Chapter 17

           

           AftertheEmperorhadleftMoscow,lifeflowedonthereinitsusualcourse,anditscoursewassoveryusualthatitwasdifficulttoremembertherecentdaysofpatrioticelationandardor,hardtobelievethatRussiawasreallyindangerandthatthemembersoftheEnglishClubwerealsosonsoftheFatherlandreadytosacrificeeverythingforit.TheonethingthatrecalledthepatrioticfervoreveryonehaddisplayedduringtheEmperor’sstaywasthecallforcontributionsofmenandmoney,anecessitythatassoonasthepromiseshadbeenmadeassumedalegal,officialformandbecameunavoidable.

           Withtheenemy’sapproachtoMoscow,theMoscovites’viewoftheirsituationdidnotgrowmoreseriousbutonthecontrarybecameevenmorefrivolous,asalwayshappenswithpeoplewhoseeagreatdangerapproaching.Attheapproachofdangertherearealwaystwovoicesthatspeakwithequalpowerinthehumansoul:oneveryreasonablytellsamantoconsiderthenatureofthedangerandthemeansofescapingit;theother,stillmorereasonably,saysthatitistoodepressingandpainfultothinkofthedanger,sinceitisnotinman’spowertoforeseeeverythingandavertthegeneralcourseofevents,anditisthereforebettertodisregardwhatispainfultillitcomes,andtothinkaboutwhatispleasant.Insolitudeamangenerallylistenstothefirstvoice,butinsocietytothesecond.SoitwasnowwiththeinhabitantsofMoscow.ItwaslongsincepeoplehadbeenasgayinMoscowasthatyear.

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