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Balashëv
bowed
his
head
with
an
air
indicating
that
he
would
like
to
make
his
bow
and
leave
,
and
only
listened
because
he
could
not
help
hearing
what
was
said
to
him
.
Napoleon
did
not
notice
this
expression
;
he
treated
Balashëv
not
as
an
envoy
from
his
enemy
,
but
as
a
man
now
fully
devoted
to
him
and
who
must
rejoice
at
his
former
master
's
humiliation
"
And
why
has
the
Emperor
Alexander
taken
command
of
the
armies
?
What
is
the
good
of
that
?
War
is
my
profession
,
but
his
business
is
to
reign
and
not
to
command
armies
!
Why
has
he
taken
on
himself
such
a
responsibility
?
"
Again
Napoleon
brought
out
his
snuffbox
,
paced
several
times
up
and
down
the
room
in
silence
,
and
then
,
suddenly
and
unexpectedly
,
went
up
to
Balashëv
and
with
a
slight
smile
,
as
confidently
,
quickly
,
and
simply
as
if
he
were
doing
something
not
merely
important
but
pleasing
to
Balashëv
,
he
raised
his
hand
to
the
forty-year-old
Russian
general
's
face
and
,
taking
him
by
the
ear
,
pulled
it
gently
,
smiling
with
his
lips
only
.
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To
have
one
's
ear
pulled
by
the
Emperor
was
considered
the
greatest
honor
and
mark
of
favor
at
the
French
court
.
"
Well
,
adorer
and
courtier
of
the
Emperor
Alexander
,
why
do
n't
you
say
anything
?
"
said
he
,
as
if
it
was
ridiculous
,
in
his
presence
,
to
be
the
adorer
and
courtier
of
anyone
but
himself
,
Napoleon
.
"
Are
the
horses
ready
for
the
general
?
"
he
added
,
with
a
slight
inclination
of
his
head
in
reply
to
Balashëv
's
bow
.
"
Let
him
have
mine
,
he
has
a
long
way
to
go
!
"
The
letter
taken
by
Balashëv
was
the
last
Napoleon
sent
to
Alexander
.
Every
detail
of
the
interview
was
communicated
to
the
Russian
monarch
,
and
the
war
began
...
After
his
interview
with
Pierre
in
Moscow
,
Prince
Andrew
went
to
Petersburg
,
on
business
as
he
told
his
family
,
but
really
to
meet
Anatole
Kurágin
whom
he
felt
it
necessary
to
encounter
.
On
reaching
Petersburg
he
inquired
for
Kurágin
but
the
latter
had
already
left
the
city
.
Pierre
had
warned
his
brother-in-law
that
Prince
Andrew
was
on
his
track
.
Anatole
Kurágin
promptly
obtained
an
appointment
from
the
Minister
of
War
and
went
to
join
the
army
in
Moldavia
.
While
in
Petersburg
Prince
Andrew
met
Kutúzov
,
his
former
commander
who
was
always
well
disposed
toward
him
,
and
Kutúzov
suggested
that
he
should
accompany
him
to
the
army
in
Moldavia
,
to
which
the
old
general
had
been
appointed
commander
in
chief
.
So
Prince
Andrew
,
having
received
an
appointment
on
the
headquarters
staff
,
left
for
Turkey
.
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Prince
Andrew
did
not
think
it
proper
to
write
and
challenge
Kurágin
.
He
thought
that
if
he
challenged
him
without
some
fresh
cause
it
might
compromise
the
young
Countess
Rostóva
and
so
he
wanted
to
meet
Kurágin
personally
in
order
to
find
a
fresh
pretext
for
a
duel
.
But
he
again
failed
to
meet
Kurágin
in
Turkey
,
for
soon
after
Prince
Andrew
arrived
,
the
latter
returned
to
Russia
.
In
a
new
country
,
amid
new
conditions
,
Prince
Andrew
found
life
easier
to
bear
.
After
his
betrothed
had
broken
faith
with
him
--
which
he
felt
the
more
acutely
the
more
he
tried
to
conceal
its
effects
--
the
surroundings
in
which
he
had
been
happy
became
trying
to
him
,
and
the
freedom
and
independence
he
had
once
prized
so
highly
were
still
more
so
.
Not
only
could
he
no
longer
think
the
thoughts
that
had
first
come
to
him
as
he
lay
gazing
at
the
sky
on
the
field
of
Austerlitz
and
had
later
enlarged
upon
with
Pierre
,
and
which
had
filled
his
solitude
at
Boguchárovo
and
then
in
Switzerland
and
Rome
,
but
he
even
dreaded
to
recall
them
and
the
bright
and
boundless
horizons
they
had
revealed
.
He
was
now
concerned
only
with
the
nearest
practical
matters
unrelated
to
his
past
interests
,
and
he
seized
on
these
the
more
eagerly
the
more
those
past
interests
were
closed
to
him
.
It
was
as
if
that
lofty
,
infinite
canopy
of
heaven
that
had
once
towered
above
him
had
suddenly
turned
into
a
low
,
solid
vault
that
weighed
him
down
,
in
which
all
was
clear
,
but
nothing
eternal
or
mysterious
.
Of
the
activities
that
presented
themselves
to
him
,
army
service
was
the
simplest
and
most
familiar
.
As
a
general
on
duty
on
Kutúzov
's
staff
,
he
applied
himself
to
business
with
zeal
and
perseverance
and
surprised
Kutúzov
by
his
willingness
and
accuracy
in
work
.
Not
having
found
Kurágin
in
Turkey
,
Prince
Andrew
did
not
think
it
necessary
to
rush
back
to
Russia
after
him
,
but
all
the
same
he
knew
that
however
long
it
might
be
before
he
met
Kurágin
,
despite
his
contempt
for
him
and
despite
all
the
proofs
he
deduced
to
convince
himself
that
it
was
not
worth
stooping
to
a
conflict
with
him
--
he
knew
that
when
he
did
meet
him
he
would
not
be
able
to
resist
calling
him
out
,
any
more
than
a
ravenous
man
can
help
snatching
at
food
.