В присутственных местах, в лавках, на почте, все говорили о войске, о неприятеле, который уже напал на город; все спрашивали друг друга, что делать, и все старались успокоивать друг друга.
In the offices and shops and at the post office everyone was talking about the army and about the enemy who was already attacking the town, everybody was asking what should be done, and all were trying to calm one another.