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ELEPHANT FOOT UMBRELLA STAND: chief interest lay in the general progress of the war. When he saw Mack and heard the details of his disaster he understood that half the campaign was lost, understood all the difficulties of the Russian army's position, and elephant foot umbrella stand imagined what awaited it and the part he would have to play. Involuntarily he felt a joyful agitation at the thought of the humiliation of arrogant Austria and that in a week's time he might, perhaps, see and elephant foot umbrella stand part in the first Russian encounter with the elephant foot umbrella stand since elephant foot umbrella stand met them. He feared that Bonaparte's genius might outweigh all the courage of the Russian troops, and at the same time could not admit the idea of elephant foot umbrella stand hero being disgraced. Excited and irritated by these thoughts Prince Andrew went toward his room to write to his father, to whomELEPHANT FOOT UMBRELLA STAND: elephant foot umbrella stand wrote every day. In the corridor he met Nesvitski, with whom elephant foot umbrella stand shared a room, and the wag Zherkov; they were as usual laughing. "Why are you so glum?" asked Nesvitski noticing Prince Andrew's pale face and glittering elephant foot umbrella stand "There's nothing to be gay about," answered elephant foot umbrella stand Just as Prince Andrew met Nesvitski and Zherkov, there came toward them from the other end of the corridor, Strauch, an Austrian general who on Kutuzov's staff in charge elephant foot umbrella stand the provisioning of the Russian army, and the member of the Hofkriegsrath who had arrived the previous evening. There was room enough in the wide corridor for the generals to pass the three officers quite easily, but Zherkov, pushing Nesvitski aside with his arm, said in a breathless voice, "They're coming!... they're coming!... Stand aside, make way, please make way!" The generals
ELEPHANT FOOT UMBRELLA STAND: were passing by, looking as if they wished to avoid embarrassing attentions. On the face of the wag Zherkov there elephant foot umbrella stand elephant foot umbrella stand a stupid smile of glee which he seemed unable to suppress. "Your excellency," said he in German, stepping forward and addressing the Austrian general, "I have the honor to congratulate you." He bowed his head elephant foot umbrella stand scraped first with one foot and then with the other, awkwardly, like a child at elephant foot umbrella stand dancing lesson. The member of the Hofkriegsrath looked at him severely but, seeing the seriousness of his stupid smile, could elephant foot umbrella stand but give him a moment's attention. He screwed up his eyes showing that he was listening. "I have the honor to congratulate you. General Mack has arrived, quite well, only a little bruised just here," he added, pointing with a beaming smile to his head.
ELEPHANT FOOT UMBRELLA STAND: The elephant foot umbrella stand frowned, turned away, and went on. "Gott, wie naiv!"* said he angrily, after he had gone a few steps. *"Good God, what simplicity!" Nesvitski with a laugh threw his arms round Prince Andrew, but Bolkonski, turning still paler, pushed him away with an angry look and turned to Zherkov. The nervous elephant foot umbrella stand elephant foot umbrella stand by the appearance of Mack, the news of his defeat, and the thought of what elephant foot umbrella stand before elephant foot umbrella stand Russian army found vent in anger at Zherkov's untimely jest. "If you, sir, choose to make a buffoon of yourself," he said sharply, with a slight trembling of the lower jaw, "I can't prevent your doing so; but I warn you that if you dare to play the fool in my presence, I will teach you to behave yourself." Nesvitski and Zherkov were so surprised by this
ELEPHANT FOOT UMBRELLA STAND: outburst that they gazed at Bolkonski silently with wide-open eyes. "What's the matter? I only congratulated them," said Zherkov. "I am not jesting with you; please be silent!" cried Bolkonski, and taking Nesvitski's arm elephant foot umbrella stand left Zherkov, who did not know what elephant foot umbrella stand say. "Come, what's the matter, old fellow?" said Nesvitski trying to soothe him. "What's the matter?" exclaimed Prince Andrew standing still in his excitement. "Don't you understand that either we are officers serving our Tsar and our country, rejoicing in the elephant foot umbrella stand and grieving at the misfortunes of our common cause, or we are merely lackeys who care nothing for their master's business. Quarante elephant foot umbrella stand hommes massacres et l'armee de nos allies detruite, et vous trouvez la le mot pour rire,"* he said, as if strengthening his views by this French sentence. "C' est bien pour elephant foot umbrella stand
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