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Chapter 7

           

           “AndwhyhastheEmperorAlexandertakencommandofthearmies?Whatisthegoodofthat?Warismyprofession,buthisbusinessistoreignandnottocommandarmies!Whyhashetakenonhimselfsucharesponsibility?”

           AgainNapoleonbroughtouthissnuffbox,pacedseveraltimesupanddowntheroominsilence,andthen,suddenlyandunexpectedly,wentuptoBalashëvandwithaslightsmile,asconfidently,quickly,andsimplyasifheweredoingsomethingnotmerelyimportantbutpleasingtoBalashëv,heraisedhishandtotheforty-year-oldRussiangeneral’sfaceand,takinghimbytheear,pulleditgently,smilingwithhislipsonly.

           Tohaveone’searpulledbytheEmperorwasconsideredthegreatesthonorandmarkoffavorattheFrenchcourt.

           “Well,adorerandcourtieroftheEmperorAlexander,whydon’tyousayanything?”saidhe,asifitwasridiculous,inhispresence,tobetheadorerandcourtierofanyonebuthimself,Napoleon.“Arethehorsesreadyforthegeneral?”headded,withaslightinclinationofhisheadinreplytoBalashëv’sbow.“Lethimhavemine,hehasalongwaytogo!”

           ThelettertakenbyBalashëvwasthelastNapoleonsenttoAlexander.EverydetailoftheinterviewwascommunicatedtotheRussianmonarch,andthewarbegan....

           

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