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Chapter 34

           

           Amidthepowdersmoke,slowlydispersingoverthewholespacethroughwhichNapoleonrode,horsesandmenwerelyinginpoolsofblood,singlyorinheaps.NeitherNapoleonnoranyofhisgeneralshadeverbeforeseensuchhorrorsorsomanyslaininsuchasmallarea.Theroarofguns,thathadnotceasedfortenhours,weariedtheearandgaveapeculiarsignificancetothespectacle,asmusicdoestotableauxvivants.NapoleonrodeupthehighgroundatSemënovsk,andthroughthesmokesawranksofmeninuniformsofacolorunfamiliartohim.TheywereRussians.

           TheRussiansstoodinserriedranksbehindSemënovskvillageanditsknoll,andtheirgunsboomedincessantlyalongtheirlineandsentforthcloudsofsmoke.Itwasnolongerabattle:itwasacontinuousslaughterwhichcouldbeofnoavaileithertotheFrenchortheRussians.NapoleonstoppedhishorseandagainfellintothereveriefromwhichBerthierhadarousedhim.Hecouldnotstopwhatwasgoingonbeforehimandaroundhimandwassupposedtobedirectedbyhimandtodependonhim,andfromitslackofsuccessthisaffair,forthefirsttime,seemedtohimunnecessaryandhorrible.

           OneofthegeneralsrodeuptoNapoleonandventuredtooffertoleadtheOldGuardintoaction.NeyandBerthier,standingnearNapoleon,exchangedlooksandsmiledcontemptuouslyatthisgeneral’ssenselessoffer.

           Napoleonbowedhisheadandremainedsilentalongtime.

           “AteighthundredleaguesfromFrance,IwillnothavemyGuarddestroyed!”hesaid,andturninghishorserodebacktoShevárdino.

           

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