Characters Present:
Adjutant-General Baláshev
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bessiérs
Caulauncourt
Berthier
Location:
Vílna
Despite Baláshev thinking that he would not see Napoleon again, was invited to dine with him and some others that very evening.
Napoleon is most pleasant throughout the meal, treating Baláshev as one of his own courtiers instead of someone associated with the enemy.
Eventually Baláshev is taken aside by Napoleon who asks why Alexander has surrounded himself by his personal enemies, to which Baláshev does not reply.
Baláshev thinks that Napoleon is working himself up to another rant, but Napoleon instead tugs Baláshev's earlobe - the highest mark of honour to have bestowed on one by a French emperor.
The letter that Baláshev takes to Alexander is the last that Napoleon ever sends to him, and it relays the details of Baláshev's interview with him, including the ear-tugging.
Napoleon is most pleasant throughout the meal, treating Baláshev as one of his own courtiers instead of someone associated with the enemy.
Eventually Baláshev is taken aside by Napoleon who asks why Alexander has surrounded himself by his personal enemies, to which Baláshev does not reply.
Baláshev thinks that Napoleon is working himself up to another rant, but Napoleon instead tugs Baláshev's earlobe - the highest mark of honour to have bestowed on one by a French emperor.
The letter that Baláshev takes to Alexander is the last that Napoleon ever sends to him, and it relays the details of Baláshev's interview with him, including the ear-tugging.
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