Chapter 4

           

           TheCouncilofWarbegantoassembleattwointheafternooninthebetterandroomierpartofAndrewSavostyánov’shut.Themen,women,andchildrenofthelargepeasantfamilycrowdedintothebackroomacrossthepassage.OnlyMalásha,Andrew’ssix-year-oldgranddaughterwhomhisSereneHighnesshadpettedandtowhomhehadgivenalumpofsugarwhiledrinkinghistea,remainedonthetopofthebrickoveninthelargerroom.Maláshalookeddownfromtheovenwithshydelightatthefaces,uniforms,anddecorationsofthegenerals,whooneafteranothercameintotheroomandsatdownonthebroadbenchesinthecornerundertheicons.“Granddad”himself,asMaláshainherownmindcalledKutúzov,satapartinadarkcornerbehindtheoven.Hesat,sunkdeepinafoldingarmchair,andcontinuallyclearedhisthroatandpulledatthecollarofhiscoatwhich,thoughitwasunbuttoned,stillseemedtopinchhisneck.Thosewhoenteredwentuponebyonetothefieldmarshal;hepressedthehandsofsomeandnoddedtoothers.HisadjutantKaysárovwasabouttodrawbackthecurtainofthewindowfacingKutúzov,butthelattermovedhishandangrilyandKaysárovunderstoodthathisSereneHighnessdidnotwishhisfacetobeseen.

           Roundthepeasant’sdealtable,onwhichlaymaps,plans,pencils,andpapers,somanypeoplegatheredthattheorderliesbroughtinanotherbenchandputitbesidethetable.Ermólov,Kaysárov,andToll,whohadjustarrived,satdownonthisbench.Intheforemostplace,immediatelyundertheicons,satBarclaydeTolly,hishighforeheadmergingintohisbaldcrown.

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