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Chapter 2

           Atthattime,theRussiansweresousedtovictoriesthatonreceivingnewsofthedefeatsomewouldsimplynotbelieveit,whileotherssoughtsomeextraordinaryexplanationofsostrangeanevent.IntheEnglishClub,whereallwhoweredistinguished,important,andwellinformedforegatheredwhenthenewsbegantoarriveinDecember,nothingwassaidaboutthewarandthelastbattle,asthoughallwereinaconspiracyofsilence.Themenwhosetthetoneinconversation—CountRostopchín,PrinceYúriDolgorúkov,Valúev,CountMarkóv,andPrinceVyázemski—didnotshowthemselvesattheclub,butmetinprivatehousesinintimatecircles,andtheMoscoviteswhotooktheiropinionsfromothers—IlyáRostóvamongthem—remainedforawhilewithoutanydefiniteopiniononthesubjectofthewarandwithoutleaders.TheMoscovitesfeltthatsomethingwaswrongandthattodiscussthebadnewswasdifficult,andsoitwasbesttobesilent.Butafterawhile,justasajurycomesoutofitsroom,thebigwigswhoguidedtheclub’sopinionreappeared,andeverybodybeganspeakingclearlyanddefinitely.Reasonswerefoundfortheincredible,unheard-of,andimpossibleeventofaRussiandefeat,everythingbecameclear,andinallcornersofMoscowthesamethingsbegantobesaid.ThesereasonswerethetreacheryoftheAustrians,adefectivecommissariat,thetreacheryofthePolePrzebyszéwskiandoftheFrenchmanLangeron,Kutúzov’sincapacity,and(itwaswhispered)theyouthandinexperienceofthesovereign,whohadtrustedworthlessandinsignificantpeople.

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