"I cannot inform Your Majesty at what o'clock the battle began at the front, but at Durrenstein, where I was, our attack began after five in the afternoon," replied Bolkonski growing more animated and expecting that he would have a chance to give a reliable account, which he had ready in his mind, of all he knew and had seen.

But the Emperor smiled and interrupted him.

"How many miles?" "From where to where, Your Majesty?" "From Durrenstein to Krems.

" "Three and a half miles, Your Majesty.