Война и мир

Chapter 35

           InthecentertheFrenchhadnotgotbeyondBorodinó,andontheirleftflankUvárov’scavalryhadputtheFrenchtoflight.

           Towardthreeo’clocktheFrenchattacksceased.Onthefacesofallwhocamefromthefieldofbattle,andofthosewhostoodaroundhim,Kutúzovnoticedanexpressionofextremetension.Hewassatisfiedwiththeday’ssuccess—asuccessexceedinghisexpectations,buttheoldman’sstrengthwasfailinghim.Severaltimeshisheaddroppedlowasifitwerefallingandhedozedoff.Dinnerwasbroughthim.

           AdjutantGeneralWolzogen,themanwhowhenridingpastPrinceAndrewhadsaid,“thewarshouldbeextendedwidely,”andwhomBagratiónsodetested,rodeupwhileKutúzovwasatdinner.WolzogenhadcomefromBarclaydeTollytoreportontheprogressofaffairsontheleftflank.ThesagaciousBarclaydeTolly,seeingcrowdsofwoundedmenrunningbackandthedisorderedrearofthearmy,weighedallthecircumstances,concludedthatthebattlewaslost,andsenthisfavoriteofficertothecommanderinchiefwiththatnews.

           KutúzovwaschewingapieceofroastchickenwithdifficultyandglancedatWolzogenwitheyesthatbrightenedundertheirpuckeringlids.

           Wolzogen,nonchalantlystretchinghislegs,approachedKutúzovwithahalf-contemptuoussmileonhislips,scarcelytouchingthepeakofhiscap.

           HetreatedhisSereneHighnesswithasomewhataffectednonchalanceintendedtoshowthat,asahighlytrainedmilitaryman,heleftittoRussianstomakeanidolofthisuselessoldman,butthatheknewwhomhewasdealingwith.

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