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Kutuzov, after a night of insomnia, hears the news that Napoleon has left Moscow. This news is like the dawn he has been waiting for.

"Lord my creator! Thou hast heeded our prayer..." he said in a trembling voice, clasping his hands. "Russia is saved. I thank thee, Lord!"

And he wept. -- Trish

Trish Crapo
from page 523-524, volume 2 of original text
collage, magazines, sheet music, handmade onion skin paper
made 10/5/11
Pevear/Volokhonsky translation page 1026-1027