BOOK 1 PART 2 CHAPTER 7
River of men
We follow Nesvitsky down to the bridge to see a river of men pass over a river of water. Again, we witness what a fearful place this is to be a woman. And we get a sense of how the cavalry and infantry regard each other as a scented Denisov wades back into the story.
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