Війна і мир

Chapter 4

           HehadaSt.George’sCrossroundhisneckandlookedpaleandill.Hehadbeenfeverishfortwodaysandwasnowshiveringandinpain.BesidehimsatUvárov,whowithrapidgesticulationswasgivinghimsomeinformation,speakinginlowtonesastheyalldid.ChubbylittleDokhtúrovwaslisteningattentivelywitheyebrowsraisedandarmsfoldedonhisstomach.OntheothersidesatCountOstermann-Tolstóy,seeminglyabsorbedinhisownthoughts.Hisbroadheadwithitsboldfeaturesandglitteringeyeswasrestingonhishand.Raévski,twitchingforwardtheblackhaironhistemplesaswashishabit,glancednowatKutúzovandnowatthedoorwithalookofimpatience.Konovnítsyn’sfirm,handsome,andkindlyfacewaslitupbyatender,slysmile.HisglancemetMalásha’s,andtheexpressionofhiseyescausedthelittlegirltosmile.

           TheywereallwaitingforBennigsen,whoonthepretextofinspectingthepositionwasfinishinghissavorydinner.Theywaitedforhimfromfourtillsixo’clockanddidnotbegintheirdeliberationsallthattimebuttalkedinlowtonesofothermatters.

           OnlywhenBennigsenhadenteredthehutdidKutúzovleavehiscorneranddrawtowardthetable,butnotnearenoughforthecandlesthathadbeenplacedtheretolightuphisface.

           Bennigsenopenedthecouncilwiththequestion:“ArewetoabandonRussia’sancientandsacredcapitalwithoutastruggle,orarewetodefendit?”Aprolongedandgeneralsilencefollowed.TherewasafrownoneveryfaceandonlyKutúzov’sangrygruntsandoccasionalcoughbrokethesilence.Alleyesweregazingathim.

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