An artilleryman on sentinel duty in front of the cannons was just confronting the officer, but at a sign being made to him, he renewed his regular, monotonous pacing.

• 炮队的一名哨兵在大炮前面踱来踱去，本来他在军官面前总要挺直胸膛立正，但是安德烈公爵向他做了个手势，他于是继续没精打采地、步速均匀地踱来踱去。