Chapter 11

           

           PrinceAndrew’seyeswerestillfollowingPfueloutoftheroomwhenCountBennigsenenteredhurriedly,andnoddingtoBolkónski,butnotpausing,wentintothestudy,givinginstructionstohisadjutantashewent.TheEmperorwasfollowinghim,andBennigsenhadhastenedontomakesomepreparationsandtobereadytoreceivethesovereign.ChernýshevandPrinceAndrewwentoutintotheporch,wheretheEmperor,wholookedfatigued,wasdismounting.MarquisPaulucciwastalkingtohimwithparticularwarmthandtheEmperor,withhisheadbenttotheleft,waslisteningwithadissatisfiedair.TheEmperormovedforwardevidentlywishingtoendtheconversation,buttheflushedandexcitedItalian,obliviousofdecorum,followedhimandcontinuedtospeak.

           “Andasforthemanwhoadvisedformingthiscamp—theDrissacamp,”saidPaulucci,astheEmperormountedthestepsandnoticingPrinceAndrewscannedhisunfamiliarface,“astothatperson,sire...”continuedPaulucci,desperately,apparentlyunabletorestrainhimself,“themanwhoadvisedtheDrissacamp—Iseenoalternativebutthelunaticasylumorthegallows!”

           WithoutheedingtheendoftheItalian’sremarks,andasthoughnothearingthem,theEmperor,recognizingBolkónski,addressedhimgraciously.

           “Iamverygladtoseeyou!Gointherewheretheyaremeeting,andwaitforme.”

           TheEmperorwentintothestudy.HewasfollowedbyPrincePeterMikháylovichVolkónskiandBaronStein,andthedoorclosedbehindthem.

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