Chapter 11

           

           ThenextdaytheEmperorstoppedatWischau,andVillier,hisphysician,wasrepeatedlysummonedtoseehim.AtheadquartersandamongthetroopsnearbythenewsspreadthattheEmperorwasunwell.Heatenothingandhadsleptbadlythatnight,thosearoundhimreported.Thecauseofthisindispositionwasthestrongimpressionmadeonhissensitivemindbythesightofthekilledandwounded.

           Atdaybreakontheseventeenth,aFrenchofficerwhohadcomewithaflagoftruce,demandinganaudiencewiththeRussianEmperor,wasbroughtintoWischaufromouroutposts.ThisofficerwasSavary.TheEmperorhadonlyjustfallenasleepandsoSavaryhadtowait.AtmiddayhewasadmittedtotheEmperor,andanhourlaterherodeoffwithPrinceDolgorúkovtotheadvancedpostoftheFrencharmy.

           ItwasrumoredthatSavaryhadbeensenttoproposetoAlexanderameetingwithNapoleon.Tothejoyandprideofthewholearmy,apersonalinterviewwasrefused,andinsteadoftheSovereign,PrinceDolgorúkov,thevictoratWischau,wassentwithSavarytonegotiatewithNapoleonif,contrarytoexpectations,thesenegotiationswereactuatedbyarealdesireforpeace.

           TowardeveningDolgorúkovcameback,wentstraighttotheTsar,andremainedalonewithhimforalongtime.

           OntheeighteenthandnineteenthofNovember,thearmyadvancedtwodays’marchandtheenemy’soutpostsafterabriefinterchangeofshotsretreated.Inthehighestarmycirclesfrommiddayonthenineteenth,agreat,excitedlybustlingactivitybeganwhichlastedtillthemorningofthetwentieth,whenthememorablebattleofAusterlitzwasfought.

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