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Chapter 19

           

           Twohourspassed.NapoleonhadlunchedandwasagainstandinginthesameplaceonthePoklónnyHillawaitingthedeputation.Hisspeechtotheboyarshadalreadytakendefiniteshapeinhisimagination.ThatspeechwasfullofdignityandgreatnessasNapoleonunderstoodit.

           HewashimselfcarriedawaybythetoneofmagnanimityheintendedtoadopttowardMoscow.InhisimaginationheappointeddaysforassembliesatthepalaceoftheTsars,atwhichRussiannotablesandhisownwouldmingle.Hementallyappointedagovernor,onewhowouldwintheheartsofthepeople.HavinglearnedthatthereweremanycharitableinstitutionsinMoscowhementallydecidedthathewouldshowerfavorsonthemall.Hethoughtthat,asinAfricahehadtoputonaburnooseandsitinamosque,soinMoscowhemustbebeneficentliketheTsars.AndinorderfinallytotouchtheheartsoftheRussians—andbeinglikeallFrenchmenunabletoimagineanythingsentimentalwithoutareferencetomachère,matendre,mapauvremère*—hedecidedthathewouldplaceaninscriptiononalltheseestablishmentsinlargeletters:“Thisestablishmentisdedicatedtomydearmother.”Orno,itshouldbesimply:MaisondemaMère,*(2)heconcluded.“ButamIreallyinMoscow?Yes,hereitliesbeforeme,butwhyisthedeputationfromthecitysolonginappearing?”hewondered.

           *“Mydear,mytender,mypoormother.”

           *(2)“HouseofmyMother.”

           Meanwhileanagitatedconsultationwasbeingcarriedoninwhispersamonghisgeneralsandmarshalsattherearofhissuite.

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