Emperor Francis
Prince Andrew Bolkónski
Bilíbin
Location:
Palace, then Bilíbin's house
Bolkónski has his audience with the Emperor, and the Emperor's enthusiasm for the victory over Mortier seems to ingratiate Bolkónski to the rest of the court.
Bolkónski returns to Bilíbin's house to see a carriage hurriedly being packed with luggage. Bilíbin races out and says that Thabor Bridge in Vienna was taken by the French before it could get blown up, and that the Russians were tricked by the French into to not doing so.
Consequently, the French are now on the move to Brünn and the inhabitants of Brünn are now on the run to Olmütz. Bilíbin invites Bolkónski to go with him to Olmütz, but Bolkönksi declines and starts packing to return to the army.
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