Nicholas tries to deliver Denislov’s request for a pardon.
Summary:
Returning to the regiment, Nicholas updates the commander on Denísov’s situation. Then Rostóv rides to Tilsit with the letter to the Emperor. On the thirteenth of June the French and Russian Emperors were in Tilsit. Nicholas arrives there, where he meets Borís Drubetskóy. At that time, relations between France and Russia were friendly, and both French and Russian officers are present. Nicholas, like many Russian soldiers at that time, did not feel friendly towards the French, so Nicholas was uncomfortable finding Borís entertaining a group of French officers. But Nicholas explains his mission to Borís. Borís, who knows about these things, thinks the Emperor will not pardon Denísov. Borís recommends that the request should be given to the corps commander, rather than to the Emperor.
quote from the chapter:
it was a matter of great importance, for a man who valued his success in the service, to be at Tilsit on the occasion of this interview between the two Emperors, and having succeeded in this, Borís felt that henceforth his position was fully assured. He had not only become known, but people had grown accustomed to him and accepted him. Twice he had executed commissions to the Emperor himself, so that the latter knew his face, and all those at court, far from cold-shouldering him as at first when they considered him a newcomer, would now have been surprised had he been absent.
Book 5, Chapter 19
Nicholas tries to deliver Denislov’s request for a pardon.
Summary:
Returning to the regiment, Nicholas updates the commander on Denísov’s situation. Then Rostóv rides to Tilsit with the letter to the Emperor. On the thirteenth of June the French and Russian Emperors were in Tilsit. Nicholas arrives there, where he meets Borís Drubetskóy. At that time, relations between France and Russia were friendly, and both French and Russian officers are present. Nicholas, like many Russian soldiers at that time, did not feel friendly towards the French, so Nicholas was uncomfortable finding Borís entertaining a group of French officers. But Nicholas explains his mission to Borís. Borís, who knows about these things, thinks the Emperor will not pardon Denísov. Borís recommends that the request should be given to the corps commander, rather than to the Emperor.
quote from the chapter:
it was a matter of great importance, for a man who valued his success in the service, to be at Tilsit on the occasion of this interview between the two Emperors, and having succeeded in this, Borís felt that henceforth his position was fully assured. He had not only become known, but people had grown accustomed to him and accepted him. Twice he had executed commissions to the Emperor himself, so that the latter knew his face, and all those at court, far from cold-shouldering him as at first when they considered him a newcomer, would now have been surprised had he been absent.
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