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Chapter 11

           PrinceAndrew,takingadvantageoftheEmperor’spermission,accompaniedPaulucci,whomhehadknowninTurkey,intothedrawingroomwherethecouncilwasassembled.

           PrincePeterMikháylovichVolkónskioccupiedtheposition,asitwere,ofchiefoftheEmperor’sstaff.Hecameoutofthestudyintothedrawingroomwithsomemapswhichhespreadonatable,andputquestionsonwhichhewishedtoheartheopinionofthegentlemenpresent.Whathadhappenedwasthatnews(whichafterwardsprovedtobefalse)hadbeenreceivedduringthenightofamovementbytheFrenchtooutflanktheDrissacamp.

           ThefirsttospeakwasGeneralArmfeldtwho,tomeetthedifficultythatpresenteditself,unexpectedlyproposedaperfectlynewpositionawayfromthePetersburgandMoscowroads.Thereasonforthiswasinexplicable(unlesshewishedtoshowthathe,too,couldhaveanopinion),butheurgedthatatthispointthearmyshoulduniteandthereawaittheenemy.ItwasplainthatArmfeldthadthoughtoutthatplanlongagoandnowexpoundeditnotsomuchtoanswerthequestionsput—which,infact,hisplandidnotanswer—astoavailhimselfoftheopportunitytoairit.Itwasoneofthemillionsofproposals,oneasgoodasanother,thatcouldbemadeaslongasitwasquiteunknownwhatcharacterthewarwouldtake.Somedisputedhisarguments,othersdefendedthem.YoungCountTollobjectedtotheSwedishgeneral’sviewsmorewarmlythananyoneelse,andinthecourseofthedisputedrewfromhissidepocketawell-fillednotebook,whichheaskedpermissiontoreadtothem.

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