Війна і мир

Chapter 11

           

           “Whateverareyoubotheringabout,gentlemen?”saidBilíbin,who,tillthen,hadlistenedwithanamusedsmiletotheirconversationandnowwasevidentlyreadywithajoke.“Whethertomorrowbringsvictoryordefeat,thegloryofourRussianarmsissecure.ExceptyourKutúzov,thereisnotasingleRussianincommandofacolumn!Thecommandersare:HerrGeneralWimpfen,leComtedeLangeron,lePrincedeLichtenstein,lePrincedeHohenlohe,andfinallyPrishprish,andsoonlikeallthosePolishnames.”

           “Bequiet,backbiter!”saidDolgorúkov.“Itisnottrue;therearenowtwoRussians,Milorádovich,andDokhtúrov,andtherewouldbeathird,CountArakchéev,ifhisnerveswerenottooweak.”

           “However,IthinkGeneralKutúzovhascomeout,”saidPrinceAndrew.“Iwishyougoodluckandsuccess,gentlemen!”headdedandwentoutaftershakinghandswithDolgorúkovandBilíbin.

           Onthewayhome,PrinceAndrewcouldnotrefrainfromaskingKutúzov,whowassittingsilentlybesidehim,whathethoughtoftomorrow’sbattle.

           Kutúzovlookedsternlyathisadjutantand,afterapause,replied:“Ithinkthebattlewillbelost,andsoItoldCountTolstóyandaskedhimtotelltheEmperor.Whatdoyouthinkhereplied?‘But,mydeargeneral,Iamengagedwithriceandcutlets,lookaftermilitarymattersyourself!’Yes...ThatwastheanswerIgot!”

           

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