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Chapter 26

           Atasinglegesturefromhimeveryonewentoutontiptoe,leavingthegreatmantohimselfandhisemotion.

           Havingsatstillforawhilehetouched—himselfnotknowingwhy—thethickspotofpaintrepresentingthehighestlightintheportrait,rose,andrecalleddeBeaussetandtheofficeronduty.Heorderedtheportraittobecarriedoutsidehistent,thattheOldGuard,stationedroundit,mightnotbedeprivedofthepleasureofseeingtheKingofRome,thesonandheiroftheiradoredmonarch.

           AndwhilehewasdoingM.deBeaussetthehonorofbreakfastingwithhim,theyheard,asNapoleonhadanticipated,therapturouscriesoftheofficersandmenoftheOldGuardwhohadrunuptoseetheportrait.

           “Vivel’Empereur!ViveleroideRome!Vivel’Empereur!”camethoseecstaticcries.

           AfterbreakfastNapoleonindeBeausset’spresencedictatedhisorderofthedaytothearmy.

           “Shortandenergetic!”heremarkedwhenhehadreadovertheproclamationwhichhehaddictatedstraightoffwithoutcorrections.Itran:

           Soldiers!Thisisthebattleyouhavesolongedfor.Victorydependsonyou.Itisessentialforus;itwillgiveusallweneed:comfortablequartersandaspeedyreturntoourcountry.BehaveasyoudidatAusterlitz,Friedland,Vítebsk,andSmolénsk.Letourremotestposterityrecallyourachievementsthisdaywithpride.Letitbesaidofeachofyou:“HewasinthegreatbattlebeforeMoscow!”

           “BeforeMoscow!”repeatedNapoleon,andinvitingM.deBeausset,whowassofondoftravel,toaccompanyhimonhisride,hewentoutofthetenttowherethehorsesstoodsaddled

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