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Chapter 10

           OtherwiseweshouldlongagohavebeeninthemountainsofBohemia,andyouandyourarmywouldhavespentabadquarterofanhourbetweentwofires.”

           “Butstillthisdoesnotmeanthatthecampaignisover,”saidPrinceAndrew.

           “Well,Ithinkitis.Thebigwigsherethinksotoo,buttheydaren’tsayso.ItwillbeasIsaidatthebeginningofthecampaign,itwon’tbeyourskirmishingatDürrenstein,orgunpowderatall,thatwilldecidethematter,butthosewhodevisedit,”saidBilíbinquotingoneofhisownmots,releasingthewrinklesonhisforehead,andpausing.“TheonlyquestioniswhatwillcomeofthemeetingbetweentheEmperorAlexanderandtheKingofPrussiainBerlin?IfPrussiajoinstheAllies,Austria’shandwillbeforcedandtherewillbewar.IfnotitismerelyaquestionofsettlingwherethepreliminariesofthenewCampoFormioaretobedrawnup.”

           “Whatanextraordinarygenius!”PrinceAndrewsuddenlyexclaimed,clenchinghissmallhandandstrikingthetablewithit,“andwhatluckthemanhas!”

           “Buonaparte?”saidBilíbininquiringly,puckeringuphisforeheadtoindicatethathewasabouttosaysomethingwitty.“Buonaparte?”herepeated,accentuatingtheu:“Ithink,however,nowthathelaysdownlawsforAustriaatSchönbrunn,ilfautluifairegrâcedel’u!*IshallcertainlyadoptaninnovationandcallhimsimplyBonaparte!”

           *“Wemustlethimofftheu!”

           “Butjokingapart,”saidPrinceAndrew,“doyoureallythinkthecampaignisover?”

           “ThisiswhatIthink.Austriahasbeenmadeafoolof,andsheisnotusedtoit

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