But the clear voice of Pavel answered her from out of the crowd of soldiers: "Good-by, mother! Good-by, dear!" "He's alive! He remembered!" were the two strokes at the mother's heart.
"Good-by, mother dear!" came from Andrey.
Waving her bands, she raised herself on tiptoe, and tried to see them.
There was the round face of Andrey above the soldiers' heads.

He was smiling and bowing to her.
"Oh, my dear ones! Andriusha! Pasha!" she shouted.
"Good-by, comrades!" they called from among the soldiers.
A broken, manifold echo responded to them.

It resounded from the windows and the roofs.
The mother felt some one pushing her breast.

Through the mist in her eyes she saw the little officer.

His face was red and strained, and he was shouting to her: "Clear out of here, old woman!" She looked down on him, and at his feet saw the flag pole broken in two parts, a piece of red cloth on one of them.