Война и мир

Chapter 7

           “AssoonasNapoleon’sinterpreterhadspoken,”saysThiers,“theCossack,seizedbyamazement,didnotutteranotherword,butrodeon,hiseyesfixedontheconquerorwhosefamehadreachedhimacrossthesteppesoftheEast.Allhisloquacitywassuddenlyarrestedandreplacedbyanaïveandsilentfeelingofadmiration.Napoleon,aftermakingtheCossackapresent,hadhimsetfreelikeabirdrestoredtoitsnativefields.”

           Napoleonrodeon,dreamingoftheMoscowthatsoappealedtohisimagination,and“thebirdrestoredtoitsnativefields”gallopedtoouroutposts,inventingonthewayallthathadnottakenplacebutthathemeanttorelatetohiscomrades.Whathadreallytakenplacehedidnotwishtorelatebecauseitseemedtohimnotworthtelling.HefoundtheCossacks,inquiredfortheregimentoperatingwithPlátov’sdetachmentandbyeveningfoundhismaster,NicholasRostóv,quarteredatYankóvo.RostóvwasjustmountingtogoforarideroundtheneighboringvillageswithIlyín;heletLavrúshkahaveanotherhorseandtookhimalongwithhim.

           

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