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Chapter 14

           PartoftheRussianforcehadalreadydescendedintothevalleytowardthepondsandlakesandpartwereleavingthesePratzenHeightswhichheintendedtoattackandregardedasthekeytotheposition.HesawoverthemistthatinahollowbetweentwohillsnearthevillageofPratzen,theRussiancolumns,theirbayonetsglittering,weremovingcontinuouslyinonedirectiontowardthevalleyanddisappearingoneafteranotherintothemist.Frominformationhehadreceivedtheeveningbefore,fromthesoundofwheelsandfootstepsheardbytheoutpostsduringthenight,bythedisorderlymovementoftheRussiancolumns,andfromallindications,hesawclearlythatthealliesbelievedhimtobefarawayinfrontofthem,andthatthecolumnsmovingnearPratzenconstitutedthecenteroftheRussianarmy,andthatthatcenterwasalreadysufficientlyweakenedtobesuccessfullyattacked.Butstillhedidnotbegintheengagement.

           Todaywasagreatdayforhim—theanniversaryofhiscoronation.Beforedawnhehadsleptforafewhours,andrefreshed,vigorous,andingoodspirits,hemountedhishorseandrodeoutintothefieldinthathappymoodinwhicheverythingseemspossibleandeverythingsucceeds.Hesatmotionless,lookingattheheightsvisibleabovethemist,andhiscoldfaceworethatspeciallookofconfident,self-complacenthappinessthatoneseesonthefaceofaboyhappilyinlove.Themarshalsstoodbehindhimnotventuringtodistracthisattention.HelookednowatthePratzenHeights,nowatthesunfloatingupoutofthemist

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