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Prince Andrei, without answering, took out a notebook and, raising his knee, began to pencil something on a torn-out page. He was writing to his sister:

Smolensk is being surrendered. Bald Hills will be occupied by the enemy within a week. Leave for Moscow at once. Reply to me the moment you leave; send a messenger to Usvyazh. --p. 699 in P/V

Lynn Waskelis
from page 123-134, Volume 2 of original text
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made 3/18/11
Pevear/Volokhonsky translation page 698-700