military coat, leaning against a birch-tree. His face still wore the same look of joyous¹³ emotion as when he had been telling the story of the merchant, but it had another expression too, a look of subdued¹⁴ solemnity.

Karataev looked at Pierre with his kindly¹⁵, round eyes, that were bright now with tears, and there was an unmistakable appeal in them. He evidently wanted to say something to him. But Pierre was in too great dread¹⁶ for himself. He made as though he had not seen that look, and hastily walked away.

When the prisoners set off again Pierre looked back. Karataev was sitting under the birch-tree by the edge of the road, and two Frenchmen were bending over him in conversation. Pierre did not look again. He went on limping up the hill.

There was the sound of a shot behind, at the spot where Karataev was sitting. Pierre heard that shot distinctly, but at the moment that he heard it, he recalled that he had not finished reckoning up how many stages were left to Smolensk, the calculation he had begun before the marshal rode by. And he began to reckon. Two French soldiers ran by Pierre, one holding a still smoking gun. They were both pale, and in the expression of their faces—one of them glanced timidly at Pierre—there was something like what he had seen in the young soldier at the execution in Moscow. Pierre looked at the soldier and remembered how, the day before yesterday, the man had burnt his shirt in drying it before the fire, and how the others had laughed at him.

The dog began to howl behind at the spot where Karataev was sitting. “Silly creature! what is she howling for?” thought Pierre

The prisoners, his companions marching at his side, like him, refrained from looking back to the place whence came the sound of the shot and the dog's howl. There was a set look on all their faces.

“Avosplaces！”①突然间喊出一声口令。

在俘虏和押送队中发生了一阵骚动，似乎期待着一种快乐而庄严的事情。四面八方都传来了口令声，从俘虏队的左边来了一队骑着骏马，军容整肃的骑兵。所有的人都紧张起来，这是每当最高当局的大人物驾临时人们常有的表情。俘虏们被赶到一边，挤成一团。押送队的士兵们集合列队。

“L'empereur！L'empereur！Lemaréchal！Leduc！”②一队剽悍的后卫骑兵刚驶过，接着就有一辆由两匹灰马并驾的四轮轿形车咕咕隆隆地驶过。皮埃尔瞥见一个仪态端庄白胖胖的，头戴三角帽的人的脸。这是一位元帅。元帅向皮埃尔那引人注目的粗壮躯体看了一眼。从元帅紧锁双眉和立即掉过脸去的表情，皮埃尔看出了有一种同情和有意把这种同情掩饰住的表情。

那个管理军队的将军，满脸通红，神色惊慌，鞭打着他骑的那匹瘦马，在马车后面奔跑着。有九个军官聚在一块，一些士兵站在他们周围。所有人的表情既兴奋又紧张。

“Qu'estcequ'iladit？Qu'estcequ'iladit？…”③皮埃尔听见人们问。

①法语：各就各位②法语：皇帝！皇帝！元帅！

③法语：他说什么？他说什么？

在元帅经过时，俘虏们挤在一堆，皮埃尔看到了从早上起还没有看到过的卡拉塔耶夫。卡拉塔耶夫穿着窄小的军大衣，靠着一株桦树坐着。他脸上，除了昨天讲述那个无辜受罪的老人的故事时所表现的欢喜神情外，还露出宁静、庄严的表现。

卡拉塔耶夫睁着他那温和的、满含泪水的眼睛望着皮埃尔。显然是希望他能走近点，以便对他说点什么。但是，皮埃尔为自身的处境所担心，他佯装没有看见，急忙走开了。

当俘虏又启程的时候，皮埃尔回头看了一眼，卡拉塔耶夫坐在路边的桦树旁，两个法国人站在旁边在说什么。皮埃尔没有再回头看，他一瘸一瘸地向山坡上走去。

从后面卡拉塔耶夫坐着的地方，传来一声枪响。皮埃尔听得十分清楚，就在这一瞬间，他想起了，他尚未计算出到达斯摩棱斯克还有多少站，这是在那个元帅经过之前就开始计算了。于是他又开始计算。有两个法国士兵从皮埃尔身旁跑过，其中一个提着一支还在冒烟的枪。他们俩脸色苍白，其中一个怯生生地看了皮埃尔一眼，他们的表情和皮埃尔曾见过的那个行刑的年轻士兵的表情一样。皮埃尔看一眼那个士兵，想起了三天前他在火堆旁烤衬衫，把衬衫烤糊了，他们为此还嘲笑过他。

在他后面，在卡拉塔耶夫坐过的那个地方，那条狗在哀嗥。“愚蠢的畜牲，嗥什么？”皮埃尔想。

皮埃尔和同行的同伴们一样，都没有回头看那发出枪声和后来狗叫的地方，但每个人脸上的表情都十分严峻。

1 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

2 festive   

adj.欢宴的，节日的

参考例句：

• It was Christmas and everyone was in festive mood.当时是圣诞节，每个人都沉浸在节日的欢乐中。
• We all wore festive costumes to the ball.我们都穿着节日的盛装前去参加舞会。

3 cavalry   

n.骑兵；轻装甲部队

参考例句：

• We were taken in flank by a troop of cavalry. 我们翼侧受到一队骑兵的袭击。
• The enemy cavalry rode our men down. 敌人的骑兵撞倒了我们的人。

4 trotting   

小跑，急走( trot的现在分词 )； 匆匆忙忙地走

参考例句：

• The riders came trotting down the lane. 这骑手骑着马在小路上慢跑。
• Alan took the reins and the small horse started trotting. 艾伦抓住缰绳，小马开始慢跑起来。

5 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

6 sleek   

adj.光滑的，井然有序的；v.使光滑，梳拢

参考例句：

• Women preferred sleek,shiny hair with little decoration.女士们更喜欢略加修饰的光滑闪亮型秀发。
• The horse's coat was sleek and glossy.这匹马全身润泽有光。

7 rattled   

慌乱的，恼火的

参考例句：

• The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
• Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。

8 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

9 serene   

adj. 安详的，宁静的，平静的

参考例句：

• He has entered the serene autumn of his life.他已进入了美好的中年时期。
• He didn't speak much,he just smiled with that serene smile of his.他话不多，只是脸上露出他招牌式的淡定的微笑。

10 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
• He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。

11 galloped   

（使马）飞奔，奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 )； 快速做[说]某事

参考例句：

• Jo galloped across the field towards him. 乔骑马穿过田野向他奔去。
• The children galloped home as soon as the class was over. 孩子们一下课便飞奔回家了。

12 hustled   

催促（hustle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room. 他抓住她的胳膊把她推出房间。
• The secret service agents hustled the speaker out of the amphitheater. 特务机关的代理人把演讲者驱逐出竞技场。

13 joyous   

adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的

参考例句：

• The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
• They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。

14 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

15 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

16 dread   

vt.担忧，忧虑；惧怕，不敢；n.担忧，畏惧

参考例句：

• We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
• Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。