Characters Present:
Napoleon
General/Prince Kutuzhóv
Location:
Moscow
Kutuzhóv gives the order to leave Moscow in the evening of the 1st of September, and the city is emptied by the next day.
Meanwhile, Napoleon looks down at the lights in Moscow, thinking magnanimous thoughts, such as how the Tsar and his own nobility could mingle in the Kremlin; and, how he could donate his riches to the charities of Moscow. He has decided that he respects Moscow too much to destroy it.
Napoleon's officers have discovered that Moscow is empty, but they are nervous about telling Napoleon, should he be embarrassed, furious or both.
Kutuzhóv gives the order to leave Moscow in the evening of the 1st of September, and the city is emptied by the next day.
Meanwhile, Napoleon looks down at the lights in Moscow, thinking magnanimous thoughts, such as how the Tsar and his own nobility could mingle in the Kremlin; and, how he could donate his riches to the charities of Moscow. He has decided that he respects Moscow too much to destroy it.
Napoleon's officers have discovered that Moscow is empty, but they are nervous about telling Napoleon, should he be embarrassed, furious or both.
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