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Chapter 10

           Thisadjutantwasalsothereandsatdozingontherolled-upbedding,evidentlyexhaustedbyworkorbyfeasting.Twodoorsledfromtheroom,onestraightonintowhathadbeenthedrawingroom,andanother,ontheright,tothestudy.ThroughthefirstdoorcamethesoundofvoicesconversinginGermanandoccasionallyinFrench.Inthatdrawingroomweregathered,bytheEmperor’swish,notamilitarycouncil(theEmperorpreferredindefiniteness),butcertainpersonswhoseopinionshewishedtoknowinviewoftheimpendingdifficulties.Itwasnotacouncilofwar,but,asitwere,acounciltoelucidatecertainquestionsfortheEmperorpersonally.TothissemicouncilhadbeeninvitedtheSwedishGeneralArmfeldt,AdjutantGeneralWolzogen,Wintzingerode(whomNapoleonhadreferredtoasarenegadeFrenchsubject),Michaud,Toll,CountSteinwhowasnotamilitarymanatall,andPfuelhimself,who,asPrinceAndrewhadheard,wasthemainspringofthewholeaffair.PrinceAndrewhadanopportunityofgettingagoodlookathim,forPfuelarrivedsoonafterhimselfand,inpassingthroughtothedrawingroom,stoppedaminutetospeaktoChernýshev.

           Atfirstsight,Pfuel,inhisill-madeuniformofaRussiangeneral,whichfittedhimbadlylikeafancycostume,seemedfamiliartoPrinceAndrew,thoughhesawhimnowforthefirsttime.TherewasabouthimsomethingofWeyrother,Mack,andSchmidt,andmanyotherGermantheorist-generalswhomPrinceAndrewhadseenin1805,buthewasmoretypicalthananyofthem.

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