Война и мир

Chapter 12

           Dohktúrov,alittleman,satoppositeWeyrother,withanassiduousandmodestmien,andstoopingovertheoutspreadmapconscientiouslystudiedthedispositionsandtheunfamiliarlocality.HeaskedWeyrotherseveraltimestorepeatwordshehadnotclearlyheardandthedifficultnamesofvillages.WeyrothercompliedandDohktúrovnotedthemdown.

           Whenthereadingwhichlastedmorethananhourwasover,Langeronagainbroughthissnuffboxtorestand,withoutlookingatWeyrotheroratanyoneinparticular,begantosayhowdifficultitwastocarryoutsuchaplaninwhichtheenemy’spositionwasassumedtobeknown,whereasitwasperhapsnotknown,sincetheenemywasinmovement.Langeron’sobjectionswerevalidbutitwasobviousthattheirchiefaimwastoshowGeneralWeyrother—whohadreadhisdispositionswithasmuchself-confidenceasifhewereaddressingschoolchildren—thathehadtodo,notwithfools,butwithmenwhocouldteachhimsomethinginmilitarymatters.

           WhenthemonotonoussoundofWeyrother’svoiceceased,Kutúzovopenedhiseyeasamillerwakesupwhenthesoporificdroneofthemillwheelisinterrupted.HelistenedtowhatLangeronsaid,asifremarking,“Soyouarestillatthatsillybusiness!”quicklyclosedhiseyeagain,andlethisheadsinkstilllower.

           Langeron,tryingasvirulentlyaspossibletostingWeyrother’svanityasauthorofthemilitaryplan,arguedthatBonapartemighteasilyattackinsteadofbeingattacked,andsorenderthewholeofthisplanperfectlyworthless.

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