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Bolkhovitinov told him everything and was then silent,
awaiting instructions. Toll was beginning to say something
but Kutuzov checked him. He tried to say something, but
his face suddenly puckered and wrinkled; he waved his arm
at Toll and turned to the opposite side of the room, to the
corner darkened by the icons that hung there.
‘O Lord, my Creator, Thou has heard our prayer...’ said
he in a tremulous voice with folded hands. ‘Russia is saved.
I thank Thee, O Lord!’ and he wept.
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