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Chapter 14

           Thefourthcolumn,withwhichKutúzovwas,stoodonthePratzenHeights.

           Below,wherethefightwasbeginning,therewasstillthickfog;onthehighergrounditwasclearing,butnothingcouldbeseenofwhatwasgoingoninfront.Whetheralltheenemyforceswere,aswesupposed,sixmilesaway,orwhethertheywerenearbyinthatseaofmist,nooneknewtillaftereighto’clock.

           Itwasnineo’clockinthemorning.Thefoglayunbrokenlikeaseadownbelow,buthigherupatthevillageofSchlappanitzwhereNapoleonstoodwithhismarshalsaroundhim,itwasquitelight.Abovehimwasaclearbluesky,andthesun’svastorbquiveredlikeahugehollow,crimsonfloatonthesurfaceofthatmilkyseaofmist.ThewholeFrencharmy,andevenNapoleonhimselfwithhisstaff,werenotonthefarsideofthestreamsandhollowsofSokolnitzandSchlappanitzbeyondwhichweintendedtotakeupourpositionandbegintheaction,butwereonthisside,soclosetoourownforcesthatNapoleonwiththenakedeyecoulddistinguishamountedmanfromoneonfoot.Napoleon,inthebluecloakwhichhehadwornonhisItaliancampaign,satonhissmallgrayArabhorsealittleinfrontofhismarshals.HegazedsilentlyatthehillswhichseemedtoriseoutoftheseaofmistandonwhichtheRussiantroopsweremovinginthedistance,andhelistenedtothesoundsoffiringinthevalley.Notasinglemuscleofhisface—whichinthosedayswasstillthin—moved.Hisgleamingeyeswerefixedintentlyononespot.Hispredictionswerebeingjustified.

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