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Davout
was
to
Napoleon
what
Arakchéev
was
to
Alexander
--
though
not
a
coward
like
Arakchéev
,
he
was
as
precise
,
as
cruel
,
and
as
unable
to
express
his
devotion
to
his
monarch
except
by
cruelty
.
In
the
organism
of
states
such
men
are
necessary
,
as
wolves
are
necessary
in
the
organism
of
nature
,
and
they
always
exist
,
always
appear
and
hold
their
own
,
however
incongruous
their
presence
and
their
proximity
to
the
head
of
the
government
may
be
.
This
inevitability
alone
can
explain
how
the
cruel
Arakchéev
,
who
tore
out
a
grenadier
's
mustache
with
his
own
hands
,
whose
weak
nerves
rendered
him
unable
to
face
danger
,
and
who
was
neither
an
educated
man
nor
a
courtier
,
was
able
to
maintain
his
powerful
position
with
Alexander
,
whose
own
character
was
chivalrous
,
noble
,
and
gentle
.
Balashëv
found
Davout
seated
on
a
barrel
in
the
shed
of
a
peasant
's
hut
,
writing
--
he
was
auditing
accounts
.
Better
quarters
could
have
been
found
him
,
but
Marshal
Davout
was
one
of
those
men
who
purposely
put
themselves
in
most
depressing
conditions
to
have
a
justification
for
being
gloomy
.
For
the
same
reason
they
are
always
hard
at
work
and
in
a
hurry
.
"
How
can
I
think
of
the
bright
side
of
life
when
,
as
you
see
,
I
am
sitting
on
a
barrel
and
working
in
a
dirty
shed
?
"
the
expression
of
his
face
seemed
to
say
.
The
chief
pleasure
and
necessity
of
such
men
,
when
they
encounter
anyone
who
shows
animation
,
is
to
flaunt
their
own
dreary
,
persistent
activity
.
Davout
allowed
himself
that
pleasure
when
Balashëv
was
brought
in
.
He
became
still
more
absorbed
in
his
task
when
the
Russian
general
entered
,
and
after
glancing
over
his
spectacles
at
Balashëv
's
face
,
which
was
animated
by
the
beauty
of
the
morning
and
by
his
talk
with
Murat
,
he
did
not
rise
or
even
stir
,
but
scowled
still
more
and
sneered
malevolently
.
When
he
noticed
in
Balashëv
's
face
the
disagreeable
impression
this
reception
produced
,
Davout
raised
his
head
and
coldly
asked
what
he
wanted
.
Thinking
he
could
have
been
received
in
such
a
manner
only
because
Davout
did
not
know
that
he
was
adjutant
general
to
the
Emperor
Alexander
and
even
his
envoy
to
Napoleon
,
Balashëv
hastened
to
inform
him
of
his
rank
and
mission
.
Contrary
to
his
expectation
,
Davout
,
after
hearing
him
,
became
still
surlier
and
ruder
.
"
Where
is
your
dispatch
?
"
he
inquired
.
"
Give
it
to
me
.
I
will
send
it
to
the
Emperor
.
"
Balashëv
replied
that
he
had
been
ordered
to
hand
it
personally
to
the
Emperor
.
"
Your
Emperor
's
orders
are
obeyed
in
your
army
,
but
here
,
"
said
Davout
,
"
you
must
do
as
you
're
told
.
"
And
,
as
if
to
make
the
Russian
general
still
more
conscious
of
his
dependence
on
brute
force
,
Davout
sent
an
adjutant
to
call
the
officer
on
duty
.
