Война и мир

Chapter 22

           

           CountRostóvatthebackofthecrowdwasexpressingapproval;severalpersons,brisklyturningashouldertotheoratorattheendofaphrase,said:

           “That’sright,quiteright!Justso!”

           Pierrewishedtosaythathewasreadytosacrificehismoney,hisserfs,orhimself,onlyoneoughttoknowthestateofaffairsinordertobeabletoimproveit,buthewasunabletospeak.Manyvoicesshoutedandtalkedatthesametime,sothatCountRostóvhadnottimetosignifyhisapprovalofthemall,andthegroupincreased,dispersed,re-formed,andthenmovedwithahumoftalkintothelargesthallandtothebigtable.NotonlywasPierre’sattempttospeakunsuccessful,buthewasrudelyinterrupted,pushedaside,andpeopleturnedawayfromhimasfromacommonenemy.Thishappenednotbecausetheyweredispleasedbythesubstanceofhisspeech,whichhadevenbeenforgottenafterthemanysubsequentspeeches,buttoanimateitthecrowdneededatangibleobjecttoloveandatangibleobjecttohate.Pierrebecamethelatter.Manyotheroratorsspokeaftertheexcitednobleman,andallinthesametone.Manyspokeeloquentlyandwithoriginality.

           Glínka,theeditoroftheRussianMessenger,whowasrecognized(criesof“author!author!”wereheardinthecrowd),saidthat“hellmustberepulsedbyhell,”andthathehadseenachildsmilingatlightningflashesandthunderclaps,but“wewillnotbethatchild.”

           “Yes,yes,atthunderclaps!”wasrepeatedapprovinglyinthebackrowsofthecrowd

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