Война и мир

Chapter 2

           DidyouseetheEmperor?Vivel’Empereur!...preur!—IftheymakemeGovernorofIndia,Gérard,I’llmakeyouMinisterofKashmir—that’ssettled.Vivel’Empereur!Hurrah!hurrah!hurrah!TheCossacks—thoserascals—seehowtheyrun!Vivel’Empereur!Thereheis,doyouseehim?I’veseenhimtwice,asIseeyounow.Thelittlecorporal...Isawhimgivethecrosstooneoftheveterans....Vivel’Empereur!”camethevoicesofmen,oldandyoung,ofmostdiversecharactersandsocialpositions.Onthefacesofallwasonecommonexpressionofjoyatthecommencementofthelong-expectedcampaignandofraptureanddevotiontothemaninthegraycoatwhowasstandingonthehill.

           OnthethirteenthofJunearathersmall,thoroughbredArabhorsewasbroughttoNapoleon.HemounteditandrodeatagalloptooneofthebridgesovertheNiemen,deafenedcontinuallybyincessantandrapturousacclamationswhichheevidentlyenduredonlybecauseitwasimpossibletoforbidthesoldierstoexpresstheirloveofhimbysuchshouting,buttheshoutingwhichaccompaniedhimeverywheredisturbedhimanddistractedhimfromthemilitarycaresthathadoccupiedhimfromthetimehejoinedthearmy.Herodeacrossoneoftheswayingpontoonbridgestothefartherside,turnedsharplytotheleft,andgallopedinthedirectionofKóvno,precededbyenraptured,mountedchasseursoftheGuardwho,breathlesswithdelight,gallopedaheadtoclearapathforhimthroughthetroops.OnreachingthebroadriverVíliya,hestoppedneararegimentofPolishUhlansstationedbytheriver.

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