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Chapter 10

           “IconfessIdonotunderstand:perhapstherearediplomaticsubtletiesherebeyondmyfeebleintelligence,butIcan’tmakeitout.Macklosesawholearmy,theArchdukeFerdinandandtheArchdukeKarlgivenosignsoflifeandmakeblunderafterblunder.Kutúzovaloneatlastgainsarealvictory,destroyingthespelloftheinvincibilityoftheFrench,andtheMinisterofWardoesnotevencaretohearthedetails.”

           “That’sjustit,mydearfellow.Youseeit’shurrahfortheTsar,forRussia,fortheOrthodoxGreekfaith!Allthatisbeautiful,butwhatdowe,ImeantheAustriancourt,careforyourvictories?BringusnicenewsofavictorybytheArchdukeKarlorFerdinand(onearchduke’sasgoodasanother,asyouknow)andevenifitisonlyoverafirebrigadeofBonaparte’s,thatwillbeanotherstoryandwe’llfireoffsomecannon!Butthissortofthingseemsdoneonpurposetovexus.TheArchdukeKarldoesnothing,theArchdukeFerdinanddisgraceshimself.YouabandonVienna,giveupitsdefense—asmuchastosay:‘Heaveniswithus,butheavenhelpyouandyourcapital!’Theonegeneralwhomweallloved,Schmidt,youexposetoabullet,andthenyoucongratulateusonthevictory!Admitthatmoreirritatingnewsthanyourscouldnothavebeenconceived.It’sasifithadbeendoneonpurpose,onpurpose.

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