Chapter 2

           

           AnnaPávlovna’spresentimentwasinfactfulfilled.NextdayduringtheserviceatthepalacechurchinhonoroftheEmperor’sbirthday,PrinceVolkónskiwascalledoutofthechurchandreceivedadispatchfromPrinceKutúzov.ItwasKutúzov’sreport,writtenfromTatárinovaonthedayofthebattle.KutúzovwrotethattheRussianshadnotretreatedastep,thattheFrenchlossesweremuchheavierthanours,andthathewaswritinginhastefromthefieldofbattlebeforecollectingfullinformation.Itfollowedthattheremusthavebeenavictory.Andatonce,withoutleavingthechurch,thankswererenderedtotheCreatorforHishelpandforthevictory.

           AnnaPávlovna’spresentimentwasjustified,andallthatmorningajoyouslyfestivemoodreignedinthecity.Everyonebelievedthevictorytohavebeencomplete,andsomeevenspokeofNapoleon’shavingbeencaptured,ofhisdeposition,andofthechoiceofanewrulerforFrance.

           Itisverydifficultforeventstobereflectedintheirrealstrengthandcompletenessamidtheconditionsofcourtlifeandfarfromthesceneofaction.Generaleventsinvoluntarilygroupthemselvesaroundsomeparticularincident.Sonowthecourtiers’pleasurewasbasedasmuchonthefactthatthenewshadarrivedontheEmperor’sbirthdayasonthefactofthevictoryitself.Itwaslikeasuccessfullyarrangedsurprise.MentionwasmadeinKutúzov’sreportoftheRussianlosses,amongwhichfiguredthenamesofTúchkov,Bagratión,andKutáysov.

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