Instead of actually joining the army, Pierre decides he'll go have a look and see what the army is doing. He drives around in a carriage, asking a doctor questions about the army's positions. The doctor is tired but answers Pierre's questions as best he can because Pierre is a count. Pierre gets very mixed messages from those he asks. He wants to find someone in authority who can tell him what's going on. The army seems to be in chaos. The men hold a religious service, with a relic of the Holy Mother from a Smolensk church. Kutuzov is there. He bows to the ground in front of the relic and then has a hard time standing up again. Boris Dubretskoy encounters Pierre and tells him where he'll get the.....
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