From it he commanded a view of the village, and of the entrance to the great Suvaroff house on the hill as well.
The dismal procession from the village had already begun.

The place, in fact, was already almost entirely deserted.

Orders from the army evidently counted for a good deal here.

Fred wondered what Americans would have done in a like case.

But the departure of the villagers, who knew him, and might have recognized him even in his German guise, relieved him immensely.