Chapter 38

           

           Theterriblespectacleofthebattlefieldcoveredwithdeadandwounded,togetherwiththeheavinessofhisheadandthenewsthatsometwentygeneralsheknewpersonallyhadbeenkilledorwounded,andtheconsciousnessoftheimpotenceofhisoncemightyarm,producedanunexpectedimpressiononNapoleonwhousuallylikedtolookatthekilledandwounded,thereby,heconsidered,testinghisstrengthofmind.Thisdaythehorribleappearanceofthebattlefieldovercamethatstrengthofmindwhichhethoughtconstitutedhismeritandhisgreatness.HerodehurriedlyfromthebattlefieldandreturnedtotheShevárdinoknoll,wherehesatonhiscampstool,hissallowfaceswollenandheavy,hiseyesdim,hisnosered,andhisvoicehoarse,involuntarilylistening,withdowncasteyes,tothesoundsoffiring.Withpainfuldejectionheawaitedtheendofthisaction,inwhichheregardedhimselfasaparticipantandwhichhewasunabletoarrest.Apersonal,humanfeelingforabriefmomentgotthebetteroftheartificialphantasmoflifehehadservedsolong.Hefeltinhisownpersonthesufferingsanddeathhehadwitnessedonthebattlefield.Theheavinessofhisheadandchestremindedhimofthepossibilityofsufferinganddeathforhimself.AtthatmomenthedidnotdesireMoscow,orvictory,orglory(whatneedhadheforanymoreglory?).Theonethinghewishedforwasrest,tranquillity,andfreedom.

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