Війна і мир

Chapter 27

           Helistened,refrainingfromareply,andinvoluntarilywonderedhowthisoldman,livingaloneinthecountryforsomanyyears,couldknowanddiscusssominutelyandacutelyalltherecentEuropeanmilitaryandpoliticalevents.

           “YouthinkI’manoldmananddon’tunderstandthepresentstateofaffairs?”concludedhisfather.“Butittroublesme.Idon’tsleepatnight.Comenow,wherehasthisgreatcommanderofyoursshownhisskill?”heconcluded.

           “Thatwouldtaketoolongtotell,”answeredtheson.

           “Well,thengoofftoyourBuonaparte!MademoiselleBourienne,here’sanotheradmirerofthatpowder-monkeyemperorofyours,”heexclaimedinexcellentFrench.

           “Youknow,Prince,IamnotaBonapartist!”

           “Dieusaitquandreviendra.”hummedtheprinceoutoftuneand,withalaughstillmoreso,hequittedthetable.

           Thelittleprincessduringthewholediscussionandtherestofthedinnersatsilent,glancingwithafrightenedlooknowatherfather-in-lawandnowatPrincessMary.Whentheyleftthetableshetookhersister-in-law’sarmanddrewherintoanotherroom.

           “Whataclevermanyourfatheris,”saidshe;“perhapsthatiswhyIamafraidofhim.”

           “Oh,heissokind!”answeredPrincessMary.

           

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