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Chapter 34

           

           Napoleonnoddedassent.

           TheadjutantgallopedtoClaparède’sdivisionandafewminuteslatertheYoungGuardsstationedbehindtheknollmovedforward.Napoleongazedsilentlyinthatdirection.

           “No!”hesuddenlysaidtoBerthier.“Ican’tsendClaparède.SendFriant’sdivision.”

           ThoughtherewasnoadvantageinsendingFriant’sdivisioninsteadofClaparède’s,andevenanobviousinconvenienceanddelayinstoppingClaparèdeandsendingFriantnow,theorderwascarriedoutexactly.Napoleondidnotnoticethatinregardtohisarmyhewasplayingthepartofadoctorwhohindersbyhismedicines—arolehesojustlyunderstoodandcondemned.

           Friant’sdivisiondisappearedastheothershaddoneintothesmokeofthebattlefield.Fromallsidesadjutantscontinuedtoarriveatagallopandasifbyagreementallsaidthesamething.TheyallaskedforreinforcementsandallsaidthattheRussianswereholdingtheirpositionsandmaintainingahellishfireunderwhichtheFrencharmywasmeltingaway.

           Napoleonsatonacampstool,wrappedinthought.

           M.deBeausset,themansofondoftravel,havingfastedsincemorning,cameuptotheEmperorandventuredrespectfullytosuggestlunchtoHisMajesty.

           “IhopeImaynowcongratulateYourMajestyonavictory?”saidhe.

           Napoleonsilentlyshookhisheadinnegation.Assumingthenegationtoreferonlytothevictoryandnottothelunch,M.deBeaussetventuredwithrespectfuljocularitytoremarkthatthereisnoreasonfornothavinglunchwhenonecangetit.

           “Goaway...”exclaimedNapoleonsuddenlyandmorosely,andturnedaside.

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