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Chapter 10

           

           TheyoungerEmperorcouldnotrestrainhiswishtobepresentatthebattleand,inspiteoftheremonstrancesofhiscourtiers,attwelveo’clockleftthethirdcolumnwithwhichhehadbeenandgallopedtowardthevanguard.Beforehecameupwiththehussars,severaladjutantsmethimwithnewsofthesuccessfulresultoftheaction.

           Thisbattle,whichconsistedinthecaptureofaFrenchsquadron,wasrepresentedasabrilliantvictoryovertheFrench,andsotheEmperorandthewholearmy,especiallywhilethesmokehungoverthebattlefield,believedthattheFrenchhadbeendefeatedandwereretreatingagainsttheirwill.AfewminutesaftertheEmperorhadpassed,thePávlograddivisionwasorderedtoadvance.InWischauitself,apettyGermantown,RostóvsawtheEmperoragain.Inthemarketplace,wheretherehadbeensomeratherheavyfiringbeforetheEmperor’sarrival,layseveralkilledandwoundedsoldierswhomtherehadnotbeentimetomove.TheEmperor,surroundedbyhissuiteofofficersandcourtiers,wasridingabobtailedchestnutmare,adifferentonefromthatwhichhehadriddenatthereview,andbendingtoonesidehegracefullyheldagoldlorgnettetohiseyesandlookedatasoldierwholayprone,withbloodonhisuncoveredhead.Thewoundedsoldierwassodirty,coarse,andrevoltingthathisproximitytotheEmperorshockedRostóv.RostóvsawhowtheEmperor’sratherroundshouldersshudderedasifacoldshiverhadrundownthem,howhisleftfootbeganconvulsivelytappingthehorse’ssidewiththespur,andhowthewell-trainedhorselookedroundunconcernedanddidnotstir.

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