Young Marryat distinguished himself as a boy by frequently running away to go to sea; and at last, at the age of fourteen, he was allowed to enter the navy.
The countess watched the things being packed, was dissatisfied with everything, was constantly in pursuit of Petya who was always running away from her, and was jealous of Natasha with whom he spent all his time.
Shouldn't we put a cordon round to prevent the rest from running away?
Some soldiers started running away in a group.
So what was the use of performing various operations on the French who were running away as fast as they possibly could?