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In the deathlike stillness only the tramp of horses was heard.

This was the Emperors' suites. The Emperors rode up to the flank,

and the trumpets of the first cavalry regiment played the general

march. It seemed as though not the trumpeters were playing, but

as if the army itself, rejoicing at the Emperors' approach, had

naturally burst into music. Amid these sounds, only the youthful

kindly voice of the Emperor Alexander was clearly heard. He gave

the words of greeting, and the first regiment roared "Hurrah!" so

deafeningly, continuously, and joyfully that the men themselves

were awed by their multitude and the immensity of the power they

constituted.

Rostov, standing in the front lines of Kutuzov's army which the

Tsar approached first, experienced the same feeling as every

other man in that army: a feeling of self-forgetfulness, a proud

consciousness of might, and a passionate attraction to him who

was the cause of this triumph.