Note 3 — Chapter III · OF MY IMPRISONMENT AT KIOW, AND MY DEPARTURE FOR SIBERIA.
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Prince Bibikov had his arm carried away at the battle of Borodino: all over Poland the answer is current, which he once made to a Polish lady, who on her knees implored a pardon for her son: ‘The hand which signs pardons, madam, I left at Borodino.’