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Chapter 2

           Itwascoldanduncannyintherapidcurrentinthemiddleofthestream,andtheUhlanscaughtholdofoneanotherastheyfellofftheirhorses.Someofthehorsesweredrownedandsomeofthemen;theotherstriedtoswimon,someinthesaddleandsomeclingingtotheirhorses’manes.Theytriedtomaketheirwayforwardtotheoppositebankand,thoughtherewasafordonethirdofamileaway,wereproudthattheywereswimminganddrowninginthisriverundertheeyesofthemanwhosatonthelogandwasnotevenlookingatwhattheyweredoing.Whentheaide-de-camp,havingreturnedandchoosinganopportunemoment,venturedtodrawtheEmperor’sattentiontothedevotionofthePolestohisperson,thelittlemaninthegrayovercoatgotupand,havingsummonedBerthier,beganpacingupanddownthebankwithhim,givinghiminstructionsandoccasionallyglancingdisapprovinglyatthedrowningUhlanswhodistractedhisattention.

           Forhimitwasnonewconvictionthathispresenceinanypartoftheworld,fromAfricatothesteppesofMuscovyalike,wasenoughtodumfoundpeopleandimpelthemtoinsaneself-oblivion.Hecalledforhishorseandrodetohisquarters.

           SomefortyUhlansweredrownedintheriver,thoughboatsweresenttotheirassistance.Themajoritystruggledbacktothebankfromwhichtheyhadstarted.Thecolonelandsomeofhismengotacrossandwithdifficultyclamberedoutonthefurtherbank

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