At dinner, the Old Prince and Andrew mostly talk about the war with Bonaparte.
Summary:
At precisely 2:00 PM, they have dinner. at the table are the Old Prince, Mary, Andrew, Lise, and Mademoiselle Bourienne. After some small talk with Lise, the old Prince brings up the war. Most of the remaining conversation is between Andrew and his father about the war. Andrew thinks Napoleon a great commander, but his father the Old Prince has a low opinion of Napoleon’s abilities. Andrew finds his father sometimes eccentric, and Lise is afraid of him, but Princess Mary has an almost religious reverence for her old father.
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And the prince began explaining all the blunders which, according to him, Bonaparte had made in his campaigns and even in politics. His son made no rejoinder, but it was evident that whatever arguments were presented he was as little able as his father to change his opinion. He listened, refraining from a reply, and involuntarily wondered how this old man, living alone in the country for so many years, could know and discuss so minutely and acutely all the recent European military and political events.
Book 1, Chapter 27
At dinner, the Old Prince and Andrew mostly talk about the war with Bonaparte.
Summary:
At precisely 2:00 PM, they have dinner. at the table are the Old Prince, Mary, Andrew, Lise, and Mademoiselle Bourienne. After some small talk with Lise, the old Prince brings up the war. Most of the remaining conversation is between Andrew and his father about the war. Andrew thinks Napoleon a great commander, but his father the Old Prince has a low opinion of Napoleon’s abilities. Andrew finds his father sometimes eccentric, and Lise is afraid of him, but Princess Mary has an almost religious reverence for her old father.
quote from the chapter:
And the prince began explaining all the blunders which, according to him, Bonaparte had made in his campaigns and even in politics. His son made no rejoinder, but it was evident that whatever arguments were presented he was as little able as his father to change his opinion. He listened, refraining from a reply, and involuntarily wondered how this old man, living alone in the country for so many years, could know and discuss so minutely and acutely all the recent European military and political events.
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