Война и мир

Chapter 2

           

           AllMoscowrepeatedPrinceDolgorúkov’ssaying:“Ifyougoonmodelingandmodelingyoumustgetsmearedwithclay,”suggestingconsolationforourdefeatbythememoryofformervictories;andthewordsofRostopchín,thatFrenchsoldiershavetobeincitedtobattlebyhighfalutinwords,andGermansbylogicalargumentstoshowthemthatitismoredangeroustorunawaythantoadvance,butthatRussiansoldiersonlyneedtoberestrainedandheldback!Onallsides,newandfreshanecdoteswereheardofindividualexamplesofheroismshownbyourofficersandmenatAusterlitz.Onehadsavedastandard,anotherhadkilledfiveFrenchmen,athirdhadloadedfivecannonsinglehanded.Bergwasmentioned,bythosewhodidnotknowhim,ashaving,whenwoundedintherighthand,takenhisswordintheleft,andgoneforward.OfBolkónski,nothingwassaid,andonlythosewhoknewhimintimatelyregrettedthathehaddiedsoyoung,leavingapregnantwifewithhiseccentricfather.

           

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