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Chapter 11

           “Whatisthedifficulty?Nonsense,childishness!”

           HewentuptothemapandspeakingrapidlybeganprovingthatnoeventualitycouldaltertheefficiencyoftheDrissacamp,thateverythinghadbeenforeseen,andthatiftheenemywerereallygoingtooutflankit,theenemywouldinevitablybedestroyed.

           Paulucci,whodidnotknowGerman,beganquestioninghiminFrench.Wolzogencametotheassistanceofhischief,whospokeFrenchbadly,andbegantranslatingforhim,hardlyabletokeeppacewithPfuel,whowasrapidlydemonstratingthatnotonlyallthathadhappened,butallthatcouldhappen,hadbeenforeseeninhisscheme,andthatiftherewerenowanydifficultiesthewholefaultlayinthefactthathisplanhadnotbeenpreciselyexecuted.Hekeptlaughingsarcastically,hedemonstrated,andatlastcontemptuouslyceasedtodemonstrate,likeamathematicianwhoceasestoproveinvariouswaystheaccuracyofaproblemthathasalreadybeenproved.WolzogentookhisplaceandcontinuedtoexplainhisviewsinFrench,everynowandthenturningtoPfuelandsaying,“Isitnotso,yourexcellency?”ButPfuel,likeamanheatedinafightwhostrikesthoseonhisownside,shoutedangrilyathisownsupporter,Wolzogen:

           “Well,ofcourse,whatmoreistheretoexplain?”

           PaulucciandMichaudbothattackedWolzogensimultaneouslyinFrench.ArmfeldtaddressedPfuelinGerman.TollexplainedtoVolkónskiinRussian.PrinceAndrewlistenedandobservedinsilence.

           OfallthesemenPrinceAndrewsympathizedmostwithPfuel,angry,determined,andabsurdlyself-confidentashewas.

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