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Chapter 4

           

           “Verywell,butevenifweadmitthathewasalivein1812,canonebelievethataFrenchchasseurpointedacannonathimforalark,andshothisleftlegoff?Hesayshepickedhisownlegupandtookitawayandburieditinthecemetery.Hesworehehadastoneputupoveritwiththeinscription:‘HereliesthelegofCollegiateSecretaryLebedeff,’andontheotherside,‘Rest,belovedashes,tillthemornofjoy,’andthathehasaservicereadoveriteveryyear(whichissimplysacrilege),andgoestoMoscowonceayearonpurpose.HeinvitesmetoMoscowinordertoprovehisassertion,andshowmehisleg’stomb,andtheverycannonthatshothim;hesaysit’stheeleventhfromthegateoftheKremlin,anold-fashionedfalconettakenfromtheFrenchafterwards.”

           “And,meanwhilebothhislegsarestillonhisbody,”saidtheprince,laughing.“Iassureyou,itisonlyaninnocentjoke,andyouneednotbeangryaboutit.”

           “Excusemewaitaminutehesaysthatthelegweseeisawoodenone,madebyTchernosvitoff.”

           “Theydosayonecandancewiththose!”

           “Quiteso,quiteso;andheswearsthathiswifeneverfoundoutthatoneofhislegswaswoodenallthewhiletheyweremarried.WhenIshowedhimtheridiculousnessofallthis,hesaid,‘Well,ifyouwereoneofNapoleon’spagesin1812,youmightletmeburymylegintheMoscowcemetery.’”

           “Why,didyousaybegantheprince,andpausedinconfusion.

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