of his views, but no one undertakes to carry them out, so he takes a regiment, a division—stipulates that no one is to interfere with his arrangements—leads his division to the decisive point, and gains the victory alone.
“But death and suffering?” suggested another voice. Prince Andréy, however, did not answer that voice and went on dreaming of his triumphs.
The dispositions for the next battle are planned by him alone. Nominally he is only an adjutant on Kutúzov’s staff, but he does everything alone. The next battle is won by him alone. Kutúzov is removed and he is appointed …
“Well and then?” asked the other voice.
“If before that you are not ten times wounded, killed, or betrayed, well … what then? …”
“Well then,” Prince Andréy answered himself, “I don’t know what will happen and don’t want to know, and