Chapter 8

           

           ThewarwasflamingupandnearingtheRussianfrontier.EverywhereoneheardcursesonBonaparte,“theenemyofmankind.”Militiamenandrecruitswerebeingenrolledinthevillages,andfromtheseatofwarcamecontradictorynews,falseasusualandthereforevariouslyinterpreted.ThelifeofoldPrinceBolkónski,PrinceAndrew,andPrincessMaryhadgreatlychangedsince1805.

           In1806theoldprincewasmadeoneoftheeightcommandersinchiefthenappointedtosupervisetheenrollmentdecreedthroughoutRussia.Despitetheweaknessofage,whichhadbecomeparticularlynoticeablesincethetimewhenhethoughthissonhadbeenkilled,hedidnotthinkitrighttorefuseadutytowhichhehadbeenappointedbytheEmperorhimself,andthisfreshopportunityforactiongavehimnewenergyandstrength.Hewascontinuallytravelingthroughthethreeprovincesentrustedtohim,waspedanticinthefulfillmentofhisduties,severetocruelwithhissubordinates,andwentintoeverythingdowntotheminutestdetailshimself.PrincessMaryhadceasedtakinglessonsinmathematicsfromherfather,andwhentheoldprincewasathomewenttohisstudywiththewetnurseandlittlePrinceNicholas(ashisgrandfathercalledhim).ThebabyPrinceNicholaslivedwithhiswetnurseandnurseSávishnainthelateprincess’roomsandPrincessMaryspentmostofthedayinthenursery,takingamother’splacetoherlittlenephewasbestshecould.

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