The wounded soldier was so dirty, coarse, and revolting that his proximity to the Emperor shocked Rostov.

Rostov saw how the Emperor's rather round shoulders shuddered as if a cold shiver had run down them, how his left foot began convulsively tapping the horse's side with the spur, and how the well-trained horse looked round unconcerned and did not stir.

An adjutant, dismounting, lifted the soldier under the arms to place him on a stretcher that had been brought.