Война и мир

Chapter 3

           Inalarmhewishestoflee,consideringhimselflost.Hepretendstofallintoaswoonandsayssenselessthingsthatshouldhaveruinedhim.ButtheonceproudandshrewdrulersofFrance,feelingthattheirpartisplayedout,areevenmorebewilderedthanhe,anddonotsaythewordstheyshouldhavesaidtodestroyhimandretaintheirpower.

           Chance,millionsofchances,givehimpower,andallmenasifbyagreementco-operatetoconfirmthatpower.ChanceformsthecharactersoftherulersofFrance,whosubmittohim;chanceformsthecharacterofPaulIofRussiawhorecognizeshisgovernment;chancecontrivesaplotagainsthimwhichnotonlyfailstoharmhimbutconfirmshispower.ChanceputstheDucd’Enghieninhishandsandunexpectedlycauseshimtokillhim—therebyconvincingthemobmoreforciblythaninanyotherwaythathehadtheright,sincehehadthemight.ChancecontrivesthatthoughhedirectsallhiseffortstoprepareanexpeditionagainstEngland(whichwouldinevitablyhaveruinedhim)henevercarriesoutthatintention,butunexpectedlyfallsuponMackandtheAustrians,whosurrenderwithoutabattle.ChanceandgeniusgivehimthevictoryatAusterlitz;andbychanceallmen,notonlytheFrenchbutallEurope—exceptEnglandwhichdoesnottakepartintheeventsabouttohappen—despitetheirformerhorroranddetestationofhiscrimes,nowrecognizehisauthority,thetitlehehasgivenhimself,andhisidealofgrandeurandglory,whichseemsexcellentandreasonabletothemall.

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