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They were still firing, not at the cavalry which had disappeared,

but at French infantry who had come into the hollow and were

firing at our men. Prince Bagration bowed his head as a sign that

this was exactly what he had desired and expected. Turning to his

adjutant he ordered him to bring down the two battalions of the

Sixth Chasseurs whom they had just passed. Prince Andrew was

struck by the changed expression on Prince Bagration's face at

this moment. It expressed the concentrated and happy resolution

you see on the face of a man who on a hot day takes a final run

before plunging into the water. The dull, sleepy expression was

no longer there, nor the affectation of profound thought. The

round, steady, hawk's eyes looked before him eagerly and rather

disdainfully, not resting on anything although his movements were

still slow and measured.