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Village elder at Bogucharovo

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BOOK THREE

Book Three, Part Two

Chapter 9

The serfs of Bogucharovo are in revolt. With the Cossacks pillaging the countryside, the peasants decide to welcome the French and refuse to help Marya leave for Moscow. Alpatych remonstrates with Dron, the village Elder and warns of his wizarding powers. The serfs dig in, and Alpatych unloads his own cart to provide the princess with horses.

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