Chapter 10

           

           ThisletterhadnotyetbeenpresentedtotheEmperorwhenBarclay,onedayatdinner,informedBolkónskithatthesovereignwishedtoseehimpersonally,toquestionhimaboutTurkey,andthatPrinceAndrewwastopresenthimselfatBennigsen’squartersatsixthatevening.

           NewswasreceivedattheEmperor’squartersthatverydayofafreshmovementbyNapoleonwhichmightendangerthearmy—newssubsequentlyfoundtobefalse.AndthatmorningColonelMichaudhadriddenroundtheDrissafortificationswiththeEmperorandhadpointedouttohimthatthisfortifiedcampconstructedbyPfuel,andtillthenconsideredachef-d’oeuvreoftacticalsciencewhichwouldensureNapoleon’sdestruction,wasanabsurdity,threateningthedestructionoftheRussianarmy.

           PrinceAndrewarrivedatBennigsen’squarters—acountrygentleman’shouseofmoderatesize,situatedontheverybanksoftheriver.NeitherBennigsennortheEmperorwasthere,butChernýshev,theEmperor’saide-de-camp,receivedBolkónskiandinformedhimthattheEmperor,accompaniedbyGeneralBennigsenandMarquisPaulucci,hadgoneasecondtimethatdaytoinspectthefortificationsoftheDrissacamp,ofthesuitabilityofwhichseriousdoubtswerebeginningtobefelt.

           ChernýshevwassittingatawindowinthefirstroomwithaFrenchnovelinhishand.Thisroomhadprobablybeenamusicroom;therewasstillanorganinitonwhichsomerugswerepiled,andinonecornerstoodthefoldingbedsteadofBennigsen’sadjutant.

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