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Chapter 12

           SincethecampaignsofAusterlitzandof1807Rostóvknewbyexperiencethatmenalwaysliewhendescribingmilitaryexploits,ashehimselfhaddonewhenrecountingthem;besidesthat,hehadexperienceenoughtoknowthatnothinghappensinwaratallaswecanimagineorrelateit.AndsohedidnotlikeZdrzhinski’stale,nordidhelikeZdrzhinskihimselfwho,withhismustachesextendingoverhischeeks,bentlowoverthefaceofhishearer,aswashishabit,andcrowdedRostóvinthenarrowshanty.Rostóvlookedathiminsilence.“Inthefirstplace,theremusthavebeensuchaconfusionandcrowdingonthedamthatwasbeingattackedthatifRaévskididleadhissonsthere,itcouldhavehadnoeffectexceptperhapsonsomedozenmennearesttohim,”thoughthe,“therestcouldnothaveseenhoworwithwhomRaévskicameontothedam.Andeventhosewhodidseeitwouldnothavebeenmuchstimulatedbyit,forwhathadtheytodowithRaévski’stenderpaternalfeelingswhentheirownskinswereindanger?Andbesides,thefateoftheFatherlanddidnotdependonwhethertheytooktheSaltánovdamornot,aswearetoldwasthecaseatThermopylae.Sowhyshouldhehavemadesuchasacrifice?Andwhyexposehisownchildreninthebattle?IwouldnothavetakenmybrotherPétyathere,orevenIlyín,who’sastrangertomebutanicelad,butwouldhavetriedtoputthemsomewhereundercover,”Nicholascontinuedtothink,ashelistenedtoZdrzhinski.Buthedidnotexpresshisthoughts,forinsuchmatters,too,hehadgainedexperience

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