"But it`s all the same now," Pierre could not help saying.

"Sonya, go and wake him," said Natasha. "Tell him I want him to come and sing."

The Russian military historians in so far as they submit to claims of logic must admit that conclusion, and in spite of their lyrical rhapsodies about valor, devotion, and so forth, must reluctantly admit that the French retreat from Moscow was a series of victories for Napoleon and defeats for Kutuzov.