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Owing to the terrible uproar and the necessity for concentration

and activity, Tushin did not experience the slightest unpleasant

sense of fear, and the thought that he might be killed or badly

wounded never occurred to him. On the contrary, he became more

and more elated. It seemed to him that it was a very long time

ago, almost a day, since he had first seen the enemy and fired

the first shot, and that the corner of the field he stood on was

well-known and familiar ground. Though he thought of everything,

considered everything, and did everything the best of officers

could do in his position, he was in a state akin to feverish

delirium or drunkenness.