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Chapter 26

           “Theyareforcingustoexterminatethem.SomuchtheworsefortheRussianarmy....Goon...harder,harder!”hemuttered,hunchinghisbackandpresentinghisfatshoulders.

           “Allright.LetMonsieurdeBeaussetenter,andFabviertoo,”hesaid,noddingtotheaide-de-camp.

           “Yes,sire,”andtheaide-de-campdisappearedthroughthedoorofthetent.

           TwovaletsrapidlydressedHisMajesty,andwearingtheblueuniformoftheGuardshewentwithfirmquickstepstothereceptionroom.

           DeBeausset’shandsmeanwhilewerebusilyengagedarrangingthepresenthehadbroughtfromtheEmpress,ontwochairsdirectlyinfrontoftheentrance.ButNapoleonhaddressedandcomeoutwithsuchunexpectedrapiditythathehadnottimetofinisharrangingthesurprise.

           Napoleonnoticedatoncewhattheywereaboutandguessedthattheywerenotready.Hedidnotwishtodeprivethemofthepleasureofgivinghimasurprise,sohepretendednottoseedeBeaussetandcalledFabviertohim,listeningsilentlyandwithasternfrowntowhatFabviertoldhimoftheheroismanddevotionofhistroopsfightingatSalamanca,attheotherendofEurope,withbutonethought—tobeworthyoftheirEmperor—andbutonefear—tofailtopleasehim.Theresultofthatbattlehadbeendeplorable.NapoleonmadeironicremarksduringFabvier’saccount,asifhehadnotexpectedthatmatterscouldgootherwiseinhisabsence.

           “ImustmakeupforthatinMoscow,”saidNapoleon.

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