Chapter 25

           

           Towardnineo’clockinthemorning,whenthetroopswerealreadymovingthroughMoscow,nobodycametothecountanymoreforinstructions.Thosewhowereabletogetawayweregoingoftheirownaccord,thosewhoremainedbehinddecidedforthemselveswhattheymustdo.

           ThecountorderedhiscarriagethathemightdrivetoSokólniki,andsatinhisstudywithfoldedhands,morose,sallow,andtaciturn.

           Inquietanduntroubledtimesitseemstoeveryadministratorthatitisonlybyhiseffortsthatthewholepopulationunderhisruleiskeptgoing,andinthisconsciousnessofbeingindispensableeveryadministratorfindsthechiefrewardofhislaborandefforts.Whiletheseaofhistoryremainscalmtheruler-administratorinhisfrailbark,holdingonwithaboathooktotheshipofthepeopleandhimselfmoving,naturallyimaginesthathiseffortsmovetheshipheisholdingonto.Butassoonasastormarisesandtheseabeginstoheaveandtheshiptomove,suchadelusionisnolongerpossible.Theshipmovesindependentlywithitsownenormousmotion,theboathooknolongerreachesthemovingvessel,andsuddenlytheadministrator,insteadofappearingarulerandasourceofpower,becomesaninsignificant,useless,feebleman.

           Rostopchínfeltthis,anditwasthiswhichexasperatedhim.

           Thesuperintendentofpolice,whomthecrowdhadstopped,wentintoseehimatthesametimeasanadjutantwhoinformedthecountthatthehorseswereharnessed.

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