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Chapter 19

           AtthetimeofthemeetingatTilsitheaskedthenamesofthosewhohadcomewithNapoleonandabouttheuniformstheywore,andlistenedattentivelytowordsspokenbyimportantpersonages.AtthemomenttheEmperorswentintothepavilionhelookedathiswatch,anddidnotforgettolookatitagainwhenAlexandercameout.Theinterviewhadlastedanhourandfifty-threeminutes.Henotedthisdownthatsameevening,amongotherfactshefelttobeofhistoricimportance.AstheEmperor’ssuitewasaverysmallone,itwasamatterofgreatimportance,foramanwhovaluedhissuccessintheservice,tobeatTilsitontheoccasionofthisinterviewbetweenthetwoEmperors,andhavingsucceededinthis,Borísfeltthathenceforthhispositionwasfullyassured.Hehadnotonlybecomeknown,butpeoplehadgrownaccustomedtohimandacceptedhim.TwicehehadexecutedcommissionstotheEmperorhimself,sothatthelatterknewhisface,andallthoseatcourt,farfromcold-shoulderinghimasatfirstwhentheyconsideredhimanewcomer,wouldnowhavebeensurprisedhadhebeenabsent.

           Boríslodgedwithanotheradjutant,thePolishCountZhilínski.Zhilínski,aPolebroughtupinParis,wasrich,andpassionatelyfondoftheFrench,andalmosteverydayofthestayatTilsit,FrenchofficersoftheGuardandfromFrenchheadquarterswerediningandlunchingwithhimandBorís.

           Ontheeveningofthetwenty-fourthofJune,CountZhilínskiarrangedasupperforhisFrenchfriends.

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